Andy Choi

Articles from Andy

ZMDI Introduces High-Efficiency Boost Converter for Driving High-Brightness LEDs

ZMDI, a provider of mixed- and analog-signal solutions for industrial, automotive and medical applications, releases high-efficiency boost converter for driving several high-brightness LEDs in lighting applications requiring low-voltage.

23 Dec 2011

RIO Completes Reliability Testing Program of PLANEX Laser

Redfern Integrated Optics (RIO) declared the accomplishment of the first phase of a reliability testing program based on its PLANEX lasers, which includes planar external cavity of narrow width with reduced noise, suitable for space applications.

23 Dec 2011

Successful Accomplishment of Cryogenic Testing of WEBB Telescope Mirrors

Cryogenic testing for the last six primary mirror segments and a secondary mirror has been accomplished, and is all set to take wings on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

23 Dec 2011

Plasmonic Nanoantenna Arrays Help Advance New Range of Optical Technologies

Using plasmonic nanoantenna arrays, Purdue University researchers have demonstrated new ways of accurately manipulating the propagation of light by modifying its phase, opening the door for new class of optical advancements such as powerful computers, telecommunications and microscopes.

23 Dec 2011

Larson Electronics Launches Explosion- Proof Infrared LED Light

The EPL-SMLED-20W-1445 Explosion Proof Infrared LED Light is suitable for analytic applications like infrared spectroscopy due to its capacity to produce 1445 nm illumination in the infrared range.

23 Dec 2011

KVH Receives DSP-3000 Fiber Optic Gyro Order

KVH Industries declared that it has accepted new purchase orders over $2.5M from an international customer belonging to the military, for its precision DSP-3000 fiber optic gyros (FOGs) employed for optimized remote weapon stations (RWS).

23 Dec 2011

Black Silicon Technology Reduces Average Reflectivity of Solar Cells

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has granted Natcore Technology a patent license agreement for developing and commercializing black silicon products. NREL and Natcore also intend to sign a cooperative research and development agreement for the development of commercial prototypes of NREL's black silicon inventions.

23 Dec 2011

Nanowire Endoscope for Capturing High-Resolution Optical Images of Single Live Cells

A research team led by Peidong Yang, a chemist at the Materials Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has developed a nanowire endoscope by integrating a waveguide of tin oxide nanowire with an optical fiber’s tapered end, paving the way for capturing optical images of the inside of an individual live cell at high resolution or accurately delivering drugs, proteins, genes or other cargo without causing damage to the cell.

23 Dec 2011

Scientists Create Solar Paint that Uses Quantum Dots to Produce Electricity

A research team led by Prashant Kamat, who serves as an investigator at the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) of the University of Notre Dame as well as John A. Zahm Professor of Science in Chemistry and Biochemistry, has utilized quantum dots, which are semiconducting nanoparticles, to develop a low-cost solar paint for generating energy.

23 Dec 2011