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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

A Solution for Morning Drowsiness: Blue-Enriched White Light

There is a solution for people struggling to be alert in the mornings. A research team at KAIST has suggested that a blue-enriched LED light can productively help people overcome morning drowsiness.

7 Mar 2019

Researchers Manage to Confine Photons in Nanocavity

Researchers of the University of Twente (UT) have discovered a tiny prison for photons, or nanocavity. An optical crystal—a structure of pores etched in two perpendicular directions— surrounds the very small cavity.

4 Mar 2019

Scientists Use Pulsed Infrared Light Lasers to Activate Molecules Located Inside Neural Tissue

Deciding when, where, and how a drug is triggered, or having complete control of the activity of an individual molecule inside an organism are some of the goals anticipated to be reached with what is known as photoswitchable molecules—compounds that alter their properties in the presence of certain light waves.

4 Mar 2019

Researchers Report Successful Scale-Up of 240 x 240 Integrated Silicon Photonic Switch

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley tested experimental photonic switches, revealing their potential to achieve the aim of completely optical, high-capacity switching for next-generation high-speed data transmission networks.

1 Mar 2019

AIM Photonics Attends OFC 2019—the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition to Share World-Class Capabilities and Partnership Opportunity Updates

The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), sponsored by the Department of Defense and spearheaded by SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly), announced that a number of the initiative’s leaders, researchers, and representatives are attending the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) 2019 conference and exhibition March 3-7 in San Diego, California.

1 Mar 2019

Now You See Heat, Now You Don’t

Hiding an object from heat-sensing cameras could be useful for military and technology applications as well as for research. Efforts to develop such a method have been underway for decades with varying degrees of success.

28 Feb 2019

Model for Predicting Color that May be Produced When Light Interacts with Structure of Droplets

A study by engineers from MIT and Penn State University has revealed that under ideal conditions, normal droplets of clear water can produce vibrant colors on a transparent surface, without the need to add dyes or inks.

28 Feb 2019

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