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Sensors of World’s Largest Digital Camera Snap First 3,200-megapixel Images at Slac

Crews at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have taken the first 3,200-megapixel digital photos – the largest ever taken in a single shot – with an extraordinary array of imaging sensors that will become the heart and soul of the future camera of Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

9 Sep 2020

Application Optimised Machine Vision Lenses

Resolve Optics offer a service to design, develop and supply application optimised machine vision lenses for any industrial and robotic image processing application.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 9 Sep 2020

High Resolution and Low Price: New ace 2 Uses the Strengths of Sony's Pregius S Sensors

Basler is expanding its ace 2 camera series with 24 models featuring the Sony Pregius S sensors IMX540, IMX541, and IMX542.

From Basler AG 8 Sep 2020

Researchers Develop New Method to Reconfigure Microwave Photonic Filters

A team of researchers from the Photonics Systems Lab at EPFL has developed a new method to reconfigure microwave photonic filters without having to use an external device.

8 Sep 2020

Teledyne E2v’s New Optical Module Ideal for Scanning, Embedded Imaging and Iot Applications

Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies company and global innovator of imaging solutions, announces that it has expanded its product portfolio with a 2 Megapixel compact module featuring a pre-focused, industrial-grade scanning optic.

8 Sep 2020

Scientists Develop a Method to Generate Circularly Polarized Light from the Sphere

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Institute of Photonic Sciences develop a method to generate circularly polarized light from the ultimate symmetrical structure: the sphere.

7 Sep 2020

Adding Background Noise to Make Better Photodetectors

Adding noise to enhance a weak signal is a sensing phenomenon common in the animal world but unusual in manmade sensors.

4 Sep 2020

Scientists Find New Way for Tuning the Luminescence of Light-Emitting Transparent Material

Scientists are looking at luminescent transparent films for use in energy-efficient displays and other applications, and the possibilities it opens up for advancing methodologies in several fields of biological and electronics research.

3 Sep 2020

$Altering Refraction in 2D Material Using Ambient Light Could Lead to Novel Applications$

Altering Refraction in 2D Material Using Ambient Light Could Lead to Novel Applications

Microscopic crystals contained in tantalum disulfide play a crucial role in what could turn into a huge success for virtual reality, three-dimensional (3D) displays, and even self-driving vehicles.

3 Sep 2020

Optically Transparent Glass Material Enables Efficient Sound Transmission Without Airflow

Glass windows typically offer some amount of soundproofing, sometimes unintentionally. In general, ventilation is required to achieve large sound transmission.

2 Sep 2020