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Research Results Open Up New Outlooks on Time-Domain Ghost Imaging Technique

Research results recently presented in the distinguished Nature Photonics journal open up new outlooks on ghost imaging in the time domain.

11 Feb 2016

Cree’s CXB High Bay LED Fixtures Break Performance and Efficiency Records

Cree, Inc. continues to break performance and efficiency records with the next generation of its CXB High Bay LED luminaire, offering improved reliability and greater value than ever before. Improving upon the first LED fixture designed to compete directly with traditional high bay luminaires installed in North America, the newest Cree® CXB Series LED high bay fixtures have advanced to offer even better light performance, lower operating costs and longer life as the ideal LED replacement for high ceiling applications.

11 Feb 2016

New Industrial Housing with Integrated Illumination for Machine Vision Cameras

Machine Vision solutions need sometimes several components. In addition to the camera the user also needs light and lens. To save the user the search for the components so that they can immediately start with capturing images, EVT has developed a housing with already integrated lighting and lens.

From EVT Eye Vision Technology 10 Feb 2016

2 W of High Power Tunable Green-Yellow Lasers Introduced

TOPTICA’s frequency-doubled diode lasers now reach 2 Watts output power at 560 nm wavelength with several nanometers tuning range, allowing to use diode laser-based technology around 560 nm with high power.

10 Feb 2016

Nikkiso America Announces Availability Next-Generation Deep UV LEDs

Nikkiso America announces general availability of 50mW deep UV LEDs, utilizing the firm’s well-established manufacturing process technology. The VPS173 series UV LED product range delivers approximately 1.7 times the power level of the previous generation, with demonstrated operating lifetimes in excess of 10,000 hours at 350mA drive current. Initial 50mW deep UV LED availability will include 285nm components in a surface mount device (SMD) configuration, with pending releases of products from 265nm to 300 nm.

10 Feb 2016

UAlberta Researchers 'Weld' Neurons Together Using Ultrashort Laser Pulses

A research team based in the Faculty of Engineering has developed a method of connecting neurons, using ultrashort laser pulses—a breakthrough technique that opens the door to new medical research and treatment opportunities.

10 Feb 2016

Holger Müller Redesigning Atom Interferometer for Precise Measurements of Distance and Gravity

Holger Müller applied for his first patent at age 14 — an invention to boost TV resolution. “There was a shop that fixed TVs near where we lived in Munich, and they had thrown one away,” he recalls. “I schlepped it home and realized that inside they had a complete schematic.

10 Feb 2016

UTA Electrical Engineer Awarded NSF CAREER Program Grant to Develop Optofluidic Laser for Cancer Detection

An electrical engineer at The University of Texas at Arlington is developing an all-liquid optofluidic laser that could better detect cancer in the comfort of a doctor’s office.

10 Feb 2016

Dr. John Holdren Recognized with 2016 OSA Advocate of Optics

The Optical Society (OSA) today presented the 2016 OSA Advocate of Optics recognition to Dr. John Holdren, director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The Advocate of Optics award recognizes Dr. Holdren’s leadership in the field of optics and photonics, especially his work on the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative and in helping to create the Integrated Photonics Innovation Manufacturing Institute (IP-IMI), now known as AIM Photonics.

10 Feb 2016

Biophotonic Solutions Announces New Pulse Shaping System for Ultrafast Lasers

Biophotonic Solutions Inc. (BSI), the world leader in automated laser pulse compression, announces a new pulse shaping system, femtoJock-D, to be added to the company's line of optical pulse shapers for ultrafast lasers.

10 Feb 2016

New Line of Anoto Live Displays with Projected Capacitive Touch Technology Unveiled at ISE 2016

Anoto Group AB, a global leader in digital writing and drawing solutions, today announced the first in a new line of Anoto Live Displays, a 55-inch 4K resolution display with projected capacitive touch technology and support for high-precision digital pen input.

10 Feb 2016

Jenoptik Shows New Laser and Optic Products at Photonics West 2016.

Jenoptik presents product highlights of its Optical Systems and Healthcare & Industry divisions at SPIE Photonics West from February 16th to 18th in San Francisco, South hall of Moscone Center, booth 1823.

From JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH 9 Feb 2016

NIGHTSEA, EMS-Diatome Partner to Launch Second Annual KEY Award in Fluorescence Microscopy

Fluorescence is increasingly central to many fields of research, not only in the life sciences but also in geology, chemistry, and semiconductors. However, fluorescence microscopy equipment can be very expensive, often out of the reach of young faculty members setting up their first labs.

9 Feb 2016

James Webb Space Telescope Can Help Take Planetary Science to New Level

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will look across vast distances to find the earliest stars and galaxies and study the atmospheres of mysterious worlds orbiting other stars. But the observatory also will investigate objects in Earth's own neighborhood - planets, moons, comets and asteroids in our solar system.

9 Feb 2016

Interactive Self-Editing Video Camera Kiba Now Available for Pre-Order

Kiba, the world's first interactive self-editing video camera, is now available for pre-order at http://getkiba.com. Kiba captures and curates your best moments using patented "joy ranking" technology, allowing you to enjoy time with family and friends without having to film or edit video. Kiba is the first camera you can talk to: it responds easily to voice commands like "Kiba, record," "Kiba, remember," or "Kiba, selfie."

9 Feb 2016