Fibre optics

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  • Plasmonic research boosts nano ICs
    IMEC, Europe’s independent nanoelectronics research institute has developed a method of integrating high-speed CMOS electronics and nanophotonic circuitry based on plasmonic effects.
  • Forum sets new direction for photonics in Australia
    Strong support is emerging for a nationally focused push to grow the Australian photonics/optoelectronics industry internationally, according to AEEMA's chief executive, Angus M Robinson
Product (4)
  • Optical components
    Finisar has available four 1310 nm optical components designed to meet the specifications of high-speed video applications.
  • Powered E-field probe
    Dare Development has released an 18 GHz laser probe. The RadiSense powered probe measures in a small volume of 1 cm3, enabling accurate testing.
  • Optical fibre modules
    Advantech has announced the first two modules in a series of ST connectors, the ADAM-6541-ST, an ethernet to multimode ST fibre-optic converter and the ADAM-6521-ST, a five-port industrial 10/100 Mbps ethernet switch with one multimode fibre-optic ST point.
  • Plug-and-play fibre
    Molex has released the redesigned ModLink system - the end-to-end, factory terminated, plug and play solution.
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  • Thin film lens array
    Depositing silicon dioxide over a square-patterned substrate could turn out to be an attractive route to making arrays of micro and nanosized lenses.
  • Couplers enable silicon photonics
    Silicon photonics can now be more efficiently connected to mainstay low index contrast fibre following a development by Chiral Photonics scientists.
  • ITO and alternative transparent conductor markets to reach $9.4 billion
    The market for transparent conductors used in display, photovoltaics and lighting markets will reach approximately US$9.4 billion by 2015, according to a new study from industry analysis firm NanoMarkets.
  • Upgrade for high-speed broadband
    The Southern Cross Cable Network is supporting the move to high-speed broadband in Australia and New Zealand with the completion of the first stage of a big capacity upgrade.
  • Zinc oxide set to change optoelectronics
    Researchers at the University of Auckland have taken the first step towards developing the next generation of optoelectronic materials for use in devices such as screen displays, solar cells and lasers which display information using electrical signals and light emission.
  • Australian neuroscientist wins British science prize
    Professor Mandyam Srinivasan, the Queensland Brain Institute's head of visual neuroscience, has received the 2008 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics.
  • Fibre optics poised to reach new heights
    In an effort to provide safer and more reliable components for aircraft, researchers have invented a fibre-optic on/off switch that can replace electrical wiring for controlling elevators, rudders and other flight systems on aircraft.
  • Light beams tied in knots
    Researchers from the British universities of Southampton and Glasgow have succeeded in tying knots in light beams.
  • Hybrid assembly integrates optical devices
    The Centre for Integrated Photonics (CIP) in England has announced a novel hybrid assembly technique that offers a simple yet reliable method of integrating optical devices.
  • Optoelectronics market to be worth $600 billion by 2010
    The global optoelectronics market to be worth $600 billion by 2010, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts.
  • Platform for emergency optical networking applications
    The Centre for Integrated Photonics (CIP) has announced a hybrid assembly technique that offers a very simple yet highly reliable method of integrating optical devices.
  • Electronic function built into optical fibre
    A joint team from the University of Southampton in Britain and Penn State University in the US has combined the technologies of optical fibre and silicon/germanium to make devices inside microstructured fibres.
  • Research into new light source for general illumination
    Osram is intensifying its research and development work on organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) with the aim of applying this technology also to general illumination.
  • Circuits that run on light
    Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have theorised a means of shrinking electronics so they could be run using light instead of electricity.
  • Light source invented
    Scientists in the US have devised a new flexible material that could revolutionise the way we light our homes and offices.
  • Faster optical communications coming down the line
    Monash University researchers have won the $100,000 Peter Doherty Prize for Innovation, at the Commercialisation Expo 2006, for their work in faster optical communications.
  • Circuit elements for opto frequencies
    Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania propose to shrink circuits to save space and power and, more importantly, accommodate electronic applications at much higher frequencies than are possible with current models - applications that include nano-optics, optical information storage and molecular signalling.
  • Optical modulators
    The Centre for Integrated Photonics in Ipswich, England has launched a range of electro-absorption modulators fabricated using indium-phosphide.
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