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Polarized Light can Induce Asymmetrical Pattern in Exotic Materials

The shapes of certain molecules, including most of the molecules in living organisms, can occur in two different mirror-image versions.

27 Feb 2020

Environmental Monitoring from the International Space Station

Optical Surfaces Ltd. reports how a motorised UV-Vis-NIR collimator and interferometric alignment system it supplied to the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Berlin, Germany has been used to set-up the ground breaking DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS).

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 27 Feb 2020

More Power and More Diodes with PicoQuant’s Updated Laser Driver Taiko PDL M1

PicoQuant expands the capabilities of the high-end picosecond diode laser driver Taiko PDL M1. The new Max Power Mode of operation allows running existing and new laser heads with increased power.

From Picoquant GmbH 26 Feb 2020

Electron Microscopes with Retrofitted Design can Ensure Ultrafast, High-Quality Movies

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), scientists and their colleagues have devised a new technique to retrofit the transmission electron microscope (TEM), allowing it to produce high-quality movies of ultrafast processes at both the molecular and atomic scales.

25 Feb 2020

Novel Method to Manipulate Phase of Light Through 2D Materials

Nanophotonics, or optical manipulation on the nanometer scale, has turned out to be an important field of research as an increasing number of scientists look for ways to fulfill the ubiquitous need for data processing and communications.

25 Feb 2020

Study of Nonlinear Physics of Strong Interaction of Organic Molecules with Light

A research team at the Hybrid Photonics Laboratory of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) and the University of Sheffield (United Kingdom) achieved a great step forward in gaining insights into nonlinear physics of the strong interaction of organic molecules with light.

24 Feb 2020

Researchers Develop New Light-Driven Miniaturized Rotary Micromotor

A light-driven rotary micromotor has been demonstrated by scientists from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw, in collaboration with researchers from Poland and China.

20 Feb 2020

New Mass Spectrometry Tool can Help Analyze Fingerprint Degradation

Fingerprints are revealing an increasing amount of details about the people who left them behind.

19 Feb 2020

Structures Based on 2D-Materials Emit Customized Light in Any Color

Identification of novel, light-emitting semiconductor materials is important to develop an array of electronic devices.

19 Feb 2020

Improving Surveillance of Coastal Erosion

Resolve Optics reports on how ultra large format lenses it has developed are helping a next generation aerial surveillance camera gain data on coastal erosion faster and in more detail.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 19 Feb 2020

New Terahertz Camera Visualizes Interior of Objects with High Resolution

At the University of Sussex, a group of physicists has been successful in creating the first nonlinear camera that uses terahertz (THz) radiation to capture high-resolution images of the interior of solid objects.

19 Feb 2020

'Unseen' Detail Revealed by Camera That Combines Lasers and Terahertz Waves

This year, a team of physicists based at the University of Sussex, in the UK, published a paper in the journal Optica in which they describe the groundbreaking technology they established which sees terahertz (THz) radiation being utilized to create the world’s first nonlinear camera.

19 Feb 2020

Basler Expands its Basler Lenses Portfolio

The camera manufacturer Basler is further enhancing its Basler Lens Portfolio and offers the right lens for every Basler camera. The Basler Lens series comprises the two product lines: Standard and Premium.

From Basler AG 19 Feb 2020

QuickSwitch® Pulsed Laser Diodes

These unique 905 nm pulsed laser diodes generate the shortest pulse duration worldwide for devices of this type. Developed and manufactured by Laser Components Canada, the QuickSwitch® PLDs are made for fast and reliable laser-based distance measurement applications (LiDAR) and scanners for security and aerospace use.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 19 Feb 2020