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Researchers Design Advanced Long-Wavelength Infrared Photodetectors

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new approach to quantum device design that has produced the first gain-based long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) photodetector using band structure engineering based on a type-II superlattice material.

3 Feb 2021

2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Awarded for Development of LED Lighting

The 2021 QEPrize is awarded for the creation and development of LED lighting, which forms the basis of all solid-state lighting technology. Isamu Akasaki, Shuji Nakamura, Nick Holonyak Jr, M. George Craford and Russell Dupuis are recognized not only for the global impact of LED and solid-state lighting but also for the tremendous contribution the technology has made, and will continue to make, to reducing energy consumption and addressing climate change.

3 Feb 2021

New Technology Aims to Modernize Optical Digital Storage

Purdue University innovators have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code with colored "digital characters" to modernize optical storage. They are confident the advancement will help with the explosion of remote data storage during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 Feb 2021

OCT Imaging Technology can Help Distinguish Between Legitimate and Counterfeit Travel Documents

New research by the University of Kent has found that optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging technology can be utilised to distinguish between legitimate and counterfeit travel documents.

3 Feb 2021

BitFlow Axion-xB Frame Grabbers Improve Performance of Camera Link Imaging Systems

Design engineers in the machine vision industry now have more configuration options than ever before with the introduction of the new Axion-xB line of frame grabbers from BitFlow, with support for the highest performance Camera Link® Base cameras on the market. Available in single, dual and quad link versions for maximum design flexibility, the new frame grabbers demonstrate BitFlow's ongoing commitment to the highly popular Camera Link (CL) standard.

From Bitflow, Inc. 3 Feb 2021

WITec ParticleScout™ Enhanced with New Features

WITec GmbH, the pace-setting leader in Raman microscope technology, has enhanced its ParticleScout automated particle analysis tool to offer even greater speed and versatility for finding, classifying and identifying microparticles.

3 Feb 2021

BioTek Announces New Cytation C10 Confocal Imaging Reader

BioTek Instruments, a part of Agilent, is excited to unveil the Cytation C10, an advanced, automated Confocal Imaging Reader. This versatile and multi-functional automated system is ideal for research laboratories and core facilities looking to increase productivity while reaping high-quality qualitative and quantitative data to support cell-based research.

3 Feb 2021

Skoltech Imaging Equipment Used to Study Crystal Structure, Optical Properties of Photocatalysts

Skoltech researchers helped their colleagues from Japan, Germany, the United States, and China study the crystal structure and optical properties of a new class of two-dimensional compounds, which can be used as effective visible-light-responsive photocatalysts for energy and chemical conversion.

2 Feb 2021

Researchers Develop New Approach for Designing Photonic Devices

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Texas have developed and demonstrated a new approach for designing photonic devices. The advance allows them to control the direction and polarization of light from thin-film LEDs, paving the way for a new generation of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies.

2 Feb 2021

New Insights on True Catalytically Active Species Involved in Photocatalytic Systems

A collaboration between the Pericàs group with Prof. Timothy Noël and Dr. Paola Riente at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, The Netherlands), has crystallised in a Nature Communications paper where they provide key insight into the chemical nature of the true photocatalyst involved in the Bi2O3-driven atom-transfer radical addition (ATRA) reaction.

2 Feb 2021

Optimistic Outlook at Optical Surfaces Ltd.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 1 Feb 2021

Research Explores Future Potential for Computers Based on Photonics

Researchers from the University of Exeter have now offered an interesting new understanding of the future steps to create energy-efficient, fast modern computing systems that use light in the place of electrons to process and store information.

1 Feb 2021

New Magnet Prototype Meets the Requirements for Use in Light Source Facilities

With a powerful enough light, you can see things that people once thought would be impossible. Large-scale light source facilities generate that powerful light, and scientists use it to create more durable materials, build more efficient batteries and computers, and learn more about the natural world.

29 Jan 2021

Adaptive Driving Beam System with MEMS Optical Scanner Provides Better Road Visibility for Drivers

Car accidents are responsible for approximately a million deaths each year globally. Among the many causes, driving at night, when vision is most limited, leads to accidents with higher mortality rates than accidents during the day. Therefore, improving visibility during night driving is critical for reducing the number of fatal car accidents.

28 Jan 2021

Solid-State Light Converters Optimized for High-Power LED Systems

Materials scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) worked with an international team of researchers team to optimize the design of composite ceramic materials (Ce3+:YAG-Al2O3), that is, solid-state light converters (phosphors) that can be employed in-ground and aerospace technologies.

27 Jan 2021