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INDUSTRY

11th LPM to be held alonside Lasys 2010 for the first time

15 December 2009
The organisers of the 11th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication have announced that it will be held alongside Lasys 2010 for the first time

INDUSTRY

Optics Balzers expands presence in France

14 December 2009
Optics Balzers has set up a sales branch office in France as part of the company's drive to expand its presence in Europe

DISTRIBUTORS

Gooch & Housego and Lambda Systems form distribution agreement

14 December 2009

INDUSTRY

LZH emphasises engineering with two new board members

9 December 2009

INDUSTRY

Sanyo exits red and infrared laser diode production

8 December 2009

DISTRIBUTORS

BFi Optilas and Amplification Technology form distribution partnership

8 December 2009

INDUSTRY

SLT to be run alongside Lasys 2010

4 December 2009

APPLICATIONS

LCROSS spectroscopy confirms water on the moon

4 December 2009

INDUSTRY

Revised book aids students of photonics

3 December 2009

INDUSTRY

LIA bestows President's Award on Bill Shiner

3 December 2009

APPLICATIONS

Whole-brain PET combined with MRI using silicon photomultipliers

26 November 2009

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News features

Fibre laser innovation vital to the success of European photonics

News image7 December 2009
Fibre laser innovation is vital to the continuing success of the European materials processing industry, according to a collaborative project that has just received €16m in EU funding

Coherent acquires North American operations of StockerYale

30 October 2009
Coherent has acquired the North American operations of StockerYale in an asset purchase valued at $15m.

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Latest products

XR-Series spectrometers and gratings

15 December 2009
SPECTROSCOPYXR-Series spectrometers and gratings
Ocean Optics has introduced its XR-Series, expanding the wavelength capabilities of several of its USB2000+, JAZ-EL2000, and USB4000 spectrometers, which now cover all wavelengths from ~200-1050nm
Ocean Optics

YLR-X/Y-QCW-AC fibre lasers

14 December 2009
LASERS AND DIODES
IPG Photonics has introduced four new fibre lasers designed to replace lamp-pumped long pulse YAG lasers, at peak pulse powers of 750W, 1.5kW, 3,000kW and 5kW
IPG Photonics

ChiliLase lasers

14 December 2009
LASERS AND DIODES
Modulight has extended its ChiliLase family with the introduction of a 4W laser at 632nm (ML1819), a 10W laser at 650nm (ML1886), and a 10W laser at 680nm (ML1893)
Modulight

Sapphire 561

12 December 2009
LASERS AND DIODES
Coherent

Uniblitz DSS Shutter Series

11 December 2009
ACCESSORIES
Vincent Associates

Orca-D2

10 December 2009
CAMERAS AND IMAGING
Hamamatsu Photonics

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Forthcoming events

Photonics21 Annual Meeting 2010

Radisson Blu Royal Hotel
14-15 January 2010
Photonics21

IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging 2010

San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, USA
18-20 January 2010
SPIE

Nepcon World Japan 2010

Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
20-22 January 2010
Reed Exhibitions Japan

BiOS 2010

Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA
23-28 January 2010
SPIE

LASE 2010

Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA
23-28 January 2010
SPIE