2008 Applications news
Atomic weapons division picks laser parts
17 December 2008
Britain's Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) has implemented laser metrology and adaptive optics systems to improve its lasers.
CHRocodile snaps up hole measurement
26 November 2008
Armstrong Optical and its supplier Precitec Optronik have recently investigated the measurement of blind vias in silicon wafers. The vias were produced by laser drilling and had external hole diameters of between 15 and 30µm and depths ranging from 50 to 500µm
SensL enters PET/MRI brain imaging market
24 November 2008
Low light sensing company SensL has supplied its silicon photomultiplier technology to help construct two PET/MRI brain imaging systems.
Bookham improves customer design process
19 November 2008
Bookham has integrated the 3D virtual-design file-sharing software, Autodesk STEP Translator for AutoCAD, into its sales process, enabling its customers to design-in its high power laser components with greater speed and efficiency.
Edmund Optics fires up $2.32m contract
17 November 2008
Edmund Optics (EO) has signed a $2.32m contract in federal funding to improve manufacturing technology for infrared (IR) aspheric optics.
€6.7m space contract for Sofradir
13 November 2008
Sofradir has signed a €6.7m contract with Astrium SAS, a worldwide supplier of satellites and space equipment.
Greenhouse gas detector feels the heat in Africa
8 October 2008
Scientists from CarboAfrica, a program to study the carbon cycle and other greenhouse gases (GHG) in Sub-Saharan Africa, have installed a rugged GHG monitor (the Picarro G1301) at a remote field site in equatorial West Africa - the Station de Geophysique de Lamto.
Glass measurement made easy
1 October 2008
A European glass container manufacturer has increased its bottle quality and efficiency in bottle production by using photonics to improve its production line method to measure the dimensions of its glass bottles and containers.
Rofin Laser makes a mark at Posithread
29 September 2008
Manufacturer of threading and grooving systems, Posithread has used the EasyMark II system from Rofin-Baasel to improve its laser marking facilities.
Airbus UK buys first M2 machine
18 September 2008
ES Technology has sold its M2 machine to Airbus UK, which becomes its first UK-based customer.
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Speedy sub-diffraction resolution microscopy achieved
11 September 2008
Lasers brush up astrophysics spectroscopy
8 September 2008
e2v signs astronomical contract
4 September 2008
Optic assembly to be used in space research
4 September 2008
Imaging photometer tests LED sources in Bentley motorcars
28 August 2008
Cilas reflects on laser mirror double whammy
26 August 2008
Flir sees vertical takeoff test
22 August 2008
Sputtering tool to help hydrogen economy
19 August 2008
Andor targets cancer and counterfeit drugs
19 August 2008
Optical streak cameras supplied to UK government laser facility
12 August 2008
Prototyping specialist turns to laser sintering
23 July 2008
Rofins' lasers ensure fuel-injection systems achieve high production quality
16 July 2008
UAE places $6.3m sensor systems order
3 July 2008
Rofin bears fruit for Cherry Corporation
2 July 2008
Parabolic mirrors to shed light on the Sun
27 May 2008
Student models designed and manufactured more quickly
13 May 2008
Marl wins Amtrak contract
13 May 2008
Laser welds world's most expensive piece of art
15 April 2008
Extreme UV lithography focuses on semiconductor technology
14 April 2008
3D Laser Scanner picks up an Oscar
14 April 2008
Marl in £100,000 train refurbishment
2 April 2008
Jefferson Lab signs $200,000 contract for silicon photomultiplier technology
27 March 2008
These season's latest fashion: LEDs
20 March 2008
MtronPTI certified by DSCC for QPL Oscillator
20 March 2008
Pimp my sensors
20 March 2008
Aculight to develop laser-based vestibular implant
25 February 2008
Lebanese navy ship in long-range surveillance
18 February 2008
HardRam and Powerlase go green for plasma manufacture
18 February 2008
LEDs go East to light up six retailers
4 February 2008
Chinese company picks Ocean Optics' spectrometers for LED sorting
31 January 2008
Laserline selects Very High Brightness bar for industrial direct diode systems
22 January 2008
NASA beams up short-pulsed LED-generated UV illumination systems
21 January 2008
The Spanish Research Council purchases SeaSoar system
18 January 2008
Observatory picks Cilas to design and test its 42m wide mirror
18 January 2008
Ultra low attenuation in infrared optical fibre
18 January 2008
The LED trio driving the automotive industry
18 January 2008
3D visualisation and measurement of high-speed objects in flight
18 January 2008
Spectrometers aid semiconductor measurements
15 January 2008
Optical switch one tenth the width of human hair
9 January 2008
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