StockerYale Reports Third-Quarter 2009 Financial Results Nov 20, 2009
StockerYale, Inc., headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire, is an independent designer and manufacturer of laser diode modules and LED systems for industry-leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), as well as a distributor of visible, infrared and blue violet laser diodes. Our products include the Photonic Products brand of laser diode modules, diodes, and StockerYale LED systems for the machine vision, industrial inspection, defense and security, biomedical and medical markets. (Primezone Releases)
Start-up claims its DVDs last 1,000 years Nov 13, 2009
According to the company, unlike standard recordable DVDs, which use a 650 nanometer wavelength laser diode to etch a small pit into a disc's media surface, the DiamonDisc uses a higher-intensity laser to more deeply etch data into the "diamond-like" surface of its synthetic stone disc. The DiamonDisc technology was invented by researchers at Brigham Young University and was first brought to market by Springville, Utah, startup. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Physicists Develop Multifunctional Storage Device For Light Oct 20, 2009
An important area of usage is, for example, the laser diode, which has revolutionized telecommunications and optical data storage in the past few decades. Due to the high velocity of light -- in just one second light travels more than seven times around Earth -- the number of reflections per second in microresonators reaches up to a few trillion. (Science Daily)
NPL and University of Surrey sign 10m deal Jul 29, 2009
Professor Christopher Snowden, Vice Chancellor of the University of Surrey, said: "We are absolutely delighted. This award affirms Surrey's track record as a leading University for innovation and commercialisation. The KTA represents a fantastic opportunity to expand the already successful partnerships developed by the University and most importantly it will be of great benefit in helping create business opportunities in these difficult times. Surrey developed the laser diode that is used in CD... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Oclaro(TM) Hits Milestone With Clarity(TM) Fluorescence Filters Jun 17, 2009
June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oclaro, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) has announced the shipment of its 200,000th Fluorescence Filter for biomedical and analytical instrumentation markets. Oclaro filters are used by leading companies in a wide range of biomedical and analytical applications, including clinical diagnostics, drug discovery, gene quantification, blood analysis, and disease detection. (PR Newswire)
Oclaro(TM) Introduces New Focus(TM) 1064nm High Power Laser for Raman Spectroscopy Applications Jun 17, 2009
June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oclaro, Inc. (Nasdaq: ), the newly named optics and photonics company following the merger of Bookham and Avanex, has introduced a 1064nm capability to its portfolio of New Focus(TM) high power SWL-7500 single wavelength lasers for Raman spectroscopy. The 1064nm variant of the high power laser (SWL-7521) is designed to meet demand from customers undertaking Raman spectroscopy work, where longer wavelengths can help reduce the fluorescence background of the... (PR Newswire)
Oclaro and Laserline to Demonstrate Industry Leading Beam Quality at LASER 2009 Jun 17, 2009
Also at LASER, Oclaro will show new, higher power bar products, including the 200W bar - the highest continuous wave (CW) power laser diode bar commercially available - with wall plug efficiency of 65 percent, a series of 150W bar products at 9xx and 10xx nm, and a 100W 808nm bar ... The company also recently announced entering into a definitive agreement with Newport Corporation which, if the transaction closes, will, among other things, provide Oclaro with a portion of the Newport Spectra... (PR Newswire)
Strategy Analytics Announces "State of the Compound Semiconductor Industry" Webinar May 8, 2009
LED and laser diode market trends; and ... Our GaAs service research explores the dynamics that will affect the compound semiconductor industries, helping our clients businesses evaluate the market opportunity across multiple end markets including optoelectronics (LEDs, laser diodes), RF and microelectronics and the emerging terrestrial photovoltaic opportunity. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Green Lasers: The Next Innovation in Chip-Based Beams Apr 7, 2009
But new techniques for growing laser diodes could soon make brilliant full-spectrum displays a reality ... Since that breakthrough over a decade earlier, Nakamura had continued his pioneering research on solid-state (semiconductor) lighting, developing green LEDs and the blue laser diodes that are now at the core of modern Blu-ray disc players ... Although blue laser diodes are not in themselves very revolutionary [see "Blue-Laser CD Technology," by Robert L. Gunshor and Arto V. Nurmikko;... (Scientific American)
