News Releases

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  OSA Members Visit Legislators on Capitol Hill to Call for Increased Federal Funding for Science and Technology

  29 April 2010
  Members of the Optical Society (OSA) are coming together from around the United States to Capitol Hill today to speak with their senators and representatives about science policy issues and express appreciation to Congress for recent appropriations actions in the Fiscal Year 2010 spending bill.
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  NTT Advanced Technology Corporation Receives 2010 CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Award

  28 April 2010
  The CLEO/QELS: 2010 co-sponsors (APS, IEEE Photonics Society, OSA) and Laser Focus World today announced NTT Advanced Technology Corporation as the winner of this year’s CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Award
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  Inaugural Issue of OSA's Energy Express Focuses on New Ways to Harness More of the Sun's Energy through Solar Concentrators

  26 April 2010
  New devices that concentrate the sun's rays, increase the efficiency of solar cells, and help to lower the cost of solar energy, are featured in the inaugural issue of Energy Express, a new special bi-monthly supplement to Optics Express, the open-access journal of the Optical Society (OSA).
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  OSA Foundation to Donate Hundreds of Telescopes to Milwaukee Students Through Galileoscope Challenge

  23 April 2010
  The OSA Foundation announced today the launch of a new program to donate hundreds of telescopes to students in the Milwaukee area, while educating them about science, optics and astronomy.
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  Corning Outstanding Student Paper Winner Announced

  22 April 2010
  The OSA Foundation and Corning Incorporated are pleased to announce that this year’s winner of the Corning Outstanding Student Paper Competition is David Hillerkuss of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany.
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  Capitol Hill Exhibit and Congressional Briefing to Highlight Importance of Laser Technology

  21 April 2010
  OSA, Science-Engineering-Technology Working Group and Task Force on American Innovation partner on events to highlight 50th Anniversary of the Laser
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  OSA Launches Laser Anniversary Video

  08 April 2010
  Lasers: Transforming Life showcases current and future uses of the laser to commemorate 50 years of laser innovation
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  Industry Newsmakers First Quarter 2010

  01 April 2010
  The arrival of 2010 has brought with it a feeling of revival in the optics and photonics industry. With news of innovative products at OFC/NFOEC, new business contracts in the solar energy sector and orders for products exceeding tens of millions of dollars, the future is looking bright.
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  Delivering Bandwidth to New and Emerging Markets OFC/NFOEC to Explore Telecom and Datacom Current and Future Needs

  18 March 2010
  Presentations, exhibits, sessions and workshops will feature latest optical innovations and drivers to support bandwidth delivery
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  Optical Fiber Communication Conference to Feature Research Breakthroughs on the Future of Broadband Internet

  16 March 2010
  The world’s largest international conference on optical communication and networking convenes this month from March 21-25 at the San Diego Convention Center. Nearly 10,000 attendees are expected at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), and journalists are invited to attend the meeting for free.

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