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PicoQuant’s Quantum Symposium Covered a Wide Range of Photonic Quantum Technologies

From May 22 to 24, 2019, PicoQuant held its second international symposium on “Single Photon Based Quantum Technologies” in Berlin.

From Picoquant GmbH 10 Jun 2019

New Light Source Offers Manufacturers Freedom to Design and Improves Safety

Success in the progressively competitive automobile sector can be attained mainly by those who combine well-engineered products with appealing design, for instance, through the ideal incorporation of headlamps.

4 Jun 2019

Researchers Provide Experimental and Theoretical Groundwork to Interpret Interactions Between Light and Matter

Applying extreme ultraviolet radiation to probe magnetic materials provides a complete microscopic picture of the way magnetic systems interact with light, which is believed to be the fastest way to control a magnetic material.

4 Jun 2019

Scientists Use Light Patterns and Translucent Cube to Develop Novel Form of Computing

Scientists at McMaster University have created a simple and extremely novel form of computing by shining patterned bands of light and shadow through various facets of a polymer cube and reading the pooled results that occur.

27 May 2019

Alluxa Sets New Bandwidth Standard for Multi-Cavity Ultra-Narrow Bandpass Filters

Alluxa, Inc., announces the production of a new class of multi-cavity ultra-narrow bandpass filters with 0.1 nm bandwidths and OD6 blocking.

From Alluxa 24 May 2019

BioTek Announces New Wide Field of View Camera for Cytation™ 5

BioTek Instruments announces a new wide field of view (FOV) camera option for their Cytation 5 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader.

24 May 2019

New Ultra-Smooth TECHSPEC® Laser Grade Aspheric Lenses

Edmund Optics® (EO), the premier provider of optical components, announces a new line of Laser Grade Aspheric Lenses with a λ/40 RMS aspheric surface tolerance, making them ideal for high precision laser focusing applications.

From Edmund Optics 23 May 2019

MIT Researchers Develop New Computational Technique that Rapidly Tunes Next-Generation Lenses

A majority of people know optical lenses as transparent and curved pieces of glass or plastic, developed to focus light for cameras, spectacles, and microscopes, to name a few.

22 May 2019

Innovative Light Beam Device may Lead to Faster Internet

A research team has developed a light beam device that may be able to pave the way to clearer images of space, faster internet, and more comprehensive medical imaging.

22 May 2019

NIST Researchers Expose Inner Workings of Next-Generation Chip-Scale Atomic Clock

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicists and partners have revealed an experimental, next-generation atomic clock—working at high “optical” frequencies—that is a lot smaller than usual, composed of merely three small chips plus secondary optics and electronics.

20 May 2019

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