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Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010	AOptix Demonstrates Free-Space Optics Laser Communications for Airborne HD Video Scientists from the U.S. Air Force demonstrated high-bandwidth, real-time, air-to-ground datalink from aircraft flying more than 60 miles apart using laser communications technology from AOptix Technologies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 Jim Reeves	Industry View: Have bandwidth, will travel Technological advancements such as 'double conjugated adaptive optics' are leading to man-portable, far-reaching, low-power laser communication systems that are perfectly suited to the military's security-driven battlefield communication requirements.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 Steffen Koehler	Advances in hybrid optical packaging enable high-bandwidth photonic RF transmission The challenge in exploiting optical fiber for RF transmission lies in getting the RF signals on and off the fiber without degrading the signals. Advances in optical packaging technology are making improvements to military equipment possible.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006	Raytheon researchers eye boosting laser power to weapons-grade levels High-power laser systems made from low-power modules would leapfrog bottlenecks to create ever-higher-power monolithic laser systems.
IEEE Spectrum February 2009 Mark Anderson	Two Steps Toward a Terabit Internet Nonlinear optics tricks bring terabit-per-second bandwidth within reach
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004 John Keller	Air Force Seeks to Develop Phased-Array Lasers for Weapons and Communications U.S. military researchers are looking into ways of steering laser beams from flat arrays of optical emitters, in much the same way that phased-array radar systems steer radar beams without the need of a rotating platform.
InternetNews February 17, 2005 Michael Singer	Intel Beams Up Silicon The ability to build a laser from standard silicon could lead to inexpensive optical devices that move data inside and between computers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Air Force Pushes Optical Data Network Air Force leaders granted optoelectronics company Srico $750,000 for a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract to develop a high-speed optical network.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	The elusive military optoelectronics market Optical technology is more important for military and aerospace applications today than ever before
PC World June 18, 2002 Kuriko Miyake	Philips Shrinks CD to 1.2 Inches Blue laser technology supports tiny drive for use in phones, PDAs.
IEEE Spectrum September 2010 Schow et al.	Get on the Optical Bus IBM's light-powered links overcome the greatest speed bump in supercomputing: interconnect bandwidth
Technology Research News July 30, 2003	Laser bursts pierce fog Researchers in France have shown that it is possible to fire laser beams through otherwise impenetrable clouds, haze and fog. This means it could be possible to transmit data through these opaque media and remotely sense objects or chemicals within clouds, haze or fog.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 John Keller	DARPA seeks proposals on photonic delays as a building block for optical computing Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are trying to find compact, robust ways to control the flow of photons in future applications of optical computing.
T.H.E. Journal April 2004	FlightStrata LightPointe, a designer and manufacturer of optical wireless products based on free-space optics technology, is now offering its FlightStrata model for fiber-like, building-to-building connectivity.
National Defense January 2013 Stew Magnuson	Game-Changing Laser Communications Ready For Fielding, Vendors Say Sending data with lasers, rather than radio frequencies, has the potential to revolutionize the way the military communicates, proponents of the technology have said.
Technology Research News November 19, 2003 Eric Smalley	Switch promises optical chips Computers have historically been electronic rather than photonic because lightwaves, while great for sending signals over long distances, are controlled by equipment that has proven difficult to shrink to computer chip scale. The rise of photonic crystals promises to narrow the gap.
CIO May 15, 2003 John Edwards	Looking-Glass Fiber Don't look now, but a new low-loss optical fiber -- featuring a mirrored core -- can conduct an intense stream of laser light that would melt an ordinary fiber.
National Defense November 2014 Stew Magnuson	Laser Communications to Thwart Jamming, Interception Laser communications, also known as free space opticals, hold the promise of giving the military a means to transmit high amounts of data and voice that is hard to detect and an alternative to traditional radio frequencies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005	Optoelectronics Briefs Breakthrough in solid-state laser technology... Fiber-optic field-simulation test instrument... TTL modulation added to photon devices... New high-power optical fiber... Light-sensitive camera... High-power multimode diode bar... Laser Diode earns ISO 9001:2000 certification...
PC Magazine July 29, 2003 Cade Metz	Gender Gap Are men better at navigating computer screens than women? Scientists at Microsoft Research say yes, but they may have found a way to level the playing field.
CIO February 15, 2002 Christopher Lindquist	Fiber All the Way Primarion is developing optical packaging technology and a fast power supply to support connecting processors, memory and other components with high-speed, inexpensive optical links.
Wired December 2001	Optical Atomic Clock The optical clock signals a paradigm shift: It measures time using the femtosecond -- one-quadrillionth of a second -- making it potentially 1,000 times more precise than today's time leader...
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Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John McHale	Laser Weapons: Moving From Promise to Performance The military's laser weapons programs are making steady progress in their transition from the laboratory to the battlefield, with deployment of initial systems expected within the next three to five years.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Paniccia & Koehl	The Silicon Solution In the future, ordinary silicon chips will move data using light rather than electrons, unleashing nearly limitless bandwidth and revolutionizing computing
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Optical Cable Certified by DOD The U.S. Department of Defense has certified Optical Cable Corp. as a fully qualified supplier of ground tactical fiber optic cable, meeting all military requirements.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2004	Test Moves Missile-Defense Laser Program Closer to Deployment The future U.S. Airborne Laser system took another step forward last month when modules of the system's megawatt-class chemical oxygen-iodine laser were test fired for the first time while linked together as one unit.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 John Keller	Adaptive Optics Blends the Best of Electronic and Optoelectronic Technologies This approach uses deformable mirrors, MEMS, or liquid-crystal technologies to adjust for optical distortion in the atmosphere, which yields a new level of focus and resolution to high-energy lasers, deep-space exploration, and perhaps even eye surgery.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006	Air Force seeks to improve battlefield logistics with recycled laser fuel This achievement removes the need to dispose of used fuel, and will substantially improve warfighting logistics, says the Air Force project officer on the program.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2005 Dan Bloom	Intel's Optical Breakthrough The chipmaker may open new tech frontiers by teaching silicon and light to cooperate.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004	Fiber lasers emerge as strong competitor for future laser weapons They may be applied to jet fighters, land vehicles, and perhaps even man-portable systems. And they even have the potential to edge-out other solid-state laser approaches such as slab lasers and free-electron lasers.
National Defense March 2013 Valerie Insinna	Vendor Plans to Launch Commercial Laser Satellite System Two of the U.S. military's long-standing communications problems could be solved if a new company manages to get its proposed laser-based satellite system off the ground.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009	Tektronix introduces 40- and 100-Gigabit Ethernet military test modules for optical transmitters The Tektronix DSA8200 digital signal analyzer series will reduce the cost of optical transmitter development and industry standards compliance.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics provides thermal imagers for MK46 optical sight system L-3 Communications will provide the thermal imagers for the MK46 Optical Sight System on the U.S. Navy's Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers.
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Eric Smalley	Pure Silicon Laser Debuts Researchers have made a prototype laser from silicon. The laser is tunable, meaning it can lase in a range of wavelengths, or colors, and it works at room temperature.
InternetNews May 17, 2004 Paul Shread	Sony Bets on Blue Lasers Sony debuts a line of storage products based on blue laser optical disc technology.
IEEE Spectrum January 2009 Jean Kumagai	Winner: Quantum Leap Quantum-dot lasers from Japan's QD Laser will make high-speed "fiber to the home" networks simpler, cheaper, and more power-efficient
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Technology Research News March 9, 2005	Silicon Chip Laser Goes Continuous Useful lasers made from silicon would make it possible to move data between and within computer chips using light rather than electricity. This would make for faster chips that could be more tightly integrated with optical communications equipment.
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InternetNews June 22, 2004 Michael Singer	Big Blue Eyes Optical Chip Connectors A new high-speed photodetector lets chips talk to each other using high-speed light pulses.
PC Magazine February 3, 2004 Robyn Peterson	Microsoft Basic Wireless Optical Desktop At the high end, the Microsoft Basic Wireless Optical Desktop stands tall, with its well-designed keyboard and a suitable optical mouse.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 John McHale	Laser Weapons, on Target The U.S. military and its partners from industry are meeting major milestones in various programs as they move closer to making laser weaponry a standard part of the U.S. arsenal.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006	Market for optical communications components to grow through 2015 Optical components will shrink in size, cost, and power to enable high-performance optical networks. To do this, optoelectronic research needs to grow to support the infrastructure.
InternetNews August 30, 2007 Leslie Wood	Optical Storage Aims for Enterprise Acceptance Blue-laser optical storage offers high capacity, long shelf life and cost savings. So why isn't it catching on in enterprise storage environments?
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005	Optoelectronics briefs Santa Barbara Infrared delivers optical test equipment... Army picks EOIR Technologies for surveillance prototypes... Pulse generator for high-resolution military photonic applications...KVH to upgrade optical navigation systems... Blue-violet laser-diode modules... etc.
Chemistry World June 29, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Nanowire Shines Light on Subwavelength Microscopy Researchers in the US and Japan have created a nanoscopic 'torch' that shines visible laser light on nanoscale structures, imaging them with high resolution.
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