Press Releases

September 14 , 2005
NanoOpto Appoints Nada O'Brien as Vice President of Product Development

July 27 , 2005
NanoOpto Announces Addition of Richard Hegberg to Board of Directors

July 27 , 2005
NanoOpto Appoints Andrew Savadelis as Chief Financial Officer

May 25, 2005
NanoOpto Chosen as Nano Science Technology Institute's Top Venture Company Pick

May 12, 2005
NanoOpto Closes C-Round of Venture Financing with Two New Investors

April 12, 2005
NanoOpto Announces Itochu Corporation Joins C-Round Financing

March 22, 2005
NanoOpto Announces Closing on $12M of C-Round Venture Financing

March 14, 2005
NanoOpto Introduces Nano-optic Based Optical Isolators Enabling Smaller Sizes for Transceivers and Transponders

January 31, 2005
NanoOpto Introduces New Nano-optic Bandpass Filter Designed for High Volume, High Performance Digital Imaging Applications

January 31, 2005
NanoOpto Introduces New Wideband Achromatic Waveplate Enabling Higher Performance, Smaller Size for DVD/CD Optical Pick-up Units

January 11, 2005
NanoOpto Appoints Bruce Nonnemaker as Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations

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Media

December 2005
Diffractive Optics: Nanoimprint Lithography Enables Fabrication of Subwavelength Optics
Laser Focus World

December 2005
Interview with Barry Weinbaum
Electronic Journal Magazine

November 2005
MEMS Meets Nano-optics
Fiber Optic Technology Magazine

November 2005
Putting the "Nano" In
OE Magazine

November 2005
2005 Best of Small Tech Awards
Small Times

November 2005
Q&A: Commercial Applications of Nano-optic Filters
Nanotech Briefs

October 24, 2005
Hedge Fund Backs Nanotech -- NanoOpto Closes $5-million Loan from Ritchie Capital's New Venture Debt Fund
Red Herring

October 24, 2005
Hedge Fund Backs Nanotech
Nanotechnology Now

October 24, 2005
Ritchie Capital Finance Provides $5 Million in Financing
Hedge Fund Center

September 26, 2005
New Players Seek Edge with Video and Wireless
EE Times

September 19, 2005
NanoOpto Appoints Nada O'Brien as Vice President of Product Development
Small Times

September 15, 2005
NanoOpto Names New CFO
Small Times

September 14, 2005
NanoOpto Appoints Nada O'Brien as Vice President of Product Development;
Expansion of Executive Team Supports Product Commercialization and Market Expansion
NanoTech Cafe

September 13, 2005
NanoOpto Hires New VP
Light Reading

September 2005
To Win the VC Game, Learn the Rules
Finance & Growth Guide 2005

September 2005
Immersion Nanogratings Yield Robust Optical Retarders
Laser Focus World

August 10, 2005
Nanotech Company Shifts Gears to Survive
CNET NEWS.com

August 2005
NanoOpto Profile
MicroNano

July 2005
NanoOpto Shifting Economics of Optics Industry
Punk Ziegel NanoFile

July 28, 2005
NanoOpto Adds ATI Technologies Exec to its Board, Appoints CFO
VentureWire Professional

July 27, 2005
NanoOpto Announces Addition of Richard Hegberg to Board of Directors
NanoOpto Appoints Andrew Savadelis as Chief Financial Officer
NanoTechCafe

July 27, 2005
NanoOpto Names CFO
Small Times

July 27, 2005
NanoOpto Names CFO, Director
Light Reading

July 20, 2005
Startups Rebuild Amid Telecom’s Rubble
Small Times

July 11, 2005
Nano-imprint Lithography
SAGE Marketing Partners

July 1, 2005
Nano50 Award for SubWave™ Trim Retarder
Nanotech Briefs

July 1, 2005
Nano-imprint Makes Its Mark
Electronic BUSINESS

June 17, 2005
The B’s of Scientific Business: Brains, Businessmen, and Bucks
Optics Report

May 24, 2005
NanoOpto Chosen as Nano Science and Technology Institute’s - NSTI- Top Venture Company Pick
NanoTech Café

May 24, 2005
NanoOpto Chosen as Nano Science and Technology Institute’s - NSTI- Top Venture Company Pick
Forbes.com

May 18, 2005
NanoOpto Closed Its Round C with an Additional $2.5M
SAGE Marketing Partners

May 16, 2005
25 Breakout Companies 2005, 4 More Upstarts
Fortune

May 13, 2005
Financial News: NanoOpto Closes C-Round
ElectroniCast Photonics

May 12, 2005
NanoOpto Completes C-Round Financing with Another $2.5M
ElectroniCast Photonics

May 12, 2005
NanoOpto Closes C-Round, Adds 2 Investors
Lightwave

May 12, 2005
NanoOpto
Wall Street Journal

May 12, 2005
NanoOpto Nabs $2.5M Additional Series C, Closes Round at $15.5M
VentureWire Pro

May 12, 2005
Nanotech Investors Play the Later Rounds
TheStreet.com

April 14, 2005
Itochu Adds $1M to NanoOpto’s C-round Financing
EE Times

April 14, 2005
Itochu Adds to NanoOpto’s Series C Funding
PerfectDisplay.com

April 13, 2005
Itochu Boosts NanoOpto’s Series C Financing
LightWave Magazine

April 13, 2005
Pre-Briefs: NanoOpto Announces Itochu Corporation Joins C-Round Financing
Nikkei News

April 13, 2005
Itochu Invested $1M in NanoOpto’s Series C
SAGE Marketing Partners

April 12, 2005
NanoOpto Closes Series C
Red Herring

April 12, 2005
Japan’s Itochu Joins NanoOpto’s Series C Round With $1M Investment
Dow Jones Venture Wire Professional

April 12, 2005
Japan’s Itochu Joins NanoOpto’s Series C Round With $1M Investment
Venture Wire Alert

April 12, 2005
NanoOpto Announces Itochu Corporation Joins C-Round Financing: New Strategic Investor Supports Growth in Consumer Electronics and Communications Markets
NanoTechCafe

April 2005
Itochu Joins NanoOpto Round as Strategic Investor
The 2004 Venture Funding Recap
Nano Startups Skip Across Chasm
Small Times

March 23, 2005
NanoOpto Capitalization Climbs to $42.3M
Laser Focus World

March 22, 2005
More Funding for NanoOpto
Red Herring

March 22, 2005
NanoOpto Raises $12M in Series C Financing
njbiz

March 22, 2005
NanoOpto Pulls In First Analysis
TheDeal.com

March 22, 2005
NanoOpto Raises $12M
Photonics.com

March 22, 2005
NanoOpto Raises Additional $12 Million
SAGE Marketing Partners

March 22, 2005
NanoOpto Raises Additional $12M
EE Times

March 22, 2005
Optical Components Company NanoOpto Closes $12M Series for Production Ramp
Dow Jones Venture Wire Professional

March 16, 2005
NanoOpto Announces New Optical Isolator
FiberOpticsOnline

March 14, 2005
Nano-optical Isolators Enable Smaller Transceivers, Transponders
LightWave Fibre Systems

March 14, 2005
NanoOpto Announces New Optical Isolator
fibertoday.com

March 14, 2005
Nano-optic Based Optical Isolators Enable Smaller Transceivers and Transponders
EE Times eeProduct Center

March 2005
NanoOpto Announces Closing on $12M of C-Round Venture Financing
NanoOpto Introduces Nano-optic Optical Isolators Enabling Smaller Sizes for Transceivers and Transponders
NanoTechCafe

March 2005
NanoOpto Closes $12M C-Round
NanoOpto Intros Optical Isolator
Light Reading

March 2005
NanoOpto Secures $12M in C-Round Venture Funds
Nano-optical Isolators Enable Smaller Transceivers, Transponders
Light Wave Magazine

March 2005
NanoOpto Closes Financing as Quarter Shapes Up to Be Good for Nano Funding
NanoOpto Unveils New Optical Isolators
Small Times

February 9, 2005
NanoOpto’s Wideband Achromatic Waveplate for DVD/CD Optical Pick-up Units and Bandpass Filters for Digital Imaging Applications
SAGE Marketing Partners

February 3, 2005
Bandpass Filter Serves High Volume, High Performance, Digital Imaging Applications
EE Times eeProductCenter

February 2005
Wideband Achromatic Waveplate
PhotonicsFiber.com

February 2005
Wideband Achromatic Waveplate
Photonics.com

February 2005
Optical Alchemy-Transforming Ordinary Materials Into Extraordinary Optics
Hubert Kostal, Photonics 2005 Directory

February 2005
Nano-optics: New Rules for Optical Components
Hubert Kostal, Photonics Directory 2005

January 31, 2005
NanoOpto Introduces New Nano-optic Bandpass Filter Designed for High Volume, High Performance Digital Imaging Applications
NanoTechCafe

January 31, 2005
NanoOpto Introduces New Wideband Acromatic Waveplate Enabling Higher Performance, Smaller Size for DVD/CD Optical Pick-up Units
NanoTechCafe

January 12, 2005
NanoOpto Names New Manufacturing VP
Small Times

January 11, 2005
NanoOpto Appoints Bruce Nonnemaker as Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations; Semi-Conductor Experience Supports NanoOpto's Ramp to Volume Production
NanoTechCafe

January 11, 2005
Interview with Barry Weinbaum
Wall Street Reporter.com

January 11, 2005
NanoOpto Appoints VP
LightReading

January 2005
NanoOpto Corporation – Optical Engineering Sourcebook
Lightwave Magazine

January 2005
NanoOpto Corporation -- 2005 Small Tech Business Directory Guide
Small Times

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Bylined Articles

Diffractive Optics: Nanoimprint Lithography Enables Fabrication of Subwavelength Optics
Jim Wang, Hubert Kostal: Laser Focus World, December 2005

Putting the "Nano" In
Hubert Kostal: Design Desk column in OE Magazine, November 2005, p. 34

MEMS Meets Nano-optics
Hubert Kostal, Jim Wang: Cover Story in Fiber Optics Technology Magazine, November 2005

Nano-imprint Lithography for Subwavelength Diffractive Optics
Hubert Kostal, Jim Wang: Laser Focus World, October 2005

Nanofabricated Isolators Address Low-Cost FTTH
Alan Graham, Jim Wang: Lightwave Magazine, October 2005

Using Advanced Lithography to Pattern Nano-Optics Devices
Hubert Kostal: Solid State Technology, September 2005

Nano-Optics: Robust, Optical Devices for Demanding Applications
Hubert Kostal: Military and Aerospace Electronics, July 1, 2005

Nano-Optics for Camera Applications
Hubert Kostal: Photonics Tech Briefs, July 1, 2005

Choosing the Right Investors Sets Stage for Likely Success
Barry Weinbaum: Small Times, April 2005, p. 40

Nano-Optics Technology: Optical Alchemy
Hubert Kostal: 2005 Photonics Handbook, February 2005, p. 314-317

Nano-optics: New Rules for Optical Components
Hubert Kostal: 2005 Photonics Handbook, February 2005, p. 318-320

Papers

Free-Space Nano-optical Devices and Integration: Design, Fabrication, and Manufacturing
J. Wang, X. Deng, L. Chen, P. Sciortino, F. Liu, S. Tai, X. Liu, A. Nikolov, B. Weinbaum: Bell Laboratories Technical Journal 10(3), December 2005, p. 107-127

Defect control in nanoimprint lithography
J. Wang, L. Chen, X. Deng: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B23(6), November/December 2005

Filling high aspect-ratio nano-structures by atomic layer deposition and its applications in nano-optic devices and integrations
J. Wang, R. Varghese, A. Nikolov, P. Sciortino, F. Liu, L. Chen, X. Deng: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B23(6), November/December 2005, p. 3164-3167

Monolithically Integrated Circular Polarizers with Two-Layer Nano-gratings Fabricated by Imprint Lithography
J. Wang, F. Liu, X. Deng, X. Liu, L. Chen, P. Sciortino, R. Varghese: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B23(6), November/December 2005, p. 3164-3167

Resonant grating filters as refractive index sensors for chemical and biological detection
J. Wang, L. Chen, S. Kwan, F. Liu, X. Deng: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B23(6), November/December 2005, p. 3006-3010

High performance 100mm in diameter true zero-order waveplates fabricated by imprint lithography
J. Wang, X. Deng, F. Liu, L. Chen, A. Nikolov, X. Liu, JD Deng, P. Sciortino: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B23(6), November/December 2005, p. 2950-2953

Use of achromatic wave plates for optical pickup units in imprint lithography
X. Deng, F. Liu, J. Wang, P. Sciortino, L. Chen, X. Liu: Optics Letters Vol. 30 (19), October 1, 2005

Highly-Reliable, Precise and Uniform Optical Trim Retarders Based on All-Dielectric Nano-Gratings for LOS Projection Systems
J. Wang, P. Sciortino, F. Liu, R. Varghese, A. Nikolov, D. Deng, J. Bacon: Proceedings of 12th Annual International Display Workshops 2005, October 2005

Achromatic wave plates for optical pickup units by using imprint lithography
J. Wang, X. Deng, F. Liu, P. Sciortino, L. Chen, X. Liu: Optics Letters Vol. 32, No. 25, October 2005

Multiscale structures for polarization control by using imprint and UV lithography
X. Deng, J. Wang, F. Liu, P. Sciortino, X. Liu, A. Graham: SPIE 2005SA112-6003-34V2, September 2005

Filling High Aspect-ratio Nano-structures by ALD and Its Applications in Nano-optic Devices and Applications
J. Wang, D. Deng, P. Sciortino, R. Varghese, A. Nikolov, F. Liu, M. Liu, L. Chen: Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5931, August 2005

Broadband Photonics Bandgap Polarization Mirrors
X. Deng, J. Wang: Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3, August 2005, p. 5-7

Manufacture of multi-level encoded subwavelength optical data storage media
H. Kostal, J. Wang, F. Thomas: conference publication, Topical Meeting of the European Optical Society on Advanced Optical Imaging, H. Kostal, J. Wang, F. Thomas, July 2005

High-performance optical retarders based on all-dielectric immersion nano-gratings
J. Wang, X. Deng, R. Varghese, A. Nikolov, P. Sciortino, F. Liu, L. Chen: Optics Letters Vol. 32, No. 14, July 2005

Massively multi-level optical data storage using subwavelength-sized nano-grating structures
H. Kostal, J. Wang, F. Thomas: conference publication, Optical Data Storage 2005, July 2005

Wafer based nano-structure manufacturing for integrated nano-optic devices
J. Wang, L. Chen, S. Tai, D. Deng, P. Sciortino, J. Deng, F. Liu: Journal of Lightwave Technology Vol. 23, No. 2, February 2005

Innovative nano-optical devices, integration, and nano-fabrication technologies
J. Wang, X. Deng, L. Chen, P. Sciortino, J. Deng, F. Liu, A. Nikolov, A. Graham, Y. Huang: Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5623 February 2005, p. 259-273

High-performance nanowire-grid polarizers
J. Wang, W. Zhang, X. Deng, J. Deng, F. Liu, P. Sciortino, L. Chen: Optics Letters Vol. 30, Issue 2, January/February 2005, p.241-253

Innovative High-Performance Nanowire-Grid Polarizers and Integrated Isolators
J. Wang, J. Deng, X. Deng, F. Liu, P. Sciortino, L. Chen, A. Nikolov, A. Graham: IEEE Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics Vol. 11, No. 11, January/February 2005, p. 241-253

Formation and characterization of nanometer scale metal-oxide-semiconductor structures on GaAs using low-temperature atomic layer deposition
J. Wang, P.D. Ye, G.D. Wilk, E.E. Tois: Applied Physics Letters Vol. 87, Issue 1, 013501, 2005

Innovative nano-optical devices, integration and nano-fabrication technologies(invited paper)
J. Wang, X. Deng, L. Chen, P. Sciortino, J. Deng, F. Liu, A. Nikolov, A. Graham, Y. Huang: Proceedings of SPIE: Passive Components and Fiber-based Devices (Vol. 5623) 2005, p. 259-273

Nano-optical devices and integration based on nano-pattern replications and nanolithography
J. Wang, L. Chen, S. Tai, X. Deng, P. Sciortino, F. Liu, J. Deng, X. Liu, A. Nikolov, D. Sinatore: Proceedings of SPIE (Nanofabrication: Technologies, Devices, and Applications, Vol. 5592), 2005, p. 51-62

TUTORIAL: Status of nanoimprint lithography and device applications
Jian Jim Wang: Tutorial: Proceedings of SPIE, 2005

Integrated nano-optic devices based on immersion nano-gratings made by imprint lithography and nano-trench-filling technology
J. Wang, X. Deng, P. Sciortino, R. Varghese, A. Nikolov, F. Liu, X. Liu, L. Chen: Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5931, 2005

High-performance large-area ultra-broad (UV to IR) nanowire-grid polarizers and polarizing beam splitters
J. Wang, P. Sciortino, F. Liu, P. Yuan, X. Deng, F. Walters, X. Liu, J. Bacon, L. Chen: Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5931, 2005

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