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POET Receives First Orders for Optical Interposer Solutions
November 13, 2018

POET Technologies has received its first orders for POET Optical Interposer - based solutions from leading global communications companies targeting data communication applications, which represents a new served market for the Company’s products.
Teledyne e2v Delivers CMOS Image Sensor Assembly for European Imaging Satellites
November 13, 2018

Teledyne e2v has reached a significant milestone in the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) instrument program with the delivery of the Proto-Flight Module (PFM) VISible Detector Assembly (VisDA), containing a novel CMOS image sensor, for EUMETSAT’s MT...Read More
II-VI Incorporated to Acquire Finisar in $3.2 billion
November 12, 2018

II-VI Incorporated and Finisar Corporation have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which II-VI will acquire Finisar in a cash and stock transaction with an equity value of approximately $3.2 billion.
Si-Ware Systems Launches World's Smallest Spectral Sensor
November 08, 2018

Si-Ware Systems (SWS) has launched volume production of the smallest highly accurate spectral sensor for analyzing samples of almost any material. NeoSpectra-Micro is a computer chip-sized component that can be designed into a mobile handheld devi...Read More
NASA Working on New Ultrafast Laser Machining for Multiple Spaceflight Applications
November 07, 2018

Optical physicists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center are developing a new ultrafast laser that is capable of firing pulses of light just 100 millionths of a nanosecond in duration. The laser could potentially revolutionize the way NASA technic...Read More
Diode Lasers with Narrowed Emission Spectrum May Lead to Portable Chemical Analyzers, Cheap LiDAR
November 07, 2018

A team of physicists in Russia have developed a method for narrowing the emission spectrum of any ordinary diode laser, like that in a laser pointer. This makes their device a useful replacement for the more complex and expensive single-frequency ...Read More
UTC Aerospace Develops World's Highest Resolution SWIR Camera
November 06, 2018

UTC Aerospace Systems' Sensors Unlimited division has developed the world's highest resolution indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) Near Infrared/Shortwave Infrared (NIR/SWIR) imaging sensor. Built under a contract agreement with U.S. Office of Naval ...Read More
UT Austin to Play Major Role in New US High-Intensity Laser Network
November 06, 2018

University of Texas at Austin has been selected a play a major role in the new US project, the LaserNetUS, a national network of institutions operating high-intensity, ultra-fast lasers. The overall project, funded over two years with $6.8 million...Read More
Ultra Lightweight Midwave Infrared Camera Core for Imaging Gimbals
November 05, 2018

Sierra-Olympic Technologies has introduced a midwave-infrared, 640 x 512 x 15 µm imaging engine with an f/5.5, 19 - 275 mm continuous zoom (CZ) optic.
Advances in Telecommunications Propels Global Fiber Optic Test Equipment Market
November 05, 2018

According to a Technavio market report, the global fiber optic test equipment market is expected to accelerate at a CAGR of nearly 4% during the 2018-2022 period. The increasing pace of developments to introduce 5G technology is one of the key fac...Read More