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Laser Focus World e-Newsletter March 2 2010
[2010-03-04]
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LaserFocusWorld Newsletter | March 2, 2010
FOCUS ON > Optical communications March 2, 2010
INDUSTRY NEWS
SUBMIT NOW: March 10 deadline for CLEO/LFW Innovation Award entries
Do you have an innovative photonics product, application or service that has been released in the last 18 months? If you answered yes, submit it now for the 2010 CLEO/LFW Innovation Awards!
L-3 to acquire Insight Technology
L-3 Communications plans to acquire Insight Technology, which designs and manufactures night-vision and electro-optical systems for the U.S. military and federal law-enforcement agencies.
LED marketplace shines at Strategies in Light conference
Organizers saw the largest exhibition and attendance to date at Strategies in Light, the 11th annual business conference and exposition on high-brightness LEDs and lighting.
(VIDEO) February photonics 'News Nuggets' now online for viewing
Laser Focus World chief editor Steve Anderson and senior editor continue to bring you the latest photonics news in an easy-to-digest video format each month; February highlights are now available.
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
External-cavity QC laser tunes from 7.71 to 10.28 microns
Daylight Solutions has achieved 324 cm (exp)-1 of continuous narrowband tuning from a single quantum-cascade (QC) gain structure in an external-cavity configuration.
New photonic material may allow all-optical switching
A new type of organic optical molecule could provide the demanding combination of properties needed to serve as the foundation for low-power, high-speed all-optical signal processing.
Andor white-light system lowers cost of confocal microscopy
At the Biophysical Society 54th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, Andor announced that high-performance confocal microscopy can now be achieved using a white light source.
Coherent launches CEP-stabilized ultrafast system
Coherent has unveiled a complete carrier-envelope-phase (CEP)-stabilized ultrafast amplifier system, which it calls the only such system designed, built, and supported by a single manufacturer.
NEW PRODUCTS
 
Handheld Raman analyzer uses 532 nm laser
Designed for portable field use, the Xantus-1G-0532 handheld 532 nm Raman analyzer features no moving parts, an on-board computer, and a rechargeable/replaceable lithium ion battery. An integrated 532 nm laser excites the sample, while the volume phase grating-based spectrograph disperses the spectra onto a CCD array.
BaySpec; Fremont, CA
 
Fiber endface prep station achieves low cleave angles
3SAE Technologies has designed the End Face Prep Station (EPS) for cleaving/polishing large diameter fibers ranging from 400 µm to 2 mm. Low angle offsets and smooth, flat endfaces are required for new fibers that are not round or have internal structures that interfere with conventional cleaving. The system minimizes scrap costs.
3SAE Technologies; Franklin, TN
 
Introducing UV-activated fluorescence microspectrometer standards
CRAIC's fluorescence microspectrophotometer standards consist of highly stable inorganic fluorescent pigments embedded in a stable thermoplastic resin. The standards are matte, reducing potential stray light issues, and designed specifically for use with microspectrophotometers.
CRAIC Technologies; San Dimas, CA
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FOCUS ON: Optical communications
Are 100G networks ready for prime time?
Though today's optical fiber communications traffic is encoded at 1 or 10 Gbit/s speeds, companies like Facebook are not alone in the push to 100 Gbit/s networks.
400 fJ/bit silicon ‘transmitter’ uses all CMOS processes
Researchers at Sun Microsystems and Luxtera have built the lowest-energy-per-bit silicon communications transmitter (modulator plus driver circuits) to date using all CMOS processes.
‘Time telescope’ squeezes more data into the same duration
A Cornell University data-pulse-compression technique that borrows ideas wholesale from classical optics has been shown to vastly increase the data-carrying capacity of telecom-wavelength pulses.
Fluorine-doped core boosts radiation resistance of single-mode fiber
Reliable fiber-optic communications in high-radiation environments such as linear accelerators and nuclear reactors is made possible by silica fibers with optimized fluorine-doped cores.