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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

Novel Microcombs Could Power New Generation of Atomic clocks, Optical Fibers

Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great precision, a device known as a laser frequency comb, with its hundreds of evenly spaced, sharply defined frequencies, can be used to measure the colors of light waves with great precision.

23 Jun 2020

Mekitec Releases a New X-Ray Inspection System for Beverages, Liquids & Solid Foods

Mekitec Group, a global manufacturer of innovative food quality control systems based on X-ray technology, announces the launch of a completely new X-ray inspection system, SIDEMEKITM, targeted for the product safety and quality control needs of food and beverage producers worldwide.

From Mekitec Oy 22 Jun 2020

Medical Tools Developed Quicker Thanks to New EU Pilot Line

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the need to quickly develop diagnostic equipment in the face of a novel threat. Thanks to a dedicated medical pilot production line that gives easy access to prototyping, new medical tools that use photonics to detect major diseases will be quicker, cheaper and easier to develop.

22 Jun 2020

New Paramagnetic Resonance Technology Helps Achieve High Spectral Resolution

A high-resolution paramagnetic resonance detection method based on the diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center quantum sensor was proposed and experimentally implemented by academician DU Jiangfeng from USTC.

22 Jun 2020

Turbulence can Create Well-Ordered Laser Light

The so-called frequency combs play a significant role in current laser research. They can be described as a very unique kind of light that can be used for crucial measurements.

19 Jun 2020

High-Performance Filters for Corona Tests - Optimal Filter Performance for Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

Optical filters play a crucial role in detecting the corona pathogen SARSCoV2. With the expanded Ultra series, LASER COMPONENTS now offers optical filters that were specifically developed for real-time qPCR tests for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Patient samples can thus be analysed faster and more efficiently.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 19 Jun 2020

New Method to Record High-Quality Immersive Light Field Videos

Google is taking immersive media technology to the next level, showing a practical system for light field video.

19 Jun 2020

Inhomogeneous Quantum Rings Form When Matter is Trapped in Optical Lattices

Ultracold atoms trapped in appropriately prepared optical traps can arrange themselves in surprisingly complex, hitherto unobserved structures, according to scientists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow.

19 Jun 2020

New Optimized Quantum Diamond NMR Spectrocopy Technique

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is a widely used tool for chemical analysis and molecular structure recognition.

18 Jun 2020

Researchers Integrate Complex Optical System into Silicon Photonic Chip

Information technology continues to progress at a rapid pace. However, the growing demands of data centers have pushed electrical input-output systems to their physical limit, which has created a bottleneck.

18 Jun 2020

New Easy-to-Implement, Robust Multicolor Super-Resolution Imaging

Multicolor fluorescence microscopy is a crucial tool in the field of life sciences to analyze the relative arrangements of cellular structures or interactions of different proteins.

17 Jun 2020

Radiant Vision Systems Honored by Vision Systems Design 2020 Innovators Awards Program

Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of automated visual inspection solutions for light and display measurement, announced today that its ProMetric® Y43 (43- megapixel) Imaging Photometer was recognized among the best in machine vision by the judges of the Vision Systems Design 2020 Innovators Awards program.

From Radiant Vision Systems 17 Jun 2020

Laserax’s New LXQ Laser Marker Redefines Ease of Integration and Remote Support Following COVID-19

After 2 years of development, Laserax releases the LXQ Fiber Laser Marker series that redefines how easy and accessible laser system integration can be. The laser’s features are not only aimed at reducing integration time and cost, but also at facilitating collaboration between system integrators and laser experts—a key factor for quick and easy laser integration.

From Laserax 17 Jun 2020

New National Preclinical Imaging Center Established in Ireland to Improve Medical Research

A new National Preclinical Imaging Centre (NPIC) which will provide enhanced research data to inform new clinical trials that aim to improve patient outcomes, has been awarded funding of €3.4 million under the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Infrastructure Programme.

17 Jun 2020