The Samsung Galaxy S6 has been officially unveiled at MWC 2015, with the hotly anticipated handset shaping up to be a true powerhouse of the smartphone space. Following months of leaks and countless rumours, the S6 has finally entered the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, MWC
A Mayer and A Bay of University of Namur in Belgium have applied a 'genetic algorithm' to the problem of finding optimal surface textures for light extraction from gallium nitride (GaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Journal of Optics, ...
LED lighting technology firm Flip Chip Opto Inc of Fremont, CA, USA has announced its P-Series of high-power LED flip-chip/chip-on-board (COB) products. The high-performance lighting modules consist of patented 3-Pad LED flip chips with a ...
Tags: Flip Chip, LED lighting
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
For its fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 27 December 2014), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $86.8m, down 15.6% on $102.9m a year ago and ...
Tags: end-market, Telecoms
The SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Board of Directors announced that David Ingemie, SIA’s president for the past 34 years, would be stepping down as president following the 2016 SIA Snow Show. Ingemie joined SIA in 1976 as ...
Luxembourg-registered synthetic diamond materials firm Element Six (a member of the De Beers Family of Companies) says that its Technologies Group experienced more than 20% growth in 2014, marking its third consecutive year of high growth. ...
Tags: synthetic diamond solutions, emerging markets, Electrical
Princeton Optronics Inc of Mercerville, NJ, USA, which manufactures high-power single- and multi-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and VCSEL arrays, says it is working with Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects ...
Tags: 3D space, mobile devices, Electrical
In cooperation with international partners, Germany’s Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland have presented what is claimed to be the first semiconductor laser consisting solely of ...
Tags: Group-IV Lasers, clock signal, Electrical
NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, ...
GU Energy Labs’ has named former Smith Optics executive Blair Clark as its new vice president of sales and announced several other changes to its sales organization. Jon Parker has been hired as senior regional sales manager for the ...
With a number of LG G4 leaks and rumours having already surfaced online, the Korean manufacturer is getting in on the act, making the first official reference to the upcoming handset. Speaking with TrustedReviews during CES 2015, LG has ...
Tags: LG, CES, Consumer Electronics
Walls Brands, a leading provider of workwear and hunting apparel under the Walls Outdoor Goods, Big Smith, 10X, Liberty and Duxbak brands, has hired active lifestyle agency Backbone Media to manage its communications strategy and public ...
Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA, which provides compound semiconductor-based optical components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics market, has completed the sale of its tunable laser and transceiver ...
CRAIC Technologies of San Dimas, CA, USA has launched the FLEX UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer concept, which is designed to be flexible in configuration, capabilities and pricing. Tailored for cost-effective spectroscopic analysis ...
Tags: CRAIC Technologies, Electrical