"Meet Laser" - IRC Meetings Brokerage Event at Laser Optic Berlin 2004
Several of the cluster members such as Optima Research will be exhibiting at this event – there is the additional opportunity to form part of the B2B brokering event designed to stimulate international trading. LASER-OPTIK-BERLIN is the second largest trade show of its kind in Germany, focusing on Laser Technology, Optical Electronics and Optics Technologies as well as their numerous uses in research, technology, medicine and production.

DIT Innovation Report
The attached Innovation Report was published on 17 December, following wide consultation with stakeholders, Ministers and other Government Departments.

P3 Holographics Ltd
P3 Holographics Ltd (P3) is a spin-out from the University of Manchester, commercialising a rewritable holographic material arising from a decade of research in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Lot Oriel Ltd
LOT Oriel is a leading distributor of research and inspection instrumentation. Founded in 1970, we now have around 120 employees, with offices in Germany, France, Italy, Holland and Switzerland. Our UK office is located in Leatherhead, Surrey, where we have a technical sales team and our customer support function.

Accelonix
Accelonix is a member of the Accelonix group of companies. They provide solutions to many types of test applications in electronic production and development environments with particular expertise in the high technology fields of automated test equipment, automated microelectronics assembly equipment and component supply.

Scitec Instruments Ltd
Scitec Instruments Ltd is a specialist manufacturer of lock-in amplifiers and optical choppers. Founded in 1981, the company is now active in almost 30 countries and is also a distributor for a wide range of photonics related products including fibre-optic test products, infra-red sources, laser power & energy meters, modulators, scanners, shutters and ultraviolet sensors.

Please contact the team on 0044 (0) 121 260 6020 to note your interest in this item or to participate within any of the Photonics Cluster activities. Alternatively please visit www.photonicscluster-uk.org and record your details on the contact sheet.

How To Stretch Your Marketing Budget
Your company may be experiencing declining profits, shrinking revenues, or sluggish sales, but now is the time to find ways to stretch your marketing budget. According to experts, the value of advertising actually increases during an economic downturn.

Laser Safety: Software to Aid Analysis
When working with laser sources, a reference to the classification of the laser (e.g. Class 1, Class 1M, Class 2 etc.) is often sufficient to establish what actions need to be taken from a laser safety viewpoint.

ECOC 2004 - Selects Nottingham PR Agency
Europe's largest optical communications conference and exhibition event, has selected GBCS Public Relations as its PR and media agency for its September 2004 event in Stockholm, Sweden.

Trade Fair Support Ltd
The 2004 "Programme Of Supported Events"

International Microelectronics and Packaging Society
The Cluster has identified the following conference being run by the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPs) Actuators & Optical MEMs Conference on 3-4 March 2004 at the MØller Centre, Cambridge which looks of interest to our extended membership.
http://www.imaps.org.uk/imaps/_events/events.html

January 2004	--	Winter Edition (January 2004)
February 04, 2004	--	Joint Aston Science Park ICT event with cluster to enhance technical elements of cluster meeting through additional technology focussed business networking held at Faraday Wharf, Aston Science Park
February 25, 2004	--	Cluster supported Polytec User Group Meeting - Laser Vibrometer Specific in association with Lambda Photometrics held at Faraday Wharf Aston Science Park
February 26, 2004	--	Cluster supported Polytec event to launch new 3D Scanning Vibrometer in association with Lambda Photometrics held at Faraday Wharf Aston Science Park
March 02, 2004	--	Cluster supported IVO Associates/Heptagon Micro and diffractive optics seminar held at Faraday Wharf, Aston Science Park
3/4 March 2004	--	Laser-Optik-Berlin exhibition and B2B brokering event held in Berlin
10th March 2004	--	Developing aerospace technologies at the speed of light.

Click here to view Cluster Diary February 2004 - May 2004

Welcome to the new products section. This section has been heavily over subscribed so please inform the Photonics Cluster team as early as possible on new product releases to avoid disappointment.

Megger Multimode OTDR
Arden Photonics Ltd- supplier of innovative products and services to the optical fibre and photonics industry - is pleased to announce that it has been chosen by Megger Ltd of Dover, Kent, UK to distribute its XC-850 multimode OTDR.

WA-5900 Fiber Bragg Grating Monitor
Based on Burleigh's wavemeter technology, the WA-5900 Wavemeter Fiber Bragg Grating Monitor employs proven scanning Michelson interferometer-based technology to measure the absolute wavelength of the optical signal reflected from FBG-based sensors.

ALRAD IMAGING announces the new SamBa EZ Camera series
ALRAD IMAGING the leading UK distributor of Vision products has announced the introduction of the new SamBa EZ camera series from SENSOVATION the highly respected German manufacturer of high performance SamBa Intelligent array cameras.

Pro-Lite Technology
Pro-Lite Technology have launched several new products. Click here to view the document.

Diode Pumped Solid State Laser Micro-Machining Systems
Oxford Lasers, well known for its copper vapour laser products, has recently launched a range of diode pumped solid state laser micro-machining systems to complements its product range.

Chapman Molony- Trade Marks
Think of a trade mark - got one? Is it a word? Most likely it is a word, after all the vast majority of trade marks are words. The best words for use as a trade mark are made-up words, unusual words, or words used out of their normal context - for example, KODAK, NIKE or ORANGE.

Accelonix
Accelonix has secured a worldwide agreement with Invenios to produce parts using a unique, proprietry 3D glass writing process developed for the US space programme that has many applications in photonics, optics, diffraction gratings, embedded waveguides and other micro/nanostructure applications.

One of the many member benefits is access to the fully equipped cluster labs, these include specialist areas of:

ModelMaker - The Fastest, Smallest and Lightest Hand-held Laser Scanner
The ModelMaker from 3D Scanners (UK) Ltd. of Coventry is an extremely versatile tool for rapid collection of 3D data in real time and usually in a single co-ordinate system.

Optical Fibre Test & Measurement Equipment
The cluster laboratories contain a comprehensive selection of specialist Test & Measurement instruments as well as much ancillary equipment.

ProMetric™ CCD Light and Colour Measurement System
The photometric laboratory enables its members to access the latest computer controlled photometric testing equipment.

High Speed Photographic Imaging Labs
The imaging lab is the joint venture between Oxford Lasers and Photonics Cluster (UK). The Oxford Lasers VisiLase V227 includes the highest data-rate digital camera in the world.

The "Micro-measure" 3 axis
3-D surface mapping system features the passive "optical pen" measurement head and high resolution translation stages giving better than 0.1 µm resolution is X, Y and Z.

Laser Ablation System
The UP-266 is a second-generation, high-performance Class 1, Nd:YAG laser micro-electronics trimming and repair system. It is a compact, table top, self-contained laser machining system that includes laser, stages, video system and control software to allow trimming and repair of a variety of micro devices.

Non-Contact Vibration Test & Measurement Equipment
The cluster laboratories contain a comprehensive selection of specialist Test & Measurement instruments as well as much ancillary equipment.

PLC Optical Fiber Alignment and Attachment Station
This system is designed to align the optical axis of optical waveguide with the input - and - output fibre arrays for optimization, and then fix them by UV curing.

Cluster News

Photonics Cluster Members Meeting on February 04 2004

Vibration Measurement Meetings at Photonics Cluster on February 25th/26th 2004

Lambda Photometrics, the UK division of Polytec, will be holding two key events at the Photonics Cluster facility in Aston.

If you would like an invitation to the Workshop/Seminar, or to find out more about Laser Vibrometry, please contact Roger Traynor at Lambda Photometrics directly (tel: 01582 764334, or the Photonics Cluster.

IVO Associates/Heptagon Seminar on 2nd March 2004

In partnership with the cluster members Ivo Associates are holding a one day workshop on “Micro Optics including diffractive and refractive optics design and manufacturing techniques” The event is free however pre registration with Ivo Associates is essential.

Please contact dennis.camilleri@ntlworld.com with your details if you wish to pre register.