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Florida Photonics Cluster
Industry Announcements
Laser Institute of America: Celebrates 40 Years of Advancing Laser
Technology!
JNaugle@laserinstitute.org
Optronic Laboratories, Inc.
- National Small Arms Center - Upcoming RFP for Optoelectronics-
Based Solutions
- The National Small Arms Center, located in the U.S. Army’s Armament
Research Development and Engineering Center, Dover NJ, anticipates
releasing a Request for Project Proposal solicitation this summer,
seeking advanced concept fire control proposals for Fiscal 2008
funding. The Advanced Fire Control Technology for Small Arms Army
Technology Objective (ATO) seeks to demonstrate optoelectronic
technologies for determination of correct range to moving targets,
enhanced power management features in configurations exhibiting
reduced weight in small arms weapon systems applications. Further
details are available at www.nationalsmallarmscenter.org.
- The Enterprise Florida Phase 0 grant program supports technology
companies in developing strong proposals for the Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer
(STTR) programs.
SBIR and STTR are highly competitive federal R&D programs that tap
innovative small businesses to support participating federal agencies
in their R&D goals and encourages commercialization of the resulting
technologies.
- For more information about the SBIR and STTR programs, visit
www.sbirworld.com or www.sba.gov/sbir. - For information about the Enterprise Florida Phase 0 program,
see attached press release and visit www.eflorida.com/phase0.
Laser Institute of America: Celebrates 40 Years of Advancing Laser
Technology!
- Orlando, FL, June 30, 2008 — For 40 years, the Laser Institute of
America (LIA) has been promoting the continued growth of laser
applications and their safe use across the globe. LIA was formed in
1968 by a group of academic scientists, developers and engineers who
were truly passionate about taking an emerging new laser technology
and turning it into a viable industry.
The founding members of LIA were in good company, with laser
pioneers such as Dr. Arthur Schawlow and Dr. Theodore H. Maiman
among the original board of directors. These first “members” of LIA
believed in the importance of sharing new ideas about lasers. This
belief, as it remains today, is to promote laser applications and their
safe use through education, training and symposia.
“Over the years, we have seen advancements in laser applications that
our original laser pioneers could! have only imagined,” said Peter
Baker, Executive Director of LIA. “There has been amazing progress in
medical laser applications, as well as the development of more reliable
and lower-cost lasers for manufacturing. With this rapid growth came an
increased demand for laser safety training.”
Today, LIA trains more Laser Safety Officers than any other organization
in the world. With the goal of making laser safety education more
accessible, LIA has made training available in the classroom, online, or
even on-site at a facility.
To further enhance LIA’s mission of fostering lasers, laser applications,
and laser safety worldwide, it serves as the secretariat and publisher of
the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z136 series of laser
safety standards. These standards constitute the foundation of laser
safety programs nationwide.
Gaining a global ! perspective has become increasingly important as
LIA has expanded in its role as the international society for laser
applications and safety. The first International Congress on Applications
of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®) was held in 1981. From its
inception, ICALEO® has focused on laser materials processing and is
now viewed as the premier source of technical information in the field.
The worldwide initiative continued with the formation of the Pacific
International Conference on Lasers and Optics (PICALO) in 2004, which
was recently held in Beijing with record-breaking attendance.
To meet the growing need for certified laser safety professionals in the
workplace, the Board of Laser Safety was formed in 2002 as a nonprofit
organization affiliated with LIA. It offers two types of certification, which
are Certified Laser Safety Officer and Certified Medical Laser Safety
Officer. Falling in line with the overall goal of keeping the workplace safe
from hazards associated with lasers, LI! A formed an alliance with the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2005.
The future looks bright for LIA, as laser applications become more
versatile and global visibility for the organization increases. Demand
from Europe and China continues to rise and is certainly at the forefront
of future growth initiatives. As a result of LIA’s unwavering dedication to
the laser industry, it continues to be the world’s leading authority on
laser applications and safety—four decades since its inception.
Laser Institute of America (LIA) is the international society for laser
applications and safety serving the industrial, educational, medical,
research and government communities throughout the world since
1968. LIA is the secretariat and publisher of the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) Z136 series of laser safety standards. For
more information, visit www.laserinstitute.org.
Contact: Jim Naugle
JNaugle@laserinstitute.org
Optronic Laboratories, Inc.
- ORLANDO, FL, January 2008 - Optronic Laboratories announces the
debut of the OL 490 Agile Light Source at SPIE BiOS/ Photonics West
2008:
Optronic Laboratories’ new OL 490 Agile Light Source represents the
next generation of spectral light sources. The enables creation of single,
multi-line and even whole broad band spectral continua emissions with
variable band-pass and modulation. Individual band-passes can be
modulated and their intensity varied simultaneously. Potential
applications include life sciences imaging, chemometrics, hazardous
materials identification and detector spectral response characterization.
See video from the exhibit hall!
- ORLANDO, FL, January 2008 - Optronic Laboratories introduces the OL
457 LED Integrating Sphere Standard of Radiance:
- Optronic Laboratories’ new OL 457 LED Integrating Sphere Standard of
Radiance utilizes interchangeable high brightness LED array modules
to produce ultra stable and reliable quasi-monochromatic standard
source of radiance. The source is ideally suited for camera linearity
testing, color rendering evaluation and many other applications.
