Microscan, a global manufacturer and pioneer of auto ID solutions from the world’s first laser diode barcode scanner to the Data Matrix symbol, has introduced the world’s smallest barcode readers for installation into OEM ...
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Osram continued to show a good profit performance in the third quarter of fiscal 2015. EBITA1 excluding special items rose 24% from a year earlier to EUR 129 million (US$ 142.51 million) , translating into a margin of 9.5%. The development ...
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Ferroelectric materials have applications in next-generation electronics devices from optoelectronic modulators and random access memory to piezoelectric transducers and tunnel junctions. Now researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology ...
While lasers were invented in 1960 and are commonly used in many applications, one characteristic of the technology has proven unattainable. No one has been able to create a laser that beams white light. Researchers at Arizona State ...
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The new prestigious Tatel restaurant in the centre of Madrid offers Spanish cuisine of the highest order and an air of exclusivity. Lighting scenes create the perfect atmosphere. The light management system also offers individual adjustment ...
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Soraa, the world leader in the development of advanced lighting products and gallium nitride on gallium nitride (GaN on GaN) LED technology, announced today that it will open a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Syracuse, New York. In ...
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Lasers and infrared LEDs for self-driving cars More than ten years ago, Osram Opto Semiconductors supplied infrared laser diodes for the first laser sensors in cars. As one of the first suppliers of powerful infrared LEDs (IREDs), Osram ...
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Edmund Optics® (EO), the premier provider of optical components, announces that customers in China now have direct access to over 1,600 high performance laser optics from Edmund Optics’ large inventory of stock optics ready for ...
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When Chris Carlen developed an enthusiasm for flashlights containing high-power LEDs, he didn’t anticipate that his hobby interest would lead to the creation of a new, high-speed LED driver delivering lighting performance that exceeds ...
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Police in Eastern China’s Anhui province have seized 60,000 counterfeited Philips automotive lighting products valuing several million Chinese Yuan from a local company on Monday, reported LED-100.com. Authorities found 30,000 fake ...
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Speaking at a press conference with Taiwanese media at Semicon Taiwan on Sept. 2, 2015, Nobel Laureate Shuji Nakamura shared his observations on lighting technology trends and commented on Taiwanese LED manufacturers situation. Nakamura ...
Jijun Feng and Ryoichi Akimoto based in China and Japan have developed low-threshold green and green-yellow laser diodes (LDs) based on a beryllium zinc cadmium selenide (BeZnCdSe) quantum well [Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p161101, 2015]. ...
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It's hard to escape the positive vibe that is currently circulating within the optics industry. As well as publishing record results in quarter one, many of the industry's big hitters have also published encouraging growth forecasts for ...
Tags: optics industry, cosmetic medical systems, semiconductor tools
Equipment spending by semiconductor chip manufacturers, a key industrial market for vendors of both lithography and laser-based wafer processing systems, will reach $32 billion in 2010 – more than double the 2009 figure. ...
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An outbreak of cautious optimism in optics and laser markets is fueling the hope that the economic slowdown may be over. Not all vendors are cheerful however, with the order books of some in the materials processing sector continuing to ...