Researchers at Ghent University and nanoelectronics R&D center Imec of Leuven, Belgium have demonstrated interaction between light and sound in a nanoscale area using a silicon photonic nanowire (R. Van Laer et al, Nature Photonics (2015); ...
Researchers from Germany and the UK claim record long wavelengths of 7μmfor interband cascade lasers (ICLs) based on indium arsenide (InAs) heterostructures [Matthias Dallner et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p041108, 2015]. Devices with ...
The US government has given approval for Raytheon Company of Waltham, MA, USA to export a gallium nitride- (GaN)-based Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Patriot sensor to Patriot Air and Missile Defense System partner nations. ...
Tags: Patriot Radar, AESA Sensor
Diode laser maker DILAS of Mainz, Germany has expanded the wavelength range of its tailored bar-based, scalable concept with its new high-brightness fiber-laser pump module delivering up to 240W optical output power at 915nm. Based on ...
Tags: Diode laser, Fiber-Laser Pump
The market value of LED lamps installed for general lighting in the USA (including indoor & outdoor accent and functional lighting for residential, commercial and government areas) reached $1.22bn in 2014 and will grow strongly at average ...
Tags: LED Lamps, General Lighting
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany claims that it has achieved one of the best values in the world in terms of forward voltage for blue high-current chips, leading to an increase in efficiency of up to 8%. Optimized ...
Whereas 2014 was a challenging year for lighting products (with most traditional technology suppliers reporting declining quarterly revenues for lamps and luminaires), many LED-only manufacturers saw their revenues rise, says market ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Traditional Lighting
Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA, a provider of RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, has announced several new high-performance RF filters that provide faster data throughput and ...
Tags: RF Filters, 4G Smartphones
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has launched a small, low-profile series of light engines that provide fixture ...
Tags: LED technology, Optical Light
Vermont-based GW Plastics is breaking into high-speed medical molding with the addition of two 240-ton injection molding machines, the company announced at the 30th annual MD&M West conference and trade show Feb. 10 in Anaheim. The twin ...
The BlackBerry death knell is unmistakable – new research points to the company’s UK market share slipping below one million users by the end of 2017. That’s a stark drop from its comparatively glorious yesteryears, with ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Blackberry
CEPI especially welcomes the emphasis put on delivering competitive energy prices, investing in the bioeconomy and establishing synergies between the energy efficiency, resource efficiency and circular economy policies. “This ...
The new addition is designed to boost CS Labels’ capacity by a third and is set to play a part in expanding the firm. It is targeting year-on-year growth of 25% and pushing turnover up to £4m. CS Labels managing director Simon ...
The Can Makers, the industry trade body representing UK drinks can manufacturers, said growth for CSDs was strong, with can deliveries up 146m units to 5.296bn, an increase of 2.8%. Nielsen figures showed the share of overall CSD ...
Tags: Drinks Can, PET bottles
PV systems and PV power-generating stations established and connected to power grids in China in 2014 had a total installation capacity of 10.60GWp, taking up 25% of the global total, according to China's National Energy Administration ...
Tags: PV Installation, PV systems