Chinese University and Heidelberg Instruments to Cooperate for Advanced R&D Activities Focused on MOEMS

What is Photonics?
The term Photonics was coined in 1967 by Pierre Aigrain.....

PD-LD Awarded New Patent for VBG Technology Expansion
PD-LD Awarded New Patent for VBG Technology Expansion. Invention Improves Conditioning of Laser Diodes Output Characteristics.

Lumerical-NNIN/C Partnership Accelerates Nanophotonics Research
Lumerical has donated ten FDTD Solutions Engine licenses to the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network Computation Project. The joint capabilities of the 224 core HPC system and the donated licenses, freely accessible to NNIN members, promise to speed nanophotonics design efforts across the United States.

Optical Visual Fault Locator for Fiber Optic Networks and Optical Systems
Toronto, Canada - GAO Instruments () is offering this optical visual fault locator for the maintenance of fiber optic networks, optical systems including LAN, FDDI and ATM, telecommunications and CATV networks. It is commonly used in quickly verifying continuity, checking the validity of patch cables and locating faults in the continuity of both single mode (SM) and multimode (MM) optical fibers.

PD-LD Introduces Triplexers to Simplify Wavelength Testing
PD-LD Introduces Triplexers. Products Will Simplify Wavelength Testing.

Announcement: New North American Laser Distributor
Engineers, Quality Managers, and Production Managers sometimes don't know where to find solutions to critical measurement issues. This news release will provide resources regarding laser alignment and measurement.

ScotGrid and Lumerical Team up to Boost UK Nanophotonics Research
Lumerical Solutions has donated FDTD Solutions Engine licenses to ScotGrid, one of the largest grid computing sites in the United Kingdom. The donated licenses will enable photonics researchers at academic institutions to perform large-scale simulations of devices such as silicon photonics components, solid-state light emitters, and thin-film solar cells.

Small Optical Force Can Budge Nanoscale Objects
With a bit of leverage, Cornell researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometers. That's enough to completely switch the optical properties of the structure from opaque to transparent, they reported.