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Optimizing Light Confinement Could Open the Door to New Optoelectronic Devices

The electronic devices include billions of transistors. Initially, the size of the transistor was nearly 1 cm. However, advancement of technology has led to a considerable reduction in its size up to 14 nm, or 1000 times smaller than the width of a strand of human hair.

23 Apr 2018

Study Shows More Power Could be Literally Squeezed Out of Solar Cells

Physicists at the University of Warwick have managed to literally squeeze out more power from solar cells by physically deforming each of the crystals in the semiconductors used by photovoltaic cells.

23 Apr 2018

The Protractor - An Innovative Device for Tracking Body Language

An innovative device that employs infrared light to observe the effects of body language on social interactions has been developed by a research team including scientists from the University of Cambridge and Dartmouth College.

20 Apr 2018

Scientists Get Closer to Developing a High-Precision, Th-229 Optical Nuclear Clock

A property distinctive among all familiar nuclides is observed in the nucleus of thorium-229: It must be feasible to excite it using ultraviolet light. So far, there has been limited knowledge on the low-energy state of the Th-229 nucleus that is accountable for this attribute.

20 Apr 2018

Researchers Use Laser Beam to Write and Delete Magnets in Alloys

Researchers have developed a new method to write and erase magnets in an alloy by applying a laser beam. The result was an unexpected effect.

20 Apr 2018

Vision Research Launches High-Speed Phantom S990 Streaming Camera For Machine Vision Applications

Vision Research, a leading manufacturer of digital high-speed imaging systems, introduces the Phantom® S990, the world’s fastest machine vision camera. The S990 features the right combination of fast frame rate...

From Vision Research 20 Apr 2018

Smart Leak Detection for Oil and Gas Pipelines

FLIR Systems has published an application note that describes how IntelliView, a Canadian specialist video analytics company, developed a smart camera solution based on a FLIR thermal camera to remotely automatically mon...

19 Apr 2018

Custom MIL-SPEC Lenses

Resolve Optics is a leading supplier of bespoke Military specification (MIL-SPEC) lenses that offer many advantages over regular off-the-shelf commercial grade lenses. Producing a lens or lens system for military ...

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 19 Apr 2018

Laser-Based X-Ray Method Used to Image Bone Sample in 3D

A team of scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have embarked on a mission towards the clinical application of a new laser-based source of X-rays.

19 Apr 2018

UCSB Physicists & Caltech Astronomers Develop World’s Most Advanced Camera

Somewhere in the universe’s expanse another livable planet probably exists. It may not be that far - astronomically speaking - from man’s own solar system.

18 Apr 2018

Achieving Long-Distance, Large Data-Rate Transmission with 3-Mode Optical Fiber

A 3-mode optical fiber, with the ability to carry out wide-band wavelength multiplexing transmission with a standard outer diameter that can be cabled with prevalent equipment, has been developed by NICT Network System Research Institute and Fujikura Ltd.

17 Apr 2018

Research Paves Way to Studying Collisions Between Atoms and Molecules

Underlining the exceptional control possessed by modern chemists, scientists have now trapped two single atoms - cesium and sodium - in individual “optical tweezers” and then guided them together, leading to the formation of a single molecule of sodium cesium (NaCs).

16 Apr 2018

Sierra-Olympic to Premiere Leonardo DRS’ Tenum™640 with 10-micron Pixel Pitch at SPIE DCS 2018

Sierra-Olympic Technologies, supplier of infrared (IR) and thermal imaging components, cameras, and systems solutions for innovative imaging applications, will introduce the Tenum™640, an extraordinary thermal imager with a 640 x 512 array and 10-micron pixel pitch, at SPIE’s DCS in Orlando, Florida.

From Sierra-Olympic Technologies Inc. 13 Apr 2018

Researchers Develop Smaller 3D Photonic Integrated Circuits

In the recent past, femtosecond laser direct writing has been regarded as a propitious technique for the fabrication of photonic integrated chips specifically because of its intrinsic potential for three-dimensional (3D) prototyping in transparent substrates.

11 Apr 2018