Electro Optics - News A leading resource for engineers involved in photonics business, technology and applications. http://www.electrooptics.com/ Copyright Europa Science Global laser industry revenues expected to hit $9 billion by 2015 Global laser industry revenues are expected to reach $9.4 billion by 2015 while demand from machine tools, telecom equipment, and China have driven sales since 2010 to a growth high of 52 per cent compared to 2009, according to photonics markets consultancy Strategies Unlimited http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1355 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1355 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 ES Technology reports 130 per cent profit increase ES Technology has reported a 130 per cent increase in profit and revenue growth of 27 per cent over 2010 with turnover reaching nearly £3 million for its financial year that ended 30 September 2011 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1353 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1353 Thu, 5 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Precision is the shape of things to come for security key profiles German company Aumat is now using high precision laser displacement sensors to examine security key blanks' surface profiles prior to production http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1354 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1354 Thu, 5 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Jenoptik appoints laser processing systems business unit head Jenoptik has appointed Dr Dietmar Wagner as general manager of the company's Automatisierungstechnik subsidiary and head of the lasers and material processing division's laser processing systems business unit http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1351 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1351 Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Newport buys ILX Lightwave in $9.3 million deal Newport has announced it is buying ILX Lightwave, a laser diodes and photonics components test and measurement company, for $9.3 million http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1352 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1352 Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Avantes establishes UK subsidiary Fibre optic spectroscopy specialist Avantes has opened a new facility in the UK and it will start operations in January 2012 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1348 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1348 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Photonics West to see first public presentation of optical liquid crystal switch An optical liquid crystal switch will be presented in public for the first time by the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IMPS) at Photonics West in January http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1349 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1349 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Flir develops Superframing to avoid camera saturation Flir has developed Superframing to avoid the problem of infrared camera saturation where image details are lost and temperature measurements become invalid http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1350 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1350 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 ISLA promises new generation game with 2-micron lasers The development of 2-micron fibre laser technology is the focus of a €4.5 million European Union funded project that began in October http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1347 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1347 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Sofradir awarded its biggest contract ever with satellite win Infrared detector manufacturer Sofradir has announced that it has been awarded a contract worth tens of millions of euros to provide sensors for Europe's new generation of meteorological satellites http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1345 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1345 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Black markings for Sabbath bikes with YAG laser Titanium racing bikes made by Sabbath are to get black durable markings produced by a multimode Q-switched YAG laser http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1346 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1346 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 NKT Photonics licenses photonic crystal fibre technology NKT Photonics has licensed parts of its Photonic Crystal Fibre (PCF) technology to University of Bath spin out company GLOphotonics http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1344 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1344 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Alexandrite laser could act as space radar A Nd:YAG laser that uses the gem stone Alexandrite could become a satellite-based laser radar (Lidar) following European Space Agency funded work by UK company Midaz http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1343 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1343 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Jenoptik begins 10 million euro production expansion Building expansion work worth 10 million euros is soon to be underway at Jenoptik's Berlin-Adlershof site to double its semiconductor manufacturing capacity http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1340 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1340 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Laser powered micro engine does work A laser powered micro engine has been created by researchers at the University of Stuttgart and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1341 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1341 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000