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Lumerical Unveils Innovative TCAD Optoelectronic Simulator, DEVICE 1.0

Lumerical Solutions, an international supplier of optoelectronic design software, recently declared the launch of DEVICE 1.0. Designed as a TCAD device simulation tool, the DEVICE 1.0 supports analysis, design, and optimization of semiconductor optoelectronic devices.

From Lumerical Solutions, Inc. 6 Apr 2012

Zecotek Receives MAPD Photo Detector Order from ALICE Experiment at CERN

The ALICE Experiment, an acronym for A Large Ion Collider Experiment, is being conducted at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Switzerland. It has placed an order for Zecotek Photonics’ Micro-pixel Avalanche Photo Diodes (MAPD-3N).

From Zecotek Photonics 4 Apr 2012

Jülich Develops Innovative Optical Components for ITER Fusion Reactor

Forschungszentrum Jülich led an international team of researchers to achieve a new mirror system for the ITER fusion reactor. Known as ‘mirror station’, this system consists of shutters with automated open and close capabilities.

4 Apr 2012

Researchers Develop New Quantum Encryption Technique

A research team headed by Professor Hoi-Kwong Lo from the University of Toronto has discovered a new quantum encryption technique to provide protection against the most advanced hackers.

2 Apr 2012

Micron Optics Announces Global Expansion of System Integrator Network

Micron Optics has expanded its major established system integrators of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based sensing interrogators and optical sensors. This global expansion provides increased potential in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

2 Apr 2012

UCSD Research Sheds New Light on Excitons

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Physicists have identified new patterns that can determine the properties of a new state of matter.

31 Mar 2012

New Approach to Control Heat in Electronics and Semiconductors

A team of French researchers has devised a new approach for cloaking or isolating objects from heat sources known as ‘thermal cloaking’. The researchers have presented this approach in the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, Optics Express.

From Optical Society Of America 28 Mar 2012

Researchers Develop First Practical Application of Optical Nanoantennas

A team of scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of California Berkeley is the first to develop a realistic application of optical nanoantennas in the field of cell membrane biology.

27 Mar 2012

Researchers Propose One Way Street for Light

Scientists from JQI and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) suggest that ring resonators can be used to develop micro-optical diodes.

26 Mar 2012