A leading resource for engineers involved in photonics business, technology and applications. http://www.electrooptics.com/ Copyright Europa Science A custom-engineered spectrometer, part of NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission, is being used to analyse the makeup of lunar craters, with the goal of locating water below the moon's surface<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/HIKFsXgiw3c" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/HIKFsXgiw3c/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=720 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=720 Following the annual members' meeting of the European Laser Institute in June, Dr Stefan Kaierle was re-elected as chairman, a position he has held since the network was founded in 2003<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/AeE2lEOVGj0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/AeE2lEOVGj0/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=714 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=714 B&W Tek has appointed Lambda Photometrics as its UK and Ireland distributor.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/nWl_j6lyomc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/nWl_j6lyomc/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=715 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=715 AMS Technologies, pan-European distributor of high-tech components and systems, and Ireland-based SensL, a leader in low light sensing solutions, have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/TXdAlDqt8zY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/TXdAlDqt8zY/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=716 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=716 Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) has restructured its board of directors, with Prof. Dr Wolfgang Ertmer appointed as head.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/cQOe-2cSMLw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/cQOe-2cSMLw/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=717 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=717 LightPath Technologies has appointed AMS Technologies as its distributor throughout Europe. This contract expands on AMS Technologies current role as distributor for Germany and Austria.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/scKiv5XKlHk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/scKiv5XKlHk/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=718 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=718 Edmund Optics (EO), a provider of optical components, has appointed Timothy Kennedy as president of Edmund Optics Japan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/muaJMCPmjHA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/muaJMCPmjHA/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=719 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=719 Jenoptik's Lasers and Material Processing division and the Korean company, Telstar-Hommel, have founded Jenoptik Korea Corp., a joint venture that primarily addresses the Asian electronics, flat-panel, and photovoltaics industries.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/zbjFSZX2l9I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/zbjFSZX2l9I/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=712 Tue, 7 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=712 Ulis, a manufacturer of infrared detectors for low-cost IR cameras, has expanded the production capacity of its microbolometers from 50,000 to 200,000 units per year.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/CQRlCBJQHsk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/CQRlCBJQHsk/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=713 Tue, 7 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=713 Exhibitor numbers were up, visitors were down (but not by as much as had been feared) and the mood was reasonably upbeat at this year's Laser World of Photonics, as Warren Clark reports<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/3NlDjfeqQ8E" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/3NlDjfeqQ8E/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=711 Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=711 JDSU has announced that it is supplying electro-optic modulators to the National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, located in Livermore, California<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/IwrIukKQdXo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/IwrIukKQdXo/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=710 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=710 The Optatec international trade fair for future optical technologies, components, systems and manufacturing will take place at the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre from 15-18 June 2010, and advance plans are already underway<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/9K9ofkgNrCE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/9K9ofkgNrCE/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=709 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=709 Investigations into solar irradiance at high altitude have been undertaken using miniature spectrometers as part of the Return to Everest 2009 expedition.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/sPItzOvclSA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/sPItzOvclSA/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=708 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=708 The Association Fran&ccedil;aise de l'Optique (AFOP) has launched Photon Recherche Industrie (PRI), an all-new industry event dedicated to the optics and photonics sectors, to be held in Reims, France on 18-19 November 2009.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/AOOFcPvSN7E" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/AOOFcPvSN7E/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=707 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=707 Physik Instrumente is ramping up its manufacturing capabilities in the US. Last year, the company hired Philip Greene as vice president of engineering and manufacturing<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~4/SIr3wvTVRko" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectroOptics-News/~3/SIr3wvTVRko/news_story.php http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=706 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.electrooptics.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=706