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New Technique to "Flip" the Optical Wavefront Prevents Distortions in Multimode Fibers

The use of multimode optical fibers to boost the information capacity of the Internet is severely hampered by distortions that occur during the transmission of images because of a phenomenon called modal crosstalk.

11 May 2021

New Imaging Technique Accurately Estimates Motion of Individual Objects

Since the advent of photography in the mid-19th century, imaging technology has certainly come a long way.

11 May 2021

Medphab Funding Initiative Launches Open Call to Support Photonic Medical Device Innovation

MedPhab, Europe’s first pilot line for photonics-based medical devices announces a call for proposals to support companies adopting advanced photonics technologies for the development of new medical diagnostics solutions.

10 May 2021

New System Could Create Patterns and Images with a Zap of Light

When was the last time you repainted your car- Redesigned your coffee mug collection- Gave your shoes a colorful facelift-

5 May 2021

'Twisting' Atomically Thin Semiconductor Materials may Convert Light into Electricity

A pair of physicists at the University of California, Riverside, are aiming to convert light falling on atomically thin semiconductor materials into electricity, having received more than $582,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of the Army.

3 May 2021

Spark-Free Optical Sensors Detect the Presence of Hydrogen Without Electronics

Hydrogen as a clean, renewable alternative to fossil fuels is part of a sustainable-energy future, and very much already here.

30 Apr 2021

CCNY Team Takes First Step Towards Realizing Chip-Scale Scalable Single Photon Switches

The ability to turn on and off a physical process with just one photon is a fundamental building block for quantum photonic technologies.

29 Apr 2021

Silicon Could be a Powerful Material for Photonic Informational Manipulation

New research from the University of Surrey has shown that silicon could be one of the most powerful materials for photonic informational manipulation - opening up new possibilities for the production of lasers and displays.

28 Apr 2021

Exploiting Non-Line-Of-Sight Links for Terahertz Signals to Enable Ultrafast Wireless Data Transmission

If a base station in a local area network tries to use a directional beam to transmit a signal to a user trying to connect to the network -- instead of using a wide area network broadcast, as base stations commonly do -- how does it know which direction to send the beam-

28 Apr 2021