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Nova V2600 TSV Metrology System with Dark-Field Reflectometry

Nova Measuring Instruments has introduced a new technological innovation. By using this novel technology, chipmakers will be able to carry out expedite development and product achievement of multi-chip integrations based on TSVs (Through Silicon Vias).

13 Jul 2012

Scientists Create Optically Switchable Chiral Terahertz Metamolecules

A team of scientists from various research facilities including the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a metamolecule whose chirality can be switched optically at the speed of light.

12 Jul 2012

Lake Shore to Exhibit A New Cryogen-Free Cryogenic Probe Station at SPIE Optics and Photonics

Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc., a manufacturer of scientific sensors, instruments, and systems for precise measurement and control, announces that it will feature its new cryogen-free cryogenic probe stations and the 8400 Series Hall effect measurement system at SPIE Optics and Photonics, August 12-16, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA, in Booth #1122.

From Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. 8 Jul 2012

Researchers Use Berry Phase to Control Quantum Interference between Photons

University of Bristol’s Centre for Quantum Photonics (CQP) researchers performed hands-on demonstration of using Berry’s phase for precise controlling of quantum interference between different photons.

6 Jul 2012

Lumerical Solutions Release New Version of FDTD Software

Lumerical Solutions, Inc., a global provider of optoelectronic design software, announced today the release of FDTD Solutions 8.0, the leading nanophotonic design environment based on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique.

From Lumerical Solutions, Inc. 5 Jul 2012

US Seismic Systems Ships Commercial Optical Seismic Array

An Acorn Energy company, US Seismic Systems declared the development as well as shipment of massive commercial high temperature down-hole fiber-optic seismic array in the world.

4 Jul 2012

Princeton Instruments Announces Appointments to Sales & Marketing Team

Princeton Instruments (PI), a market leader in scientific cameras, spectrographs, and optics, is pleased to announce two recent appointments to its Sales & Marketing team.

From Teledyne Princeton Instruments 1 Jul 2012

UW Researchers Achieve High-Energy Light Generation

Following a 10-year long effort, researchers at the University of Washington (UW) lab have come up with a potential solution that can address the challenging issue in the electronics industry. Two engineers from UW have introduced Zplasma, a startup that will generate high-energy light required for creating next generation of microchips.

30 Jun 2012

Successful Demonstration of World's First Practical Invisibility Cloak

Fractal Antenna Systems Inc. today announced successful demonstration of the world's first practical invisibility cloak, at microwave frequencies. The device clearly shows the ability to "see through to the other side" for large, 3-Dimensional objects, thus rendering them invisible over a wide frequency range.

28 Jun 2012

New Technique to Create Rewritable Computer Chips Using Laser Light

Scientists from the University of California Berkeley and The City College of New York have achieved a significant progress towards the realization of quantum computing by finding a method to produce rewritable computer chips utilizing a light beam.

28 Jun 2012

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