 | IQE to buy $5M stake in solar cell maker SJC 09 Feb |
| UK epiwafer foundry agrees exclusive supply deal; funds equity investment with £10.5 million share issue. |
 | US Army chooses its two CIRCM contractors 08 Feb |
| Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems have won contracts for the technology development phase of the countermeasures program. |
 | Phoenix Photonics addresses 2μm market
08 Feb |
| UK company launches 2μm fiber couplers and polarization scrambler, leads EU MODE-GAP next-gen network project. |
 | MicroOLED launches ‘highest pixel density’ display 08 Feb |
| This 5.4 megapixel microdisplay gives SXGA resolution in full color but for half the power. |
 | Opnext ready to bounce back from flood disaster 08 Feb |
| CEO says that production capacity will be back to pre-flood levels by the end of March. |
 | L-3 completes $210M Kollmorgen acquisition 08 Feb |
| Further signal of consolidation in US defense sector as the giant contractor acquires photonic mast specialist. |
 | Japan buys four laser mine detection systems 07 Feb |
| Maritime force is first international navy to buy the mine-sweeping technology developed by Northrop Grumman. |
 | Amplitude Systèmes agrees €30M equity deal 06 Feb |
| Developer of compact ultrafast lasers for medical and industrial applications wins investment from Franco-Chinese private equity group. |
 | Huawei buys UK's Centre for Integrated Photonics 06 Feb |
| The deal protects the Centre's future and does not break faith with UK taxpayers, says CIP. |
 | Cymer enters pivotal period after record year 03 Feb |
| Meeting EUV source development targets is the top business priority in 2012 for the San Diego developer of light sources for lithography. |
 | Rofin slumps as revenue fails to meet guidance 02 Feb |
| Shares in the laser company fall sharply in early trading after sales dip 22% sequentially. |
 | Q-Cells bondholders agree debt-for-equity swap deal 01 Feb |
| Major bondholders of the troubled solar company will own 95% of a nearly debt-free enterprise – provided that existing shareholders agree. |
 | Novel CMOS photodetector provides better images 01 Feb |
| CMOS-based optoelectronic device supports low-light applications such as fluorescence imaging. |
 | PW 2012: green awards for laser innovators 01 Feb |
| Awards announced ahead of keynote presentation at the opening of the LASE conference. |
 | Jenoptik beats guidance; sees strong 2012 01 Feb |
| The Germany-headquartered firm reports a 14% increase in sales from its lasers and optical systems segment in 2011. |
 | KLA-Tencor rides on sustained foundry capex 31 Jan |
| A resurgence in equipment spending by customers led to a huge increase in quarterly bookings for the company. |
 | Oclaro looks to recover lost ground 31 Jan |
| The Thailand floods affected the company's revenue figures, but its product lines are returning to full capacity. |
 | Restructuring Philips reports fast LED adoption 31 Jan |
| Going through something of a revolution itself, the world’s largest lighting company wants to accelerate the solid-state transformation. |
 | Coherent senses positive shift in sentiment 30 Jan |
| Laser giant sees early signs of recovery in the semiconductor sector, and hopes for credit easing in China. |
 | Ultratech sets records for income and bookings 30 Jan |
| The company has now seen ten sequential quarters of growth, but warned that 2012 will pose some challenges. |
 | PW 2012: young guns scoop 2011 Prisms 26 Jan |
| Start-ups and SMEs showed strongly at this year’s Prism Awards, with a 60-laser tunnel imaging system and an industrial femtosecond laser among the winners. |
 | PW 2012: Germany urges spending on ‘green tech’ 26 Jan |
| Photonics technologies are key to Green Tech revolution required to drive economic recovery. |
 | PW 2012: fusion laser on track for 2012 burn 26 Jan |
| The National Ignition Facility’s Mike Dunne expects to see fusion with gain in around nine months. |
 | PW 2012: Schott surprises with brighter Pb-free fiber
26 Jan |
| Superior properties of environmentally-friendly Puravis glass fiber give improved transmission.
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 | QD Laser shows off new green diode 24 Jan |
| The frequency-doubled 532 nm diode unveiled at Photonics West indicates that green sources remain the subject of much attention. |
 | PW 2012: laser drug delivery wins start-up challenge 24 Jan |
| Pitch from CEO of Portugal-based LaserLeap Technologies wins Jenoptik-sponsored biophotonics competition. |
 | PW 2012: Industrial laser sales are hitting new highs 24 Jan |
| Diversity of laser applications to industry has helped pull the business out of recession. |
 | PW 2012: Laser sales steady with bright points 24 Jan |
| Laser vendors should welcome 'flat to slight' growth in 2012, according to annual Laser Marketplace analysis. |
 | AMS Technologies acquires Azpect Photonics 23 Jan |
| The deal boosts the Nordic presence of AMS and creates the largest pan-European consultancy for optics, power and thermal management. |
 | Avinger raises funds for catheter development 23 Jan |
| The company's Ocelot catheter includes integrated OCT to give surgeons real-time imaging during treatment of artery disease. |
 | BiOS 2012: super-resolution in a live mouse brain 23 Jan |
| Plenary talk at biophotonics conference shows dynamic in vivo imaging of synapses in a living mouse brain. |
 | BiOS 2012: cancer diagnosis dominates hot topics 22 Jan |
| Biophotonics conference highlights potential for coherence imaging to pick up signs of cancer in early stages. |
 | PW 2012: QCL applications pull a crowd
22 Jan |
| Multiwatt infrared QCLs, operating at room temperature, are now a reality. At least two groups have demonstrated 5W of MWIR power.
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 | ProPhotonix hit by German solar slowdown 20 Jan |
| But full-year sales from the LED and laser diode module vendor are still forecast to meet expectations. |
 | Prize-winning LED 'bulb' to go on sale next month 19 Jan |
| Philips' high-efficiency LED replacement for 60 W incandescent bulbs to become available from February. |
 | Cree slows 6-inch transition; expects consolidation 19 Jan |
| But LED chip and component manufacturer says acceleration of price-per-lumen curve is pushing adoption of solid-state lighting. |
 | Confident ASML sees strong start to 2012 18 Jan |
| Dutch company set to overtake Applied Materials as the single largest semiconductor capital equipment supplier by 2011 sales. |
 | Imec and Holst team targets flexible OLED displays 18 Jan |
| With organic LED TVs dominating the tech headlines, a new European collaboration will focus on a 'third wave' of flexible displays. |
 | Adaptive optics sees retina rods more clearly 17 Jan |
| A new grant to the Medical College of Wisconsin will fund further development of a technique to image individual retina cells. |
 | CIGS cell maker AQT Solar closes $18.7M VC round 17 Jan |
| Another Californian developer of copper indium gallium diselenide cells wins funding, and will now deploy a second production line. |
 | Teledyne and Zephyr develop optical interconnects
16 Jan |
| Collaboration to develop and sell new generation of high-bandwidth optoelectronic devices for military, aerospace and harsh environments. |
 | Zeiss settles OCT patent infringement case 16 Jan |
| Case initially brought by Carl Zeiss Meditec against rival optical coherence tomography system maker Optovue has been dropped. |
 | FDA 510(k) clearances, November-December 2011 16 Jan |
| The growing use of femtosecond sources for ophthalmology features in the FDA's list for the last months of the year. |
 | Terahertz market set to diversify and accelerate 16 Jan |
| The ALMA telescope project will soon be completed but new applications will more than compensate, says BCC Research |
 | Osram's silicon-based LEDs make the grade 13 Jan |
| Lighting giant says it could release GaN-on-silicon chips to the market in two years, further reducing the cost of solid-state lighting. |
 | SemiLEDs hopeful of China demand boost 12 Jan |
| Chip and component maker could benefit from government-subsidized LED lighting in China and a major new streetlighting project in Taiwan. |
 | PV shows promise in smaller European markets 12 Jan |
| Smaller European markets are promising favorable system returns now, while Asia is forecast to rise later, says Lux Research. |
 | Soraa shows blue laser power for projectors 11 Jan |
| Having recently raised nearly $90 million equity finance, the UCSB spin-out demonstrates its technology at the Consumer Electronics Show. |
 | Solar backed by $1.9 BN venture funding in 2011 10 Jan |
| Despite dwindling subsidies, a price crash, a potential trade war and several bankruptcies, VCs are still piling cash into solar firms. |
