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Si Lasers Set to Revolutionize Integrated Si Photonics

Si lasers are key to realizing integrated Si photonics. Integrated Si photonics adds to the industries of "optoelectronics" and "microelectronics".

18 Jan 2018

Greenhouse Material To Enhance Photosynthetic Effectiveness

Engineers have been given a grant to create a scalable, economical greenhouse material that enhances photosynthetic effectiveness.

17 Jan 2018

Visit Delta Optical Thin Film A/S at SPIE BiOS/Photonics West 2018

After the holiday season our team is excited to be heading to San Francisco from January 27 to February 1 to exhibit at SPIE BiOS and Photonics West 2018 as the world's largest event for the photonics industry. $$IMAG...

From Delta Optical Thin Film A/S 9 Jan 2018

Innovative Micro-Spectrometer Might Make Its Way into Smartphone in the Future

An innovative spectrometer, small enough to be inexpensively and easily incorporated into a smartphone, gets us one step closer to checking whether food is fresh, the quality of ambient air, or whether a lump is malignant.

21 Dec 2017

Easy-to-Manufacture Smart Windows May Help Keep Cars Cool in Summer

Prototype windows capable of switching from reflective to clear with the simple incorporation of a liquid were demonstrated by researchers. The new switchable windows are easy to make and could make office buildings more energy efficient or soon keep parked cars cool in the sun.

14 Dec 2017

Innovative Vector Polarizer Could Generate New Customized Polarized Light

Majority of the optical systems—such as microscopes, sunglasses, laser machining, LCD screens, microprocessors, and so on—function based on a light filtering technology known as vector polarizers.

14 Dec 2017

Researchers Demonstrate Rapid Data Transfer Using Ultraviolet-B Light

High-speed communication systems based on ultraviolet radiation are presently in sight.

12 Dec 2017

High Resolution Ultra Large Format Aerial Surveillance Camera

The €1.68M Horizon 2020 award will accelerate the development of a 1GPixel aerial surveillance camera, improving efficiency in geographic data acquisition.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 11 Dec 2017

New Nanoscale Structure can Provide Full and Unprecedented Control over Light Localization

A recent research work on three-dimensional topological insulators was recognized as one of the most promising developments in photonics in 2017 by Optics & Photonics News. These structures can control light with no losses due to material defects and absorption, making them a potential candidate for applications in communication networks, optical computers, lasers, and antennas.

4 Dec 2017

Physicists Build Space-Time Sensor to Observe Light-Matter Interactions

An attosecond electron microscope has been developed by physicists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, which allows them to visualize the dispersion of light in time and space, and witness the motions of electrons in atoms.

1 Dec 2017

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