Weekly: EMCORE hits year-low

EMCORE Corporation (EMCORE) is a provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite, and terrestrial solar power markets. The Company has two reporting segments: Fiber Optics and Photovoltaics. Fiber Optics segment offers optical components, subsystems, and systems that enable the...

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Optical Cable strengthens 0.3% on low volume

Optical Cable Corporation, is a manufacturer of fiber optic cables primarily sold into the enterprise market, and the manufacturer of military ground tactical fiber optic cable for the United States Military. The Company sells its products worldwide for uses ranging from commercial and campus installations...

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A Single Cell Endoscope

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release: An endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, proteins, therapeutic drugs or other cargo without injuring or damaging the...

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Opnext drops 4.5% on high volatility

Opnext (OPXT.O), NASDAQ’s 11th largest lasers systems & components company by market capitalisation, traded between an intraday low of 83.03c and a high of 92.0c, suggesting a trading opportunity between peaks and troughs. The average daily volatility of 7.5% places the stock in the 1st...

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Yenista Optics releases ultra-narrow tunable filter

In the development of next-generation 100-Gbps transmission systems, the need has emerged for extremely narrow tunable filters used in the investigation of new modulation formats and their sub-bands. Yenista Optics says it has responded to this need by developing an ultrafine option for its XT...

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Leoni assumes full control of j-fiber

German fiber and cable maker Leoni reveals it purchased all the shares of fiber maker j-fiber GmbH at the end of last year. Leoni had acquired 51 percent of j-fiber, located in Jena, in 2007. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. j-fiber will operate...

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