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Giant Optical Anisotropy Measured in Layered Molybdenum Disulfide Crystals

For the first time, scientists from the Center for Photonics and Two-Dimensional Materials at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have successfully measured enormous optical anisotropy in layered molybdenum disulfide crystals.

4 Mar 2021

Teledyne Imaging Brings Its Advanced Technologies to Vision China 2021

Teledyne Imaging will exhibit at the upcoming Vision China (Shanghai), in Hall W1, W1-1800, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from March 17-19. Visitors to the combined Teledyne Imaging booth can expect to s...

4 Mar 2021

Virtual Reality Helps People Stay Fit and Well During Lockdown

People who use virtual reality headsets as a way of passing the time during lockdown are exercising more vigorously and feeling better about life.

4 Mar 2021

Radiation Resistant Lens for Low Light Applications

Manufactured from specially selected non browning glass – the Model 313-000 fixed focus lens from Resolve Optics has an aperture of f/1.4 to enable as much light as possible to be gathered and transmitted to the sensor.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 4 Mar 2021

New Technology Helps Improve Performances of Fiber Optoelectronic Components

Advances in wearable devices have enabled e-textiles, which fuse lightweight and comfortable textiles with smart electronics, and are garnering attention as the next-generation wearable technology. In particular, fiber electronic devices endowed with electrical properties, while retaining the specific characteristics of textiles, are key elements in manufacturing e-textiles.

3 Mar 2021

Using Vortex Light for Structural Chirality Detection

Recently, the Laboratory of Micro and Nano Engineering, School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has made important progress in the field of structural chirality detection research using vortex light and found that photon orbital angular momentum can efficiently detect the optical chiral signal of structures.

3 Mar 2021

Teledyne e2v and Yumain Announce Collaboration to Create AI-Based Imaging Solutions for Machine Vision

Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies company and global innovator of imaging solutions, announces a new technology and industrial collaboration with Yumain (Dijon, France), a leading AI vision solution provider serving a broad range of industrial applications.

From Teledyne e2v (UK) Ltd 3 Mar 2021

Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors Assist Accurate 3D Flight Tracking

Optical Surfaces Ltd has been selected by the Optical Engineering Group at the University of Warwick (UK) School of Engineering to supply key focusing optics to enable accurate 3D tracking and analysis of mosquito flight behaviour.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 3 Mar 2021

Intriguing Particles Emerge When Two Photons Couple

Scientists at the University of Bath in the UK have found a way to bind together two photons of different colours, paving the way for important advancements in quantum-electrodynamics – the field of science that describes how light and matter interact. In time, the team’s findings are likely to impact developments in optical and quantum communication, and precision measurements of frequency, time and distances.

3 Mar 2021

Basler Announces Flexible Processing Board for Vision Applications

At the start of embedded world 2021 DIGITAL, Basler is presenting an Embedded Vision Processing Kit that includes various interfaces for image processing and thus allows the connection of different camera types. The in-h...

From Basler AG 2 Mar 2021

Old Light-Emitting Technology Paves Way for New Type of Smart Tattoo

Researchers from University College London (UCL) and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology—IIT) have made a temporary tattoo using light-emitting technology found in smartphone and TV screens. The study sets the stage for a new kind of “smart tattoo” with several possible applications.

1 Mar 2021

Neuro-Telemetric Device with LED Lights Enables Real-Time Analysis of Brain Activities

Living in a group has clear benefits. As a member of a societal group, one can share resources with the others, seek protection from predators, and forage in an efficient manner.

1 Mar 2021

Engineering the Boundary Between 2D and 3D Materials

In recent years, engineers have found ways to modify the properties of some “two- dimensional” materials, which are just one or a few atoms thick, by stacking two layers together and rotating one slightly in relation to the other.

1 Mar 2021

New Models for xiJ Family of sCMOS Cameras

Continuous progress in scientific fields places ever higher demands on the tools used in various research application areas. To meet these increased requirements XIMEA has integrated the newest technologies improving the parameters important for the scientific community.

From XIMEA GmbH 26 Feb 2021

New Optical Antennas Could Exponentially Increase Data Transmission

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a new way to harness properties of light waves that can radically increase the amount of data they carry. They demonstrated the emission of discrete twisting laser beams from antennas made up of concentric rings roughly equal to the diameter of a human hair, small enough to be placed on computer chips.

26 Feb 2021