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Register and Attend CLEO/IQEC 2009 - The Premier Event for Breakthroughs in Optics
15 May 2009
With new product announcements and 1,500 technical paper presentations, CLEO/IQEC is the industry’s most influential business and scientific forum.
PhAST/Laser Focus World Innovation Award Goes to BioPhotonic Solutions, Inc.
12 May 2009
The Photonic Applications, Systems and Technologies (PhAST) Conference and Laser Focus World magazine are pleased to announce that BioPhotonic Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of pulse shapers for ultrafast lasers, has been selected as the recipient of this year’s PhAST/Laser Focus World Innovation Award.
Two OSA Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences
12 May 2009
Two members of the Optical Society (OSA) have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Creating the Astro-Comb to Locate Earth-Like Planets
08 May 2009
Thanks to the ability of astronomers to detect the presence of extrasolar planets orbiting distant stars, scientists today are able to examine hundreds of solar systems. Now researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. have created an “astro-comb” to help astronomers detect lighter planets, more like Earth, around distant stars.
OSA International Council Awards Optics Grants for 2009
29 April 2009
The Optical Society’s International Council recently approved new funding for a variety of programs designed to advance optics and photonics in developing nations. The grants from the first review cycle in 2009 total $27,000 for seven projects around the world.
The Optical Society Bestows 17 Awards for 2009
28 April 2009
The Optical Society (OSA) is pleased to announce the 2009 recipients of its prestigious awards and medals.
First Recipient of the Infinera Outstanding Student Recognition Announced
28 April 2009
The OSA Foundation and Infinera are pleased to announce that Ming-Chun Tien from the University of California, Berkeley has been given the first Infinera Outstanding Student Recognition Prize for his paper titled “Optofluidic Assembly of InGaAsP Microdisk Lasers on Si Photonic Circuits with Submicron Alignment Accuracy.”
Corning Student Paper Competition Winner Announced
28 April 2009
The OSA Foundation and Corning Incorporated are pleased to announce Jeffrey Lee of the University of Technology Eindhoven in The Netherlands as the winner of this year’s Corning Outstanding Student Paper Competition. Jeffrey Lee was awarded top honors for his paper “Discrete Multitone Modulation for High-Speed Data Transmission over Multimode Fibers Using 850-nm VCSEL.”
Industry Newsmakers First Quarter 2009
24 April 2009
The world's largest conference on optical communications - OFC/NFOEC 2009 - wrapped up last month and even amid the current economic climate, a spate of innovation and high technology among OSA Corporate Member companies was on display at the show.
CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2009 Highlights Excellence in Lasers and Electro-Optics
23 April 2009
The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the XIth European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO®/Europe-EQEC) will take place as part of the World of Photonics Congress June 14 - 19 in Munich, Germany.