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Using Brain-Like Electronic Devices to Produce Vivid Colors

Structural coloration is promised to be the display technology of the future as there is no fading - it does not use dyes - and enables low-power displays without strong external light source.

9 Sep 2020

Researchers Use Quantum Optics to Advance State-of-the-Art Microscopy

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used quantum optics to advance state-of-the-art microscopy and illuminate a path to detecting material properties with greater sensitivity than is possible with traditional tools.

9 Sep 2020

World’s Largest Digital Camera to Explore Cosmic Mysteries

Crews at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have taken the first 3,200-megapixel digital photos - the largest ever taken in a single shot - with an extraordinary array of imaging sensors that will become the heart and soul of the future camera of Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

9 Sep 2020

Digital Thermal Imaging Improves Understanding of Breast Cancers

Thermal imaging has been available for decades to detect temperature differences on the skin that could signal breast cancer without exposing patients to radiation, although the method is not as reliable as mammography.

9 Sep 2020

Research Lab Breaks New Ground in Laser Manufacturing Using Mikrotron Vision Technology

Bayerisches Laserzentrum GmbH or simply "BLZ" is an independent, non-profit research association based in Erlangen, Bavaria, that aims to open new fields of application for photonics and laser technology t...

From Mikrotron GmbH 9 Sep 2020

Sensors of World’s Largest Digital Camera Snap First 3,200-megapixel Images at Slac

Crews at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have taken the first 3,200-megapixel digital photos – the largest ever taken in a single shot – with an extraordinary array of imaging sensors that will become the heart and soul of the future camera of Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

9 Sep 2020

Imaging Venus with a Scientific SWIR Camera

Quantum Design UK and Ireland (QDUKI), distributor of high-tech scientific research instrumentation is the exclusive authorised channel sales partner of Raptor Photonics products for the UK and Ireland.

From Raptor Photonics Limited 9 Sep 2020

Application Optimised Machine Vision Lenses

Resolve Optics offer a service to design, develop and supply application optimised machine vision lenses for any industrial and robotic image processing application.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 9 Sep 2020

High Resolution and Low Price: New ace 2 Uses the Strengths of Sony's Pregius S Sensors

Basler is expanding its ace 2 camera series with 24 models featuring the Sony Pregius S sensors IMX540, IMX541, and IMX542.

From Basler AG 8 Sep 2020

Researchers Develop New Method to Reconfigure Microwave Photonic Filters

A team of researchers from the Photonics Systems Lab at EPFL has developed a new method to reconfigure microwave photonic filters without having to use an external device.

8 Sep 2020

Teledyne E2v’s New Optical Module Ideal for Scanning, Embedded Imaging and Iot Applications

Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies company and global innovator of imaging solutions, announces that it has expanded its product portfolio with a 2 Megapixel compact module featuring a pre-focused, industrial-grade scanning optic.

8 Sep 2020

Scientists Develop a Method to Generate Circularly Polarized Light from the Sphere

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Institute of Photonic Sciences develop a method to generate circularly polarized light from the ultimate symmetrical structure: the sphere.

7 Sep 2020

Glass Slide Nanopillars Control Both Color and Intensity of Light

By shining white light on a glass slide stippled with millions of tiny titanium dioxide pillars, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and their collaborators have reproduced with astonishing fidelity the luminous hues and subtle shadings of "Girl With a Pearl Earring," Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece.

7 Sep 2020

Ultra-Short Laser to Detect Second Harmonic Generation in Organic Superconductors

In contemporary information technology (IT), the movement of electrons in a central processing unit (CPU) is responsible for processing and carrying the data.

7 Sep 2020

New Insight into Electrolyte Additives Could Enhance Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Dye-sensitised solar cells used in low-light conditions could perform more consistently thanks to improved understanding of the role additives play in optimising electrolytes.

4 Sep 2020