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CL88020, Next-Generation Sequential Linear LED Driver for Offline Lighting

Microchip Technology Inc. now provides a next-generation sequential linear LED driver for offline lighting applications. The CL88020 is an extension of Microchip’s popular CL88XX family, and has been designed to drive a long string of cost-effective LEDs directly from the 120 VAC line input.

11 Jul 2017

New Design Strategy for Achieving High Efficiency in OLEDs

A novel design strategy for efficient light-emitting molecules with applications in next-generation lighting and displays has been established as a result of the improved investigation of a molecule that was initially synthesized with the aim of developing a unique light-absorbing pigment.

11 Jul 2017

New Photodetector can Overcome Obstacles to Increase Performance in Optoelectronic Devices

Manufacturers, in today’s increasingly powerful electronics, call for tiny materials as they seek to optimize performance without any bulk addition.

10 Jul 2017

Agilent Technologies Acquires Raman Spectroscopy Innovator, Cobalt Light Systems

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has acquired Oxfordshire, U.K.-based Cobalt Light Systems, a provider of highly differentiated Raman spectroscopic instruments for the pharmaceutical industry, applied markets, and public safety.

10 Jul 2017

SRRF-Stream - Andor Launches the World’s First Super-Resolution Microscopy Camera

Andor Technology (Andor), an Oxford Instruments company and world leader in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, today announced the launch of a new super-resolution microscopy technology, available on single photon sensitive iXon EMCCD cameras. ‘SRRF-Stream’ unlocks real time super resolution fluorescence microscopy on most modern microscopes, using conventional fluorophores at low illumination intensities, thus making it highly compatible with live cell imaging.

From Andor Technology Ltd. 7 Jul 2017

New Sophisticated Telescope for Detecting Optical Signals from Gravitational Waves

A sophisticated telescope for detecting optical signatures of gravitational waves - developed and operated by a global research partnership, headed by the University of Warwick - has been officially launched.

5 Jul 2017

Researchers Develop World's Most Narrowband Diode Laser on a Chip

The world’s most narrowband diode laser on a chip has been developed by Researchers from the University of Twente’s MESA+ research institute in collaboration with the Lionix company.

4 Jul 2017

Researchers Solve Momentum Paradox of Light

Researchers from Aalto University have recently demonstrated that an atomic mass density wave accompanies each and every photon in a transparent medium.

3 Jul 2017

New Microscope Combines Various Microscopy Techniques to Produce Clearer Images

Hari Shroff, PhD, and his colleagues from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed an innovative microscope that combines various microscopy techniques to enhance resolution and contrast in thick biological samples.

30 Jun 2017

Researchers Develop New Laser with a Linewidth of Only 10 mHz

Until recently, no one has succeeded in coming very close to the ideal laser: theoretically, laser light is known to have only single color, also wavelength or frequency. However, in reality, there is always a specific linewidth.

30 Jun 2017

Novel Multi-Chip LED with Lens Enhances Camera Flash Applications

Osram Opto Semiconductors launches a new generation of the Oslux LED for mobile devices. For the first time, two LED chips and a lens have been combined into a module.

28 Jun 2017

Researchers Succeed in Photoelectron Spectroscopy Under Real Atmospheric Pressure

For the first time in the world, researchers, from the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Innovation Research Center for Fuel Cells, University of Electro-Communications, Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, and JASRI (Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute), have enhanced an ambient-pressure photoelectron spectroscopy instrument by using hard X-rays produced at SPring-8 and succeeded in photoelectron spectrometry under real atmospheric pressure.

28 Jun 2017

The Largest Camera Series in the Market Continues to Grow: 20 New ace Models with IMX Sensors from Sony

Basler adds 20 new high-resolution models to its ace camera series. The models feature sensors from Sony’s Pregius and STARVIS lines with the latest global and rolling shutter technology.

From Basler AG 28 Jun 2017

Physicists Observe Changes in Vision-Enabling Interaction Between Light and Matter

Physicists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are now observing a daily phenomenon in a new light.

27 Jun 2017

Lumentum Launches New Products at Laser World of Photonics Munich

The latest products, from Lumentum Holdings Inc., addressing the dynamic industrial diode laser, 3D sensing, and commercial laser markets, will be launched by the company at Laser World of Photonics Munich in Munich, Germany, from June 26 - June 29, 2017, at the Munich Trade Fair Centre in Hall A2 – Stand: #320.

27 Jun 2017