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Scientists Build Ultrasound Analogue of the Laser (Uaser)

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the University of Missouri at Rolla have built an ultrasound analogue of the laser.

8 Jul 2007

Breakthrough in Silicon Photonics Devices

Building on a series of recent breakthroughs in silicon photonics, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a novel approach to silicon devices that combines light amplification with a photovoltaic – or solar panel – effect.

8 Jul 2007

Photonic Computers

An £820,000 research project begins soon which could be an important step in bringing the dream of photonic computers – devices run using light rather than electronics – onto the desktop.

8 Jul 2007

Discovery of New Effect in the Way Laser Light Interacts with Atoms

A research paper to be published in the 18 August edition of the journal Physical Review Letters reveals a new effect in the fundamental way that laser light interacts with atoms.

8 Jul 2007

New Material Reflects Virtually No Light

A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created the world's first material that reflects virtually no light.

8 Jul 2007

2006 IEEE Quantum Electronics Award for Generation of Single Attosecond Pulses

This award recognizes truly excellent and time-tested work in any of the fields of interest of LEOS.

8 Jul 2007

Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope

The Photonic Applications, Systems and Technologies (PhAST) Conference and Laser Focus World magazine are pleased to announce that Thorlabs, Inc. has been selected as the recipient of this year's PhAST/Laser Focus World Innovation Award.

8 Jul 2007

STED Microscope Overcomes Limits of Resolution

The STED (stimulated emission depletion) microscope invented by Hell is the first optical microscope to show details in resolutions far below the light wavelength using conventional lenses.

8 Jul 2007

Frontiers in Optics

The Optical Society of America's (OSA) Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics 2006, will cover the breadth of optical science and engineering.

8 Jul 2007

New Developments in Optical Technology Tests for Early Detection of Alzheimer's

Providing an update on progress and new findings on his optical tests for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, Lee Goldstein of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School will describe dramatic new developments in the technology during a plenary talk at Frontiers in Optics, the annual meeting of the Optical Society of America (OSA) in Rochester, N.Y., which takes place next week.

8 Jul 2007