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Using Optical Fields to Modify Electronic Properties of Solid

Research coauthored by team from the Department of Physics and Astronomy reveals that optical fields have the ability to modify electronic properties of a solid.

15 Jun 2020

New Metasurface-Based Camera Lenses Could be Used in Future Optical Technology

Camera lenses could be considerably less resource-intensive to manufacture and thousands of times thinner in the years to come.

12 Jun 2020

New QCL Technology Helps Achieve Record-High Power Output for Terahertz Lasers

Terahertz lasers may soon experience their moment of glory. These lasers produce radiation that sits somewhere between infrared light and microwaves along the electromagnetic spectrum.

12 Jun 2020

New Twistronics-Based Method Could Advance Light-Driven Technologies

Monash researchers are part of an international collaboration applying 'twistronics' concepts (the science of layering and twisting 2D materials to control their electrical properties) to manipulate the flow of light in extreme ways.

12 Jun 2020

New Non-Invasive Matrix Imaging Method Avoids Aberrations

In conventional ultrasounds, variations in soft tissue structure distort ultrasound wavefronts. They blur the image and can hence prove detrimental to medical diagnosis.

12 Jun 2020

Study Develops Smallest-Ever Optical Cavity for Infrared Light

Miniaturization has enabled so many unfathomable dreams. Shrinking down electronic circuits has allowed us to access technology like smartphones, health watches, medical probes, nano-satellites, unthinkable a couple decades ago.

12 Jun 2020

WITec Begins Expansion of its Headquarters Facility

WITec GmbH, the technology leader in correlative Raman microscopy, is expanding its headquarters building in Ulm.

From WITec GmbH 12 Jun 2020

New System for High-Density EEG Imaging of Brain Activity

The main aim of brain research is to understand the source and network of signals as the brain functions. At present, engineers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a system that can be used for high-density electroencephalography (EEG) imaging of the origin and route of normal and abnormal brain signals.

11 Jun 2020

Esprit Automation Launches First British Industrial Laser Cutting Machine

Esprit Automation, a leading UK manufacturer of CNC cutting machines, has announced the launch of the first industrial fiber laser cutting machine designed and built in the UK.

From Esprit Automation Ltd 11 Jun 2020

The First Smart Camera Powered by Deep Learning Technology. A Vision System Enabling New Inline Factory Inspections

Cognex introduces the world´s first industrial smart camera powered by Deep Learning software. This combination expands the possibilities of what can be successfully and precisely inspected in factory automation.

From Cognex Corporation 11 Jun 2020

Innovative Electrodes can Help Create Cheaper Solar Cells and Touchscreens

Australian researchers have demonstrated the strong potential for a new type of flexible, recyclable electrodes to be used in creating cheaper solar cells, touchscreens, wearable 'e-skins' and next-generation responsive windows.

11 Jun 2020

New Plasmon Compression Method Could Help Create Optical Computer

In collaboration with Danish and Russian research teams, researchers at Tomsk Polytechnic University have experimentally confirmed a plasmonic nanojet effect that was predicted earlier in practice.

10 Jun 2020

Optical Fusion Splicer and Fibre Optic Cleaver for FTTx

LASER COMPONENTS would like to announce a new release - the FSP200 Optical Fusion Splicer with core alignment technology and the FCL200 Optical Fibre Cleaver with auto-end cut collection, made by our manufacturing partner Tempo Communications and now available for our customers.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 10 Jun 2020

Teledyne Princeton Instruments Introduces Raman Spectrometer for Limitation-Shattering, High-Sensitivity Performance in NIR

Teledyne Princeton Instruments, a Teledyne Technologies company, and world-renowned manufacturer of scientific imaging and spectroscopy equipment, is pleased to introduce its new TPIR-785 Raman spectrometer, a fully integrated system that leverages leading-edge spectrograph and camera technologies to optimize performance in the near-infrared (NIR) region.

From Teledyne Princeton Instruments 9 Jun 2020

Glass-Ceramics Used in Greenhouse Lamps Promote Plant Growth

Researchers have proposed a new concept to produce light sources from ceramics by adding chrome: the light from these lamps provides not only red but also infrared (IR) light, which is anticipated to have a positive impact on the growth of the plants.

9 Jun 2020