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New Technique to Develop More Precise, Efficient Diffraction Gratings

The importance of light-based technologies for our society was demonstrated once more in recent weeks.

26 Jun 2020

New Technique to Monitor Quality of Laser Welding in Real Time

Laser welding is a process suitable for joining metals and thermoplastics.

26 Jun 2020

Light Weighted Mirrors

Optical Surfaces Ltd has developed proprietary light weighting techniques that can reduce the weight of a mirror by as much as 60%.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 26 Jun 2020

Laser-Driven Proton Radiography Used to Measure Magnetic Fields in Plasma

The magnetic structures resulting from a plasma instability predicted by the physicist Erich Weibel about 50 years ago has been evidenced at surprisingly large scales in a laser-driven plasma in the prestigious journal Nature Physics.

25 Jun 2020

New Pulsed Force Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy to Measure Surface Potential

As technology shrinks, the need to characterize the properties of very small materials-measured in nanometers (1 nanometer = 1 billionth of a meter)-has become increasingly important.

25 Jun 2020

Lasers can Redefine Bio-Imaging and Quantum Communication

A research team has applied an infrared laser technique to cool a solid semiconductor. As demonstrated by the researchers in a study published in Nature Communications on June 23rd, 2020, an infrared laser could be used to refrigerate the solid semiconductor by a minimum of 36 °F, or 20 °C, below room temperature.

24 Jun 2020

New Laser-Based Technique to Degrade Cellulose for Use as Biofuel

With the imminent threat of a climate crisis hanging over our heads, it has become crucial to develop efficient alternatives to fossil fuels. One option is to use clean sources of fuels called biofuels, which can be produced from natural sources such as biomass.

24 Jun 2020

New Compact Fiber Laser Microscope to Analyze Molecules in Cells

A research group led by Professor Kenneth K.Y. Wong of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with Bielefeld University in Germany, has developed a compact fibre laser microscope that brought breakthroughs to analysing molecules in cells and clinical applications.

24 Jun 2020

New Low-Cost, Accessible Medical Diagnostic Tool for Skin Cancer

An article published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO), "Point-of-care, multispectral, smartphone-based dermascopes for dermal lesion screening and erythema monitoring," shows that standard smartphone technology can be adapted to image skin lesions, providing a low-cost, accessible medical diagnostic tool for skin cancer.

24 Jun 2020

Deltaray Enables Zero-Defect Product Manufacturing

Deltaray, a spin-off of Antwerp University and imec – a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies – is taking quality control to the next level with the introduction of its ‘Accelerated 3D XRAY’ technology.

24 Jun 2020

New 2D Materials-Based Technique to Engineer Optoelectronic Devices

A new method has been identified by scientists to engineer optoelectronic devices. This involves extending a two-dimensional (2D) material on top of a silicon photonic platform.

23 Jun 2020

Luxinar 1st Year Anniversary

A year ago, on 25 June 2019, the official Luxinar rebranding campaign started when it was revealed to the market, with great success, at the Laser World of Photonics show in Munich, Germany.

From Luxinar Ltd 23 Jun 2020

Reducing Clock Recovery Time Enhances Performance of Optical Switching

A new technique that synchronises the clocks of computers in under a billionth of a second can eliminate one of the hurdles for the deployment of all-optical networks, potentially leading to more efficient data centres, according to a new study led by UCL and Microsoft.

23 Jun 2020

New Tools Could Make Imaging of Neural Circuits Easier

Here's the big question in modern neuroscience: how does structure and activity in the brain relate to function- One of the major ways neuroscientists study the dynamics of those relationships is by measuring neural activity through fluorescent imaging in the mouse brain, a process made difficult by the density of brain tissue and its interwoven and overlapping nerve fibers.

23 Jun 2020

Topological Protection Could Make Photonic Devices More Energy Efficient

Laser light traveling through ornately microfabricated glass has been shown to interact with itself to form self-sustaining wave patterns called solitons.

23 Jun 2020

Optics & Photonics News

New Technique to Develop More Precise, Efficient Diffraction Gratings

New Technique to Monitor Quality of Laser Welding in Real Time

Light Weighted Mirrors

Laser-Driven Proton Radiography Used to Measure Magnetic Fields in Plasma

New Pulsed Force Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy to Measure Surface Potential

Lasers can Redefine Bio-Imaging and Quantum Communication

New Laser-Based Technique to Degrade Cellulose for Use as Biofuel

New Compact Fiber Laser Microscope to Analyze Molecules in Cells

New Low-Cost, Accessible Medical Diagnostic Tool for Skin Cancer

Deltaray Enables Zero-Defect Product Manufacturing

New 2D Materials-Based Technique to Engineer Optoelectronic Devices

Luxinar 1st Year Anniversary

Reducing Clock Recovery Time Enhances Performance of Optical Switching

New Tools Could Make Imaging of Neural Circuits Easier

Topological Protection Could Make Photonic Devices More Energy Efficient

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