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Stevens Professor Proposes to Use Femtosecond, Chirped Laser Pulse Trains to Reduce Decoherence

In a recent publication in the high impact journal Optics Letters, Svetlana Malinovskaya, Associate Professor of Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology, proposes to use femtosecond, chirped laser pulse trains to reduce decoherence.

10 Nov 2008

360Brandvision Introduces 3D Video Holograms in 360 Degrees

360BrandVision(TM) currently offers the only systems in the world that can display suspended holograms that can be seen 360 degrees and in any lighting environment for live events and entertainment.

10 Nov 2008

Teaching About Light in a Fun and Interesting Way

Do you know that light consists of waves as well as particles called photons? Or that red light carries less energy than blue light? Thousands of European schoolchildren now do, thanks to a travelling exhibition that is spreading the word about one of the most captivating fields of physics: photonics.

9 Nov 2008

Cornell Researchers Developed Ultrafast Optical Oscilloscope

As photonics -- using beams of light in place of electricity for communications and computing -- becomes more common, engineers need new tools for troubleshooting. Now researchers at Cornell have created a way to plot the waveform of an ultrashort-lived optical signal with a resolution of less than a trillionth of a second.

5 Nov 2008

Canadian Scientists Report Progress Toward a New Type of "Liquid Mirror"

Scientists in Canada are reporting progress toward a new type of "liquid mirror" - mirrors made with highly reflective liquids - whose shape can be changed to provide superior optical properties over conventional solid mirrors.

5 Nov 2008

Researchers Develop Multifunctional and High-Energy Laser Beam System

Researchers with the State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, the CAS Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, have been successful in developing a multifunctional and high-energy laser beam system (also known as the ninth laser beam) at the Shenguang-II Laser Facility (SGII).

5 Nov 2008

Intematix Adds Amber-Color LED to its Growing Line of Packaged Device Solutions

Intematix Corp., a leading innovator in phosphors, LED components and solid state lighting modules, has added an amber-color LED family to its growing line of packaged device solutions. Its new amber-color product line leverages Intematix' patented phosphor technologies in combination with InGaN blue LED chips to create the breakthrough product family.

4 Nov 2008

Teaching Telescope Replaces Venerable Knowles Telescope

A small knot of a dozen people gathered on the Science Center roof today to officially dedicate Harvard's latest teaching telescope, a 16-inch cassegrain telescope built by DFM Engineering in Colorado.

4 Nov 2008

Prosilica Releases Compact GS-Series Periscope-Type CCD Cameras for Machine Vision Applications

Prosilica announces the release of its compact GS-Series periscope-type CCD cameras for machine vision based on Prosilicas GB-Series single-board cameras. These high performance cameras with Gigabit Ethernet interface (GigE visionTM) are aimed at industrial inspection, general machine vision, microscopy, and high-shock and vibration applications.

4 Nov 2008

Hybrid Composites as Functional Materials for Efficient LEDs and Photovoltaic Devices

The Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanoscience) collaborates together with the University of Hamburg in the development of composite materials based on semiconductor nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes as functional materials for efficient light emitting diodes and photovoltaic devices.

4 Nov 2008