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Sandia Researchers Develop Mirage Software that Makes Optical Engineering Relatively Easy

An innovative software now allows users to create science-fiction-like materials with the same level of efficiency that designs draft-building plans.

28 Mar 2019

Study Reveals Light-Emitting Diodes Can Replace High-Pressure Sodium Lighting in Greenhouses

There is not sufficient natural light for the creation of a number of greenhouse commodities during the duskier months of the year in countries such as Canada and others in higher latitudes.

27 Mar 2019

Largest Planar Code Platform Reveals First-Ever Path-Independent Property in an Optical System

It is a well-known fact that anyons are the basis for topological quantum computation as well as error correction, in which the topological aspect of anyonic braiding is one among the many significant aspects that leads to fault tolerance.

26 Mar 2019

‘Chronoprints’ Identify Samples by How They Change Over Space and Time

Modern analytical tools like mass spectrometers can identify many unknown substances, allowing scientists to easily tell whether foods or medicines have been altered.

26 Mar 2019

optical control Participates in Successful KWA Open House

optical control Americas is pleased to announce its recent participation at another successful KWA (Kurt Whitlock Associates) three-day open house. As with all co-events with KWA, it was a huge success.

26 Mar 2019

optical control Participates in Successful KWA Open House

26 Mar 2019

Pioneering New Method Could Lead to Next Generation of Optical Tweezers

Researchers from the Universities of Glasgow, Bristol, and Exeter have developed a new technique of shifting microscopic objects using micro-robotics.

15 Mar 2019

First-Ever Synthetic Dielectric Surface Allows Loss-Free Optical Propagation and Management

A synthetic dielectric surface has been developed by physicists from ITMO University where the propagation of electromagnetic waves is not hindered by current defects and can be regulated.

14 Mar 2019

Summit to Show Top Megatrends Depend on Photonics

One of Europe's most prominent gatherings of photonics leaders will highlight the importance of light technologies in digitisation megatrends like IoT, big data, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles next month.

11 Mar 2019

New Imaging Method Captures Images at High Speed Using Standard Imaging Sensors

A novel imaging technique recently developed by researchers is capable of capturing images at speeds of around 1.5 million frames per second (fps) utilizing traditional imaging sensors usually restricted to 100 fps.

8 Mar 2019