Optics & Photonics News

RSS

New Technology Enables Smart Window to Self-Regulate its Optical Transmittance

Researchers have developed a new easy-to-use smart optical film technology that allows smart window devices to autonomously switch between transparent and opaque states in response to the surrounding light conditions.

3 Jun 2020

New 3D Imaging Method to Visualize Biological Samples on Microscopic Scale

A collaboration between Colorado State University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign resulted in a new, 3D imaging technique to visualize tissues and other biological samples on a microscopic scale, with potential to assist with cancer or other disease diagnoses.

3 Jun 2020

Basler Introduces Embedded Vision Solutions for the NVIDIA Jetson Platform

Basler, a leading global provider of embedded vision solutions, today announced its new Embedded Vision Development Kit and two Add-on Camera Kits powered by the NVIDIA® Jetson™ platform.

From Basler AG 2 Jun 2020

Study Confirms Feasibility of Handheld UV Device to Kill Coronavirus

Scientists at Penn State, the University of Minnesota, and two Japanese universities have now reported that it is possible to create a personal, handheld device that emits ultraviolet light of high-intensity to disinfect areas by destroying the novel coronavirus.

2 Jun 2020

New Model to Improve Quality of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Tumors

Early diagnosis of cancer is one of the highest-priority problem for the healthcare system, because it is critical for overall treatment success and saving patients' lives.

2 Jun 2020

Developing A Digital Holography-Based Multimodal Imaging System To Visualize Living Cells

A research group led by Kobe University's Professor MATOBA Osamu (Organization for Advanced and Integrated Research) has successfully created 3D fluorescence and phase imaging of living cells based on digital holography.

2 Jun 2020

High-Power Laser Could Help Produce Intense Energy Emissions

A few minutes into the life of the universe, colliding emissions of light energy created the first particles of matter and antimatter.

2 Jun 2020

Smart Windows that Self-Illuminate During Monsoon Season

Smart windows that automatically change colors depending on the intensity of sunlight are gaining attention as they can reduce energy bills by blocking off sun's visible rays during summer.

1 Jun 2020

Researchers Develop Light-Sensitive Automatic Color Conversion Smart Window Technology

The original technology of smart window that can automatically adjust the amount of sunlight entering the room by changing the color of window depends on the intensity of sunlight has been developed by a domestic research team.

29 May 2020

A New Method to Conduct Spectroscopic Nanoscopy at the Single-Molecule Level

A Northwestern University research team has developed a new method to conduct spectroscopic nanoscopy, an approach that could help researchers understand more complicated biomolecular interactions and characterize cells and diseases at the single-molecule level.

29 May 2020

Biophysicists Reveal Mechanism of Light-Driven Sodium Pumping

An international research team has for the first time obtained the structure of the light-sensitive sodium-pumping KR2 protein in its active state.

29 May 2020

High-Resolution Imaging Reveals Makeup of Virus Particles

At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), laser and biology specialists have teamed up to create a new platform and experiments to analyze the components and structure of viruses, such as the one causing the current COVID-19 infection.

29 May 2020

New Method Can Help Build Power-Efficient Circuits on Silicon Photonics Chips

Scientists have devised a new technique to create programmable integrated, power-efficient switching units on a silicon photonics chip.

29 May 2020

New Study Could Help Develop Optical Radiation Products to Disinfect Surfaces

Commercial buildings and hospitals will have to sanitize large indoor environments now and in the coming months to inhibit the transmission of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

28 May 2020

New Low-Noise Avalanche Photodiode Enables Hig-Power, Eye-Safe Operation

Electrical and computer engineers at the University of Virginia and University of Texas-Austin have developed an avalanche photodiode that achieved record performance and has the potential to transform next generation night-vision imaging and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) receivers.

28 May 2020