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Thursday, September 16, 2010
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
LPTH Press Release - LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ENTER INTO RESEARCH AGREEMENT
LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ENTER INTO RESEARCH AGREEMENT
--College of Optics and Photonics to Develop New Processing Techniques for LightPath's Moldable Infrared Glasses--
Orlando, FL: September 15, 2010: LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTH), a global manufacturer, distributor and integrator of patented optical components and assemblies, announced today that it has entered into a research agreement with the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) College of Optics and Photonics (“CREOL”) to develop new processes for the handling and molding of infrared glasses. Funding for LightPath's agreement was partially obtained through matching funds available from the Florida High Tech Corridor Council (FHTC).
LightPath is working to bring low cost infrared optics to the defense, military and commercial infrared markets. The Company is targeting such high-growth applications as infrared countermeasures, thermography, gas sensing and thermal imaging for commercial night vision systems. Management estimates these markets have a combined present value of over $2.5 Billion. LightPath intends on using new techniques developed under its UCF agreement to increase production volumes and reduce the cost of its molded aspheric infrared lenses.
Jim Gaynor, CEO of LightPath Technologies, stated, “Infrared technology has numerous real world applications, and sophisticated molding processes and glass materials provide the foundation to help drive down costs of optics used to build infrared devices. We are excited to have the opportunity to work with the exceptional staff at UCF to develop new processing techniques for moldable infrared glasses. By tapping into the innovative minds and resources of academia, LightPath can cost-effectively decrease its time-to-market new product lines, while we support the growth of our local economy.”
The collaborative funding by LightPath and the FHTC will support a research team consisting of two post-graduate students led by CREOL Professor Dr. Ayman Abouraddy, who commented, “I am delighted to start a collaboration with LightPath which will allow us to bring our expertise in chalcogenide glass processing, developed at CREOL, to LightPath's lens fabrication procedures. I anticipate that this project will have a positive economic impact in our community, which is one of the main goals of optics and photonics research at CREOL."
About the University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a metropolitan research university that ranks as the third largest public university in the nation with more than 53,000 students. UCF's first classes were offered in 1968. The university offers extensive academic and research environments that power the region's economic development. UCF's culture of opportunity is driven by its diversity, Orlando environment, history of entrepreneurship and its youth, relevance and energy. For more information, visit http://news.ucf.edu.
About LightPath Technologies
LightPath manufactures optical products including precision molded aspheric optics, GRADIUM® glass products, proprietary collimator assemblies, laser components utilizing proprietary automation technology, higher-level assemblies and packing solutions. The Company's products are used in various markets, including industrial, medical, defense, test & measurement and telecommunications. LightPath has a strong patent portfolio that has been granted or licensed within these fields. For more information, visit www.lightpath.com.
This news release includes statements that constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This information may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, factors detailed by LightPath Technologies, Inc. in its public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we do not have any intention or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Contact:
Ray Pini, Director of Marketing
LightPath Technologies, Inc.
Phone: +1-407-382-4003 x336
Email: rpini@lightpath.com
Web: www.lightpath.com
The Power of Story: The most effective tool to grow yourbusiness that you're likely not using!!
NOTE: The UCF Business Incubation Program has forwarded this information to you as a courtesy to one of our partner organizations. One of the speakers - Mike Chriswell - is a graduate of the UCF Business Incubation Program. More information on this interesting topic including how to register can be found in the attached PDF.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Two New Annealing Lehrs from Kopp
Kopp Glass, Inc. announced their successful installation of two annealing lehrs manufactured by E.W. Bowman, Inc today. The installation of the new lehrs is part of a major capital improvement program that started over a year ago at Kopp Glass.
"The new Bowman Lehrs have already exceeded our expectations. The quality of the glassware has been outstanding."
- Rob Diana, Director of Operations
Click here to read the complete press release: http://www.koppglass.com/Lehrs.html.
Please visit Kopp's website: www.koppglass.com.
SID Student Chapter Seminar: “Optically Isotropic Liquid Crystals for Electro-optical Devices”
SID Student Chapter Seminar: “Optically Isotropic Liquid Crystals for Electro-optical Devices”, Yasuhiro Haseba CREOL 102 Wednesday September 29, 2010 / 11:00am-12:00pm
Yasuhiro Haseba
Chisso Co.
Abstract:
Recently, a polymer stabilized blue phase (PSBP) which is one of optically isotopic liquid crystal phases has attracted general attention because it becomes a candidate state for LCD. To induce optically isotropic liquid crystal phases with a wide temperature range, an artificial control of coherence length of liquid crystals is key technology. Some works for controlling the coherence length reported so far have been introduced. In such works, PSBP and a polymer stabilized isotropic phase (PSIP) are focused. It is an advantage for them that they show large Kerr constants and quick response, and enable rubbing free process in LCD fabrication due to their optical isotropy. However there are some specific issues to be solved for mass production. Recent and future technologies to solve issues will be shown from the view point of materials development.
Biography:
Yasuhiro Haseba received his B.S. degree in hydrocarbon chemistry from Kyoto University in 1992. After working at Sumitomo Bank Co., Ltd., he joined Chisso Co., Ltd., in 1993 and has studied liquid crystal materials until now. He also began his doctoral procedures in 2003 with Professor Hirotsugu Kikuchi at Kyushu University, where he was awarded his Ph.D. in 2006 for work on the optically isotropic liquid-crystalline composites. Since 2006, he has been concerning materials development for BP-mode LCD and now he is a leader of “blue phase project” in Chisso Co., LTD.
For More Information:
Linghui Rao - SID Chair
CREOL 283
407-823-6876
Monday, September 13, 2010
“New Type of Cladding-Pumped Fibers for Next Generation of Monolithic Power-Scalable Fiber Laser Technologies”
Seminar: “New Type of Cladding-Pumped Fibers for Next Generation of Monolithic Power-Scalable Fiber Laser Technologies”, Dr. Igor Voitenko CREOL 102 Thursday, September 23, 2010 / 10:30-11:30am
Dr. Igor Voitenko
Haleos Inc.
Abstract:
A new approach to acquire an enhanced performance of fiber laser based on polarization maintaining Bisectional Core Fiber will be proposed. The next technical aspects will be discussed:
1. The properties and most attractive features of polarization maintaining Bisectional Core Fiber (BCF) having a large mode field area in which the strong phase-matching of propagating LP01 modes occurs when the LP01 mode becomes phase matched with the LP11 mode at specific wavelength.
2. The topology and design parameters of High Power Pump Coupler (HPPC) and power-scalable laser technologies with the coherent combining of laser beams.
3. Mitigation of Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in optical fibers through a control of acoustic modal properties of cladding/core interface where the acoustic mode has a cutoff at the layer between the core and inner cladding of fiber.
4. The scheme of generator producing an acoustic gradient along the core-cladding interface of fiber preventing the overlapping of the optical and acoustic fields in the fiber laser and suppressing the SBS.
5. The effectiveness of the offered methodology will be verified by theoretical and experimental data. The fragments of “visualization”
with the suppression of induced by longitudinal acoustic waves waveguide layer in the inner cladding of fiber will be demonstrated using the 1D-to-3D-FDTD simulations in MATLAB code.
6. The other scientific interests and most attractive results corresponding to design of Air Plasma applicator and design parameters of electrically-small antenna embedded into metamaterial shell will be briefly summarized in the conclusion.
Biography:
Igor G. Voitenko earned his Ph.D. in Optics in 1982 from Moscow State University, Russia, and his post-doctoral degree D.Sc. (Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Optics & Spectroscopy) in 2000 from Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk. He stayed at Institute of Applied Optics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, in position of Chief Scientist until May 2001. Dr. Voitenko moved to the US in 2001 where he joined Haleos Inc., Blacksburg, Virginia, in position of Senior Scientist. In 2005 he joined the faculty at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. He has more than 130 publications in scientific journals and holds 17 patents (Russian). His current research interests are focused on the development of new generation of fiber lasers, plasma ashing tools, and enhancement of small antenna performance with metamaterial.
For More Information:
Martin C. Richardson
407.823.6819
