Optics & Photonics News

RSS

An Anapole Probe for Measuring Light’s Magnetic Topological Spin Structure

Professor Xiaocong Yuan’s research group at the Nanophotonics Research Center, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, has devised a unique anapole probe to monitor the magnetic field-dominated photonic spin structure in light.

By Ilamaran Sivarajah 7 Oct 2022

Enhanced Tumor Depth Information Using Fluorescence Imaging System

Researchers have developed a system that uses dual-wavelength light to provide information about tumor depth in healthy tissue.

7 Oct 2022

Study Highlights Future Engineering Design of NP-Doped Fiber Sensors

In an article published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers investigated gold nanoparticles (NPs), used as the contrast agent in the optical fiber to increase the intensity of the backscattered light from the aspect of their spectra.

By Taha Khan 7 Oct 2022

Angle-Cam: A Deep Learning-Based Technique for Predicting Leaf Angle Distributions

A recent study published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution introduces an inexpensive time-lapse camera (Angle-Cam) based on deep learning for forecasting leaf angle distributions from horizontal images.

By Usman Ahmed 7 Oct 2022

Novel Reference Bioimaging Enhances Assessment of Phenotypic Characters of Bryophytes

In an article published in Scientific Data, researchers presented a reference bioimaging dataset consisting of macroscopic and bright-field microscopic images of phenotypic characters of the European species of the liverwort family of Scapaniaceae.

By Pritam Roy 7 Oct 2022

Freeform Surface Machining with Controlled Fast Tool Servo Using Tool Path Optimization

For controlling an independently controlled fast tool servo (FTS) for freeform surface machining, researchers at Keio University created a brand-new tool path creation method.

6 Oct 2022

Frequency Locking at Farey Fractions of Breathers in Ultrafast Lasers

In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers report the first comprehensive assessment of the frequency locking mechanism in breathers in ultrafast fiber lasers.

By Owais Ali 6 Oct 2022

Technique to Track Moving Objects in a Scattering Medium via Speckle Correlations

A study published in Nature Communications demonstrated that it is feasible to track moving objects over a wide field of view with negligible processing costs by integrating the cross-correlations of the observed speckle pattern at different instances.

By Owais Ali 6 Oct 2022

Study Investigates LiDAR Requirements for Automotive Applications

In an article published in the journal Sensors, researchers analyzed the requirements for various key LiDAR metrics, including laser safety, angular resolution, field of view, and detection range.

By Taha Khan 6 Oct 2022

Superlative Optical Sensors for Predicting Corn Grain Yield

A recent study published in Agronomy compares optical sensors and vegetation indices (VIs) at various corn grain stages to forecast in-season yield potential.

By Usman Ahmed 6 Oct 2022

Study Reports Evidence of Stabilized Ferromagnetic Order by Optical Pumping

In an article published in Science Advances, researchers found that local optical pumping could stabilize and control ferromagnetic order in monolayered electrostatically doped, transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors at zero magnetic fields.

By Pritam Roy 6 Oct 2022

Enhancing Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Professor Andrzej Witkowski and his colleagues at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, have investigated Pseudostaurosira trainorii mediated biosynthesized iron-oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) to enhance laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (LDI-MS).

By Ilamaran Sivarajah 5 Oct 2022