California-based Oclaro Inc. has agreed to acquire the local Spectra-Physics operation of Newport Corp. as part of an asset-exchange deal. Oclaro plans to consolidate some of Spectra-Physics' laser ...

On June 1, Newport Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced that it has agreed to purchase Spectra-Physics (Mt. View, CA) from Thermo-Electron Corp. (Waltham, MA) for $300 million. Spectra-Physics manufactures ...

We've learned about light and how to bend it to our will. But what can we LEARN from it? Light is everywhere … but it’s not as predictable as you might think. It’s a wave that travels in straight ...

• InSight™ DeepSee™ delivers revolutionary performance in a turn-key system Spectra-Physics®, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces InSight DeepSee, an extraordinary new ultrafast laser system that ...

Spectra-Physics®, a division of Newport Corporation, announces the issuance of U.S. patent 7,962,046 for its DeepSee technology for multiphoton imaging. Used in both the industry-leading Mai Tai® ...

At the core of the breakthrough is an optical parametric oscillator (OPO), a resonator that converts incoming laser light ...

Focused laser-like light that covers a wide range of frequencies is highly desirable for many scientific studies and for many ...

Kinky particles: the GRAPES-3 experiment in Ooty, India depicted with a simulated cosmic ray shower. The inset shows the cosmic ray proton spectrum measurement by GRAPES-3 along with observations by ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Department of Physics and Astronomy again is hosting its annual Physics Summer Camp for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, for those age 14 and older ...