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New System Could Greatly Increase the Rate of Development of Solar Cells

In the ongoing race to develop ever-better materials and configurations for solar cells, there are many variables that can be adjusted to try to improve performance, including material type, thickness, and geometric arrangement.

10 Dec 2021

$Using Static Diffractive Optical Elements to Enable High-Resolution Endomicroscopy$

Using Static Diffractive Optical Elements to Enable High-Resolution Endomicroscopy

Miniaturized endoscopes with micron resolution, sub-millimeter diameters and 3D imaging capabilities play an important role in medical imaging and diagnostics.

10 Dec 2021

Researchers Use Light-Induced Flows to Measure FemtoNewton Forces

In a new paper published in eLight today, a team of scientists, led by Dr. Moritz Kreysing from MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany, has developed an entirely new approach to trapping micron-sized particles.

10 Dec 2021

Detachable Head-Mounted Microscope Images Brain Activity in Freely Moving Mice

The first-ever detachable head-mounted photoacoustic microscope for imaging brain activity in freely moving mice has been developed by scientists. The device has an option to be removed once imaging is over, thus enabling long-term studies that can disclose crucial insights into neurodegenerative diseases and other neurological disorders.

10 Dec 2021

Using Lasers to Sculpt the Properties of Materials

Imagine windows that can easily transform into mirrors, or super high-speed computers that run not on electrons but light.

9 Dec 2021

New Method Uses Optical Cavities to Enhance Atom Interferometers

A new concept has been developed that has the potential to assist new instruments in the investigation of fundamental science topics such as gravitational waves and dark matter.

9 Dec 2021

LAMpAS has Reached Target Parameters of Kilowatt-Class Ultrafast Laser

The EU-funded LAMpAS project has announced that the target parameters of its kilowatt-class ultrafast laser have been reached.

7 Dec 2021

New Liquid-Crystalline Material Shows Promise for Optoelectronic Devices

Liquid crystals are not solid, but some of their physical properties are directional - like in a crystal. This is because their molecules can arrange themselves into certain patterns. The best-known applications include flat screens and digital displays.

7 Dec 2021

Researchers Develop a New Scheme for Trapping Single Photons in a Cavity

Photons are the basis for many next-generation quantum technologies, including ultra-secure quantum communications and potentially game-changing quantum computers.

6 Dec 2021

Researchers Come One Step Closer to a Working Optoacoustic Endoscopic Probe

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have come one step closer to a working optoacoustic endoscopic probe -; a device that could slip inside a blood vessel and analyze atherosclerotic plaques by shining laser light on them to make them wobble like a loudspeaker membrane and betray their chemical composition with an ultrasound signature.

6 Dec 2021

Development and Latest Progress of Femtosecond Laser Precision Micro/Nano-Engineering

Femtosecond laser precision engineering has been applied in industries for device micro/nano-fabrication due to its unique advantages of being a dry and noncontact process, coupled with the availability of reliable light sources and affordable system cost.

6 Dec 2021