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QUEBEC CITY, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF) announced today the introduction of the IQS-2800 ITLA Tunable Laser Source, jointly developed with Coherent Solutions and exclusively available from EXFO. The recent bandwidth explosion is pushing next-generation transmission systems to new capacity limits requiring the use of complex high-order modulation formats like dual-polarization quadrature phase-shift keying (DPQPSK). Housed in the IQS-636...

ANAHEIM, Calif., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OFC/NFOEC 2013, Booth #2627 -- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. has developed and started mass production of the FOL 1437 series of 14xx nm pump source lasers with high output and low power consumption in the 1420nm - 1460nm range. These are key devices for use in Raman amplifiers, demand for which is expected to increase as the telecommunications industry accelerates adoption of ultrahigh-speed communications at 100 gigabits...

ANAHEIM, Calif., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OFC/NFOEC 2013, Booth #2627 -- Furukawa Electric Company, Ltd. has developed a micro Integrable Tunable Laser Assembly (ITLA), a key component in ultrahigh-speed optical digital coherent transmission devices operating at 100 gigabits per second (Gbps). This transmission device is now being introduced globally with initial sampling of the micro ITLA. In addition to meeting the industries' demand for much lower power consumption and high...

GARDNER, Mass., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. (OTCQB: PEYE) (the "Company") today announced that it has received a follow-on purchase order for $660,000 for custom-designed endoscopes to be manufactured and delivered over a sixteen-month period beginning in July 2013. The endoscopes represent two distinct designs which include various aspects of the Company's unique proprietary Microprecision(TM) lens technology and optical visualization system...

This research is an attempt to showcase the technology and market impact of existing and emerging optical imaging technologies having a huge growth potential in clinical medicine for the coming five years. This technology based research report categorizes optical imaging technologies based on applications, based on geography and on the basis of technicalities of various optical imaging modalities. Dublin, Ireland (PRWEB) March 13, 2013 Optical Imaging is an emerging imaging technology...

Engineers at Stanford have developed a prototype single-fiber endoscope that improves the resolution of these much-sought-after instruments fourfold over existing designs. The advance could lead to an era of needle-thin, minimally invasive endoscopes able to view features out of reach of today’s instruments. Engineers at Stanford have demonstrated a high-resolution endoscope that is as thin as a human hair with a resolution four times better than previous devices of similar design. The...

BILLERICA, Mass., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Axsun Technologies Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volcano Corporation (NASDAQ: VOLC) and a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems, will highlight their new Optical Engine products for Telecommunications at the upcoming 2013 OFC/NFOEC Exhibition at the Anaheim Convention Center on March 19-21, 2013. A number of Axsun's new products will be displayed at booth 3419, including its latest...

Arizona State University Details of how ASU researchers made that leap are published in a recent issue of the research journal Optics Express. The research team is led by Cun-Zheng Ning, an electrical engineering professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, one of ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. He has been among engineers and scientists across the world attempting to fabricate a workable nanolaser with a volume smaller than its wavelength...

Device to Incorporate Perkinamine Indigo(TM), Lightwave Logic's Advanced Organic Electro-Optical Polymer NEWARK, Del., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTCQB: LWLG), a technology company focused on the development of a Next Generation Non Linear Optical Polymer Materials Platform for applications in high speed fiber-optic data communications and optical computing, announced today that it has engaged EM Photonics, of Newark, Delaware, to develop an advanced...

Unique Combination of Narrow Linewidth Tunable Laser, High Speed InP Modulator, and Micro Coherent Receiver Enables a New Generation of Pluggable Modules for Metro and Long-Haul Markets SAN JOSE, Calif., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Oclaro, Inc.( )(NASDAQ: OCLR), a tier-one provider and innovator of optical communications and laser solutions, today announced that it has achieved a key milestone towards the development of a 100G coherent CFP2 pluggable module based on a new...