Optics & Photonics News

RSS

Engineers and Students Invited to Learn About Latest Lighting Technologies Online

Committed to bringing electronic engineers the newest technologies first, leading multi-channel electronics distributor Newark, part of the global Premier Farnell Group, announces that Cree will be one of 31 top suppliers featured at the "Energy Efficiency + Lighting" global technical learning and networking event, held virtually at the Live EDGE EcoSphere on December 11, 2008 from 8am to midnight EST.

8 Dec 2008

The Environmental Impacts of Automobiles to Eyewear

At first glance, a simple pair of eye glasses might seem benign to the environment – until one considers what goes into the production of frames and lenses. Réjean Samson, a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Université de Montréal's affiliated school, École Polytechnique, says glasses and frames are more damaging to the environment than we imagine.

8 Dec 2008

IRphotonics Launches 2-5 um mid Infrared Fiber Targeting Defense and Aerospace Applications

IRphotonics, a leading provider of advanced infrared fiber and materials announced today the availability of its new II-VTM mid infrared fiber targeting Defense and Aerospace applications. The II-VTM mid-IR fiber offers a spectral transmission from 0.4 to 5.5 um with low attenuation and no spectral absorption peak.

8 Dec 2008

IBM and Harvard Researchers Launch Project to Discover Lower Cost, More Efficient Solar Cells

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and researchers from Harvard University are launching a new World Community Grid project to discover organic materials to create a more efficient and lower cost solar cell. The path-breaking effort will use idle computer power from volunteers to create large supplies of new clean energy.

8 Dec 2008

Santur Ships 200,000th Widely Tunable Laser Based on Integrated Laser Arrays

Santur Corporation, the leading supplier of high performance tunable solutions for the global telecommunications industry, marked a major milestone with the shipment of its 200,000th tunable laser, one of the key elements in transformation of next generation networks.

8 Dec 2008

Uncooled Pump Laser Improves Dollar-per-Watt Ratio

Alfalight, Inc., a leading supplier of highly efficient high-power diode lasers, announced today the availability of the AM6-940B-20-608, a 940 nm, 6 W uncooled multimode laser diode for cladding-pumped telecom fiber amplifiers. At pricing comparable to previous 4 W devices, the new higher-output diode improves dollar-per-watt performance by about 50%.

8 Dec 2008

Rolling Out Flexible Displays for the Mass Market

European researchers have developed a cost-effective method for manufacturing flexible displays in much the same way that newspapers are printed. Their work promises to revolutionise packaging, advertising and even clothing.

7 Dec 2008

New Product Line Offers Researchers Enhanced Functionality for Wide-Field Imaging

Leica Microsystems and MDS Analytical Technologies today announced the launch of Leica MM AF imaging systems, a product line that combines Leica's industry-leading microscopy and MDS Analytical Technologies' latest MetaMorph® software, to provide researchers with a more comprehensive range of solutions for wide-field imaging in life sciences research.

7 Dec 2008

Intel Researchers Made Next Advance in Field of Silicon Photonics

Intel researchers have made the next advance in the field of Silicon Photonics by achieving world-record performance using a silicon-based Avalanche Photodetector (APD) that could lower costs and improve performance as compared to commercially available optical devices.

7 Dec 2008

Physicists Taken Significant Step Toward Creation of Quantum Networks

Physicists have taken a significant step toward creation of quantum networks by establishing a new record for the length of time that quantum information can be stored in and retrieved from an ensemble of very cold atoms. Though the information remains usable for just milliseconds, even that short lifetime should be enough to allow transmission of data from one quantum repeater to another on an optical network.

7 Dec 2008

Researchers Create Quantum Dots with New Optical Properties

Quantum dots, tiny luminescent particles made of semiconductors, hold promise for detecting and treating cancer earlier. However, if doctors were to use them in humans, quantum dots could have limitations related to their size and possible toxicity.

7 Dec 2008

OSRAM SYLVANIA Team Up on Annual Home Lighting Contest

WBCN, New England Patriots Rock Radio Network and OSRAM SYLVANIA, along with Patriots tackle Matt Light, have teamed up once again to provide an assortment of home-lighting products just in time for the holidays for radio contest winner Deirdre Cady of Taunton, Mass.

6 Dec 2008

Carl Zeiss Introduces LSM 700 Laser Scanning Microscope for Materials Research

Carl Zeiss introduces the LSM 700 / mat laser scanning microscope for materials research. It allows very precise, 3-dimensional imaging of surfaces. The combination of fluorescence and reflection techniques enables high-precision examination of semiconductors, metal, glass and polymers with high information content.

5 Dec 2008

Samsung Offers New PC Camera CMOS Image Sensor System-on-Chip for Real-time HD Video

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today that it has expanded its industry-leading portfolio of CMOS image sensors to include a new high-definition 1/4-inch, 1.2 Megapixel (Mp) system-on-chip (SoC) imager, the S5K4AW, for notebook and desktop computers.

5 Dec 2008

Dong In Optical Introduces New Dot Sight for 40 mm Caliber Automatic Grenade Launcher

Dong In Optical Co., Ltd. a manufacturer of Military Red Dot Sight for various weapons in South Korea, introduced their new Dot Sight for 40 mm Caliber Automatic Grenade Launcher (AGL) named Model DCL401. This latest invention from Dong In Optical is the world's first Dot Sight for Automatic Grenade Launcher and will be distributed to various armed forces markets in Europe and Northern America.

4 Dec 2008