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Opto Diode Presents BXT2-17TF - Two-Stage, Cooled, Packaged Infrared (IR) Detector

Opto Diode Corporation, an ITW company, presents the BXT2-17TF, a single-channel, infrared (IR) detector with an integrated 4.67 µm optical bandpass silicon filter.

From Opto Diode Corp. 17 Oct 2017

Opalescent PU Potting Resin for LEDs Gives Diffused Light Effect

From high performance LED chip packaging encapsulants and potting materials to thermal management solutions and adhesives to bond lighting assemblies, Techsil provide a variety of materials to provide environmental protection, extend service life and improve light performance.

16 Oct 2017

Researchers Demonstrate Laser Cavities that Confine and Propagate Light in Any Shape

The very first laser cavity capable of confining and propagating light in any shape imaginable, even pathways with sharp angles and bends has been demonstrated by researchers.

13 Oct 2017

Researchers Produce Fastest Light Pulse in the World

The fastest light pulse that is believed to be developed for the very first time has been generated by researchers at the University of Central Florida.

12 Oct 2017

Energy-Saving LEDs Could Help Meet Demand for Wireless Communications

A new study funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has revealed that energy-saving Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) could help meet the demand for wireless communications without disturbing the quality of light or benefits they offer.

12 Oct 2017

New KURO™ 2048B: 4 Megapixel, Back-illuminated, Scientific CMOS Camera from Princeton Instruments

Princeton Instruments is pleased to introduce KURO 2048B, the newest member of the KURO family of backilluminated, scientific CMOS (sCMOS) cameras.

From Teledyne Princeton Instruments 12 Oct 2017

HÜBNER Photonics Cements Distribution Network

HÜBNER Photonics, a division of the HÜBNER Group, is pleased to announce an expansion of their sales channels around the world. Recently appointing Lahat Technologies Ltd in Israel, Laser Lines Ltd in UK, D...

From HÜBNER Photonics 11 Oct 2017

Imaging spectrometer for VUV

We are pleased to describe new developments in short wavelength spectroscopy. McPherson one- and three-meter normal incidence spectrometers are now capable of imaging. The ability to measure both spatial and wavelength resolution is important in many applications. One example, diagnostics of impurity profile in edge plasma of large magnetically confined tokomak devices used in fusion research.

From McPherson Inc 10 Oct 2017

Imaging spectrometer for VUV

From McPherson Inc 10 Oct 2017

Researchers Create Safe Optical Fiber for Delivering Light into the Body

An electrical engineer and a biomaterials engineer in Penn State’s Materials Research Institute have combined their expertise to create a flexible, biodegradable optical fiber to provide light into the body for medical applications.

10 Oct 2017

New Optical Switching System Paves Way for Next Generation Data-Center Networks

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: Hideyuki Tokuda, Ph.D.) has successfully demonstrated a world-record for switching capacity of 53.3 Tb/s for short-reach data-center networks.

9 Oct 2017

Cryo-Electron Microscopy Allows Imaging Objects too Small to be Seen by Light Microscopes

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to optical scientists, only three years ago, for breaking Abbe’s diffraction limit in order to enable super-resolution microscopy.

6 Oct 2017

International Workshop on Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-Resolution Microscopy in the Life Sciences

The 23. international workshop on “single molecule spectroscopy and super-resolution microscopy in the life sciences” was held by PicoQuant from September 13 – 15, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Researcher from various scientific fields such as Life Sciences, Physics, Biology, and Chemistry met at this three day event to report on and share the latest developments in ultrasensitive optical detection.

From Picoquant GmbH 6 Oct 2017