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Scientists Develop a Monolithic InP/SOI Platform for Fully Integrated Si-Photonics

Photonic integrated circuit has been the backbone for low-power and high-speed datacom/telecom communication systems, and is the enabling technology for a variety of emerging applications, including high performance computing, automobile, quantum communication, optical sensing, etc.

29 Sep 2021

Chalmers Researchers Create Tiny Vehicles Powered by Nothing but Light

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in creating tiny vehicles powered by nothing but light.

29 Sep 2021

Novel Design Approach for All-Optical Computation of Arbitrary Linear Transform

Applications across various sectors employ different forms of linear transformation, like the Fourier transformation, for information processing.

29 Sep 2021

Teledyne FLIR Unveils Continuous Zoom Lenses for Use with Most Any HD Infrared Camera on the Market Today

Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, today introduced six commercially available continuous zoom lenses for use with MWIR and LWIR sensors.

From Teledyne FLIR LLC 29 Sep 2021

Researchers Fabricate High-Performance Photodetectors on SOI Platform for Silicon Photonics Applications

A research team led by Prof. Kei-May LAU of the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has recently developed a novel semiconductor deposition scheme and demonstrated high-performance photodetectors grown on silicon-on-insulators for silicon photonics.

28 Sep 2021

New Photodetector can Overcome the Limitations of Conventional Light-to-Frequency Conversion Circuits

The world is heading towards a trillion-sensor economy where billions of devices using multiple sensors will be connected under the umbrella of Internet-of-things.

28 Sep 2021

Hyperbolic Mirrors for Earth Observation Satellites

Optical Surfaces Ltd is a leading manufacturer of high precision hyperbolic mirrors that are used in satellite-based telescopes to collect and focus light enabling high-resolution remote observation in applications including agriculture, water resources, urban planning, rural development, mineral prospecting, environment, forestry and disaster management.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 28 Sep 2021