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Rice University Physicists Utilize GaAs Semiconductors for Next-Generation Computers

Physicists from Rice University and Princeton University have discovered how to use one of the information technology industry's mainstay materials -- gallium arsenide semiconductors -- as an ultrasensitive microwave detector that could be suitable for next-generation computers.

10 Dec 2010

Researchers Demonstrate Laser Beam Steering System for Quantum Computing

A new laser-beam steering system that aims and focuses bursts of light onto single atoms for use in quantum computers has been demonstrated by collaborating researchers from Duke University and the University of Wisconsi...

10 Dec 2010

Soitec Provides Order for AltaSight 300 Wafer Platform to Altatech Semiconductor

Altatech Semiconductor S.A. has received an order for its AltaSight® 300 full-wafer inspection system from Soitec (Euronext Paris), the world's leading supplier of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and advanced solutions for the electronics and energy industries.

9 Dec 2010

CyberOptics to Deploy CWA30 Solar Wafer Systems on DEK’s New Eclipse Metallization Line

CyberOptics Corporation today announced that its CWA30 optical alignment systems, developed in conjunction with DEK Solar, will be deployed on DEK’s new Eclipse Metallization Line.

9 Dec 2010

Lithography Systems Supplier Ultratech Opens New Manufacturing Unit in Singapore

Ultratech, Inc. a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices and high-brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs), today officially opened an advanced manufacturing facility in Singapore.

7 Dec 2010

Boston Micromachines Signs Agreement with Bridger Photonics to Assess MEMS DM Technology

Boston Micromachines Corporation (BMC), a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products for adaptive optics systems, announced today that it has signed a consulting agreement with Bridger Photonics to quantitatively assess a new MEMS membrane deformable mirror design using Boston Micromachines' facilities.

From Boston Micromachines Corp. 7 Dec 2010

Chalcogenide Glass Provides Platform for Nanophotonic Structures Investigations

Recent progress in chalcogenide glass photonics has been driven by scientific and technological challenges in a variety of areas.

7 Dec 2010

Researchers Create Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Christmas Tree Decorations

They might just be the smallest Christmas tree decorations ever. Tiny spherical particles of gold and silver that are more than 100 million times smaller than the gold and silver baubles used to decorate seasonal fir tre...

4 Dec 2010

Harvard Scientists Develop New Microscopy Method to Capture Video at Subcellular Level

A novel type of biomedical imaging, made possible by new advances in microscopy from scientists at Harvard University, is so fast and sensitive it can capture "video" of blood cells squeezing through capillaries.

3 Dec 2010

SUSS MicroTec to Develop Nanostructuring Equipment with Rolith's Nanolithography Method

SUSS MicroTec a leading supplier of equipment and process solution for the semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced that it has entered into a joint development and exclusive license agreement with Rolith, Inc. to develop and build nanostructuring equipment employing a disruptive nanolithography method developed by Rolith.

3 Dec 2010

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

Rice University Physicists Utilize GaAs Semiconductors for Next-Generation Computers

Researchers Demonstrate Laser Beam Steering System for Quantum Computing

Soitec Provides Order for AltaSight 300 Wafer Platform to Altatech Semiconductor

CyberOptics to Deploy CWA30 Solar Wafer Systems on DEK’s New Eclipse Metallization Line

Lithography Systems Supplier Ultratech Opens New Manufacturing Unit in Singapore

Boston Micromachines Signs Agreement with Bridger Photonics to Assess MEMS DM Technology

Chalcogenide Glass Provides Platform for Nanophotonic Structures Investigations

Researchers Create Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Christmas Tree Decorations

Harvard Scientists Develop New Microscopy Method to Capture Video at Subcellular Level

SUSS MicroTec to Develop Nanostructuring Equipment with Rolith's Nanolithography Method

Cigarette Waste as a Source for Sustainable Supercapacitors

Laser-Induced Graphene for Printable and Biomedical Applications

Co-Solvent-Driven Laser Assembly of Gold Nanorods

Novel Technique Dramatically Increases Graphene's Elasticity

Nanotubes Stabilize Carbyne, Paving Way for Advanced Electronics

Breaking Barriers in Thin-Film Deposition with ATLANT 3D’s DALP Technology

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

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