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Novel Method to Achieve Efficient Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes

Researchers at LiU working with contemporaries from China have demonstrated how to achieve efficient perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

18 Jul 2019

Introducing TOPTICA Photonics China

TOPTICA Photonics is pleased to announce the launching of TOPTICA Photonics (China) Co., Ltd. After more than 20 years in business and an ever expanding market presence, TOPTICA Photonics is pleased to announce the launching of TOPTICA Photonics (China) Co., Ltd., with a head office in Shanghai and a branch in Beijing.

12 Jul 2019

“Smart” Glass Recognizes Images without Power Sources

The advanced technology that drives face recognition in a number of contemporary smartphones may one day receive a technological upgrade that looks and sounds amazingly low-tech.

9 Jul 2019

Innovative Portable Camera can See Polarization

In 1935, the first full-length movie produced with the advanced, three-color process of Technicolor premiered, and the New York Times stated that “it produces in the spectator all the excitement of standing upon a peak … and glimpsing a strange, beautiful, and unexpected new world.”

9 Jul 2019

Researchers Manipulate Soliton Photonic Waves on a Silicon Chip

A tsunami is capable of holding its wave shape over vast distances across the ocean, preserving its “information” and power far from its origin.

4 Jul 2019

New Model to Calculate Pressure Distributions in Multi-Layer Polishing Tools

Optical smoothing is considered as an extremely effective technique to limit mid-to-high spatial frequency errors produced by sub-aperture polishing technologies controlled by computers.

1 Jul 2019

Design and Control Software Update: Meet Updated PHAROS

Today the largest manufacturer of femtosecond Optical Parametric Amplifiers (OPAs) and Non-Collinear OPAs (NOPAs) Lithuania based company LIGHT CONVERSION is releasing update for femtosecond lasers PHAROS with new software interface and integrated power supply.

From Light Conversion 29 Jun 2019

CARBIDE is Now Available with Higher Pulse Energies and Repetition Rates

The largest manufacturer of femtosecond optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) and non-collinear OPAs Lithuania based company LIGHT CONVERSION launched latest ultra-compact and cost-efficient CARBIDE product updates.

From Light Conversion 28 Jun 2019

Researchers Discover Self-Torque, a New Property of Light

Scientists have found that light can have a new property, self-torque. This finding could pave the way towards stimulating possibilities in light-connected applications.

28 Jun 2019

MKS Announces Ophir® Juno+, Compact USB Module That Turns PC into Laser Power/Energy Meter

MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, has announced the Ophir® Juno+ USB Interface at Laser World of Photonics.

From Mks Instruments, Inc. 27 Jun 2019

Latest Interviews

Developing Laser and Cooling Solutions with AMS Technologies

Caspar Grote

AZoOptics sat down with AMS Technologies at LASER World of PHOTONICS 2019 to discuss their laser solutions and the applications they get involved with.

Award Winning Fiber-Based Laser Solutions from Cycle

Alexander Lang

AZoOptics sat down with Cycle at Laser World of Photonics 2019, to discuss their their fiber-based lasers and timing distribution systems.

The "Structural Fingerprint" of Raman Spectroscopy

Randy Heyler

In this interview, Randy Heyler describes how to extend Raman Spectroscopy into the THz regime, delivering chemical composition and structural information to form the "structural fingerprint".