Tosoh Releases First-Half Consolidated Results for Fiscal 2010 Nov 13, 2009
Shipments by the Specialty Group of fused silica glass material fell because the recovery in demand was insufficient to spur capital investments in semiconductor equipment. The sputtering targets that the group supplies to semiconductor and liquid crystal display panel markets worldwide likewise suffered, from a decrease in prices and a decline in shipments. (JCN Network, Japan)
The Nobel Science prizes: Winning ways Oct 9, 2009
That led to the development of ultra-transparent fibres made of fused silica and from that point on, the days of copper cables were numbered. Dr Boyle and Dr Smith both worked at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. (The Economist)
Americans share Nobel physics prize Oct 7, 2009
He recommended making them from a compound called fused silica. That material was hard to work with, but in 1970, researchers in the U.S. succeeded in making fibers. (Boston Globe)
Papers examine Osborne's speech Oct 7, 2009
Professor Kao discovered in 1966 that glass fibres made from fused silica could efficiently transmit light. This lead to the use of optical cables to carry superfast broadband data. (BBC News -- UK)
Nobel Prize in physics honors fiber optics, CCD developers Oct 7, 2009
He showed that fused silica (SiO2) had the purity required for optical communication, which led to a search to produce glass fibers with low losses. Four years after Kao's seminal 1969 paper, a research team from the Corning Glass Works used a Chemical Vapor Deposition process in making glass fibers of fused silica with the low losses that Kao had envisioned. (EETimes)
