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New Optical Design can Lead to More Energy-Efficient Fiber Communications

According to scientists, optical fiber communications may soon become more energy efficient, thanks to a recent discovery made by a U.S. Army study on optoelectronic devices.

23 Apr 2020

Scientists Demonstrate Laser-Based Microwave Generators

Researchers have recently demonstrated laser-based microwave generators using built-in photonic chips developed at EPFL.

21 Apr 2020

Eindhoven Researchers Present Revolutionary Light-Emitting Silicon

Emitting light from silicon has been the 'Holy Grail' in the microelectronics industry for decades. Solving this puzzle would revolutionize computing, as chips will become faster than ever. Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology now succeeded: they have developed an alloy with silicon that can emit light. The results have been published in the journal Nature. The team will now start creating a silicon laser to be integrated into current chips.

9 Apr 2020

Tiny Diode Unit Acts as Optical Transmitter and Receiver

Scientists at Linköping University collaborated with colleagues from China to design a small unit that is both an optical receiver and a transmitter.

6 Apr 2020

A Combined Optical Transmitter and Receiver

Researchers at Linköping University, together with colleagues in China, have developed a tiny unit that is both an optical transmitter and a receiver. "This is highly significant for the miniaturisation of optoelectronic systems", says LiU professor Feng Gao. The results have been published in Nature Electronics.

6 Apr 2020

SOLAYER Brings Optical Coating Innovation to Precision Optics Market

Marking a new phase of its strategy to serve customers in the precision optics industry, SOLAYER reported today that it is now mass-producing standardized models of its high-precision coating tools.

From Solayer GmbH 1 Apr 2020

System to Transmit Light and Energy to Underwater Energy Devices

Researchers at KAUST have been developing a system that is capable of transmitting energy and light simultaneously to underwater energy devices.

20 Mar 2020

Researchers Improve Performance Levels in Hollow-Core Fibers

Scientists from the University of Southampton’s Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics have illustrated a new advancement in the performance of hollow-core fibers.

18 Mar 2020

Low-Noise Fiber Link is Set to Expand the Use of Optical Clocks

With the help of an optical telecommunications fiber network, a Japan-based team comprising academic and industrial researchers has linked three laboratories located in a 100-km region.

18 Mar 2020

Interview with Plastics News Daily Report

John Biagioni, President of Dynisco, John Czazasty, Vice President of Engineering, and Bill Desrosiers, Vice President of Business Development sit down with Plastics News Audrey LaForest at NPE2018 to discuss how Dynisco is categorizing the company's technology under the internet of things instead of Industry 4.0 because the platform specifically relies on Microsoft software as opposed to the many different standards used in 4.0 technology.

From Dynisco 18 Mar 2020

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