The Optical Society joined several others in the optics and photonics community in Washington, DC, in September to draw attention to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report Optics & Photonics: Essential Technologies for Our Nation. The report discusses the current state of the optical sciences and their possibilities for the future. A ...
When Cerno entered the lighting industry 3-1/2 years ago, the three founders were, they admit, naïve. But co-founders Nick Sheridan, Daniel Wacholder and Bret Englander see their naiveté as a positive influence on their designs and overall vision for their company. Best friends since childhood, their personal chemistry and depth of understanding ...
Lextar Electronics Corp. announced that its photometric laboratory has been listed with LM-79 and LM-80 accreditation. This makes Lextar the first of any LED corporation in Taiwan to be awarded both accreditations and shows the company’s commitment to cultivating the LED industry. Additionally, Lextar’s 3014 and 5630 LED package have exceeded ...
Sustainable quality is deeply rooted into the DNA of iGuzzini, the leading specification lighting manufacturer in Italy. Producing sustainable quality is not limited to the efficient use of light. iGuzzini is vigilant of its environmental impact along every step of the production process, employing, where possible, the latest innovations to reduce ...
Noribachi, a premier US-based LED lighting engineering firm, announced the addition this past summer of more than 100 ultra-bright LED light engines to the Design Lights Consortium’s (DLC) Qualified Products List (QPL) for solid state lighting. An expansive listing on the DLC’s QPL, encompassing Noribachi’s LED light engines containing 18 ...
LEDs are not all the same. This is true not only of their performance and dimensions but also their solder pads and processing options. This summer, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors debuted a concept for uniform solder pads based on the Oslon LED family, making it easier for customers to use LEDs from different manufacturers and reducing the costs of ...
The U.S. Department of Energy has published the 2012 edition of the Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Roadmap, and has posted the summary report from the fourth annual SSL Manufacturing R&D Workshop, held in San Jose, California in June. Complementing the SSL R&D Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP) that guides the Core and Product ...
Meaglow Ltd. announced that its low-temperature Migration Enhanced Afterglow film growth technique has been used to produce a thick indium gallium nitride (InGaN) layer with strong yellow emission. This recent result bodes well to increase the efficiency and lower production costs of green LEDs and laser diodes. The company is currently seeking ...
The Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies (ASSIST) recently released a new publication that addresses the issue of LED light source flicker. The publication, ASSIST recommends… Flicker parameters for reducing stroboscopic effects from solid-state lighting systems, provides calculation methods for estimating the ...
The custom atelier division of Lasvit, the visionary Czech Republic glass manufacturer, presented an extraordinary collaboration with Japanese superstar designer Oki Sato, founder of Japanese Nendo Studio. The new hand-blown glass collection debuted at Salone di Mobile in Milan and was reprised at NeoCon 2012 in Chicago . The 2012 exhibition, ...