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The word on the street from the IES
What a difference a year makes when looking at the transformation of outdoor lighting and the industry's pre-eminent showcase itself, the IES Street and Area Lighting Conference (SALC), to be held next month in Philadelphia at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel from September 13-16. Read more >>
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Black silicon sees further into the IR
Femtosecond-laser engineering of silicon with a CMOS-compatible process results in the creation of black silicon, which offers high optical sensitivity in the near- and short-wave infrared spectral regions. Read more >>
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Reading between the lines: how to make accurate performance assessments from a power LED datasheet
Understanding and comparing LED performance appears straightforward. Get the datasheets, compare numbers for light output, efficacy and lumen maintenance, and make a decision. Read more >>
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Bright laser diodes combat cancer
Recent discoveries based on hyperpolarization of inert gases for enhanced MRI and improved efficacy of long-wavelength laser energy for surgery are enabling earlier and more-accurate diagnosis, as well as alternative treatment for lung cancer. In both cases, laser-diode advances are facilitating the progress. Read more >>
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IPG Photonics' Broadband Amplifiers Achieve RUS Acceptance
IPG Photonics Corporation, the global leader in high-power fiber
lasers and amplifiers, announced today that its EAR series of Erbium Fiber Amplifiers have been accepted by the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) of the United States Department of Agriculture. Read more >>
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Strategies Unlimited says image sensor market ends steep growth; heads into cyclic era
The market for image sensors will decline to $6.4 billion in 2009, a drop of 11% from 2008 and the first decline since Strategies Unlimited began tracking the market in 1997. Read more >>
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Energy Focus to provide LED lighting for U.S. Navy ships
Energy Focus Inc., maker of energy-efficient lighting technologies, won a $0.5 million SBIR extension grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and produce solid-state lighting fixtures for general use on Navy ships. Read more >>
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IR Neutral Density Filters are spectrally flat over a wide wavelength range
Edmund Optics has introduced new IR Neutral Density Filters that exhibit excellent linearity and are spectrally flat over a wide wavelength range of 2 to 14 µm. Read more >>
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