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Vuzix Signs Partnership with Fraunhofer to Enhance Display Applications

A provider of video eyewear products in media and entertainment, defense, and consumer markets, Vuzix has collaborated with Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) for developing MEMS devices for virtual wearable and augmented display solutions.

16 Jul 2011

Scientists Develop New Technique to Measure the Photoelectric Effect in Graphene

The Vienna University of Technology’s (TU Vienna) scientists have designed light-detectors manufactured from graphene and studied their special properties. They showed how graphene is capable of converting light into electrical signals at a very rapid speed.

28 Jun 2011

Latest Version of MODE Solutions 5.0 To Address Omnidirectional Waveguide Designs

Lumerical Solutions,a global provider of nanophotonic design software, today introduced MODE Solutions 5.0, the latest upgrade to its MODE Solutions waveguide design product.

From Lumetronics 23 Jun 2011

Empa Opens World’s First Ultraviolet Laser Center

Research institute for technology advancement and material sciences, Empa has opened a new laser center at Thun. The center will aid scientists to develop new type of surfaces with micro to nanometer accuracy.

16 Apr 2011

Researchers Focus IR Light with Narrow Transmission Lines to Nanometer-Scale Dimensions

Researchers at nanoGUNE have conducted a series of experiments to prove that infrared light with narrow transmission lines can be focused to small spots of nanometer-scale dimensions.

11 Apr 2011

Research on Quantum Dots to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency

Mark Lusk and his team at the Colorado School of Mines conducted several studies to considerably increase the solar cell efficiency.

31 Mar 2011

Single-Mode Nanowire Laser Offers High Mode Quality and Low Lasing Threshold

Researchers from the Peking University in Beijing and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou have published the outcome of their research on a single-nanowire laser, which operates in a single mode, in Nano Letters issue.

14 Mar 2011

Boston Researchers Receive Funds to Develop Nanoscale Optical Microscope

W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to researchers at Boston College to develop a new microscope called the nanoscale coaxial optical microscope (NCOM).

9 Feb 2011

Download a Free Trial of Lumericals' Latest Nanophotonics Design Software

Lumerical Solutions, Inc., a global provider of nanophotonics design software, today announced the immediate release of FDTD Solutions 7.5. This release features a concurrent computing capability which allows users to easily distribute simulations on multiple independent computer resources.

From Lumerical Solutions, Inc. 13 Jan 2011

Surrey NanoSystems Announces Sale of NanoGrowth-Catalyst System for Optoelectronics Applications

Surrey NanoSystems has sold its latest nanomaterial growth system to the University of Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and the École Polytechnique of Montreal for optoelectronics and other applications.

12 Jan 2011