Optical Components (OC) globally grew 9% sequentially to $1.2 billion U.S. in 1Q10 and could have posted roughly another 7%, but was limited by supply constraints, according to the latest research from Ovum.

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Google has built a website dedicated to fiber-based broadband. The site, called "Google Fiber for Communities," is an adjunct to its previously announced optical broadband testbed effort -- which means it will provide updates on the project’s progress as well as offer opportunities to lobby for what a Google blog described as “common-sense federal and local policies that would help fiber deployments nationwide.”

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Moderately intense pulsed laser light can force cancer cells to take up drugs from their environment. So say researchers at the University of Ulm in Germany who have used red light with a wavelength of 670 nm to expand the water contained in biological cells.

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The next issue of our newsletter has just been published. Its aim is to present and promote the latest developments and achievements of our projects, key events and news that will be useful to all those interested in the area of Photonics.

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A new EU-funded project on low-light imaging has just been launched in Milan, Italy. The MISPIA ('Microelectronic single-photon 3D imaging arrays for low-light high-speed safety and security applications') project, funded with EUR 2.6 million under the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), pools the expertise of scientists and engineers in 20 countries to develop advanced imaging devices with numerous applications, including the prevention of car crashes.

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The efficiency of solar cells could be increased to more than 60% from the current limit of just 30% according to new work by scientists in Minneapolis and Texas. The new work involves capturing the higher-energy sunlight that is normally lost as heat in conventional devices using semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots.

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Ultra broadband continues to develop steadily in most parts of the world in terms of subscriber numbers and homes passed, according to IDATE consultants. The market grew to 41 million FTTH/B subscribers worldwide in 2009, and is expected to reach 52 million in 2010.

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Seattle remains among the most aggressive US municipalities in moving to LED-based solid-state lighting (SSL) to replace legacy street lights. The city just announced a new deployment in the Belltown and Central areas. Vishay, meanwhile has new LED light panels for street lights, and Dialight helps LED customers recycle legacy lights.

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Organic lasers show tremendous promise for sensing the vapours given off by the explosives found in landmines.

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Ireland national carrier eircom has announced two large scale, open access broadband fiber to the home (FTTH) trials for up to 10,000 residential and business customers in communities in Wexford town and Sandyford, County Dublin.

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