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New Lens-Fabrication Technique Offers a Solution to Common Problems Faced in Optics

Researchers have developed new 3D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices - a property that gives them highly specialized light-focusing abilities. This advancement is poised to improve imaging, computing and communications by significantly increasing the data-routing capability of computer chips and other optical systems, the researchers said.

4 Dec 2020

New Light-Activated Hydrogen Sensor Produces Ultra-Precise Results at Room Temperature

Inspired by the surface of butterfly wings, researchers have developed a light-activated hydrogen sensor that produces ultra-precise results at room temperature.

3 Dec 2020

New Microscope Technique Reveals Details of Droplet Nucleation

Nucleation is a ubiquitous phenomenon that governs the formation of both droplets and bubbles in systems used for condensation, desalination, water splitting, crystal growth, and many other important industrial processes. Now, for the first time, a new microscopy technique developed at MIT and elsewhere allows the process to be observed directly in detail, which could facilitate the design of improved, more efficient surfaces for a variety of such processes.

3 Dec 2020

Air Filled Fibre Cables Capable of Outperforming Standard Optical Fibres

The next generation of optical fibre could be a step closer as a new study has shown that fibres with a hollowed out centre, created in Southampton, could reduce loss of power currently experienced in standard glass fibres.

30 Nov 2020

EMVA and EPIC Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Strengthen the Photonics and Machine Vision Industries

The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) and the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) signed a collaboration agreement on the last week of November 2020, bringing together members and knowledge to better serve and strengthen the Photonics and Machine Vision industries.

23 Nov 2020

Chromacity Strengthens International Position During Pandemic

Chromacitytoday announced new appointments to its commercial team as the company adapts to COVID-19 travel restrictions by rolling out a new remote installation capability.

From Chromacity Ltd. 19 Nov 2020

Opto Diode’s UV-Enhanced Detector with 5.5 mm Diameter Active Area

Opto Diode Corporation, an ITW company, announces an ultraviolet-enhanced detector featuring a 5.5 mm diameter active area, the UVG20S. The photodiode is ideal for UV detection between 190 nm to 400 nm spectral wavelengths with a full spectrum of 190 nm out to 1000 nm.

From Opto Diode Corp. 17 Nov 2020

Southampton Researchers Develop World’s First All-Silicon Optical Transmitter at 100 Gbps

Silicon photonics researchers from the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have demonstrated the first all-silicon optical transmitter at 100 Gbps and beyond without the use of digital signal processing.

16 Nov 2020

Twisting and Spinning Light Could Open the Door to New Ways of Gathering Data

Top researchers from across the country are developing new technology to control an unusual property of light that could make it possible to channel through fog, murky water and thermal turbulence, potentially leading to new ways of communicating and gathering data.

16 Nov 2020

Researchers Use Laser Beams to Gather Insight into Workings of the Brain

At University College London (UCL), neuroscientists have employed laser beams to “switch on” neurons in mice, offering new insights into the unknown workings of memory and demonstrating how memories support the brain’s inner GPS system.

9 Nov 2020