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Researchers Develop New Compound for Studying Bacterial Communication and its Effect on Different Genetic Pathways

A research team at the University of Groningen has successfully incorporated a molecule—utilized by bacteria for quorum sensing—with a light-controlled switch.

16 Apr 2019

e-con Systems Launches the Conversa - Full HD USB 3.0 Camera with Stereo Microphone

e-con Systems Inc., a leading camera solutions company, today launched Conversa (See3CAM_CU38) - 3.4MP Custom Lens fixed focus USB 3.0 (UVC/UAC) camera with built-in stereo microphone for crystal clear sound.

From e-con Systems, Inc 12 Apr 2019

Spin Lasers May Potentially Accelerate Data Transfer in Optical Fiber Cables

Engineers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have created a unique concept for fast data transfer via optical fiber cables. In present-day systems, a laser conveys light signals via the cables and information is coded in the variety of light intensity.

5 Apr 2019

New Electro-Optic Frequency Comb Shows Promise for Use in Optical Ranging and Optical Telecommunication

It is a well-known fact that lasers have an important role to play in everything, ranging from bio-manufacturing and medicine through to contemporary communications and connectivity.

19 Mar 2019

Scientists Fabricate a Multiplexer/Demultiplexer Module Based on Untapped Property of Light

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a multiplexer/demultiplexer module on the basis of a light property that was not being utilized in communications systems: the optical vortex.

8 Mar 2019

New Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Make Optical Telecommunications Networks More Efficient

New research leveraging machine learning could boost the efficiency of optical telecommunications networks.

25 Feb 2019

Researchers Develop the Tiniest Optical Frequency Comb

Optical frequency combs are laser sources whose spectrum comprises of a sequence of discrete, equally-spaced frequency lines that can be used for exact measurements.

12 Feb 2019

Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications to Use Veeco’s IBS Technology to Develop and Produce Sophisticated Micro-Optical Devices

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that it has shipped its SPECTOR® Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) system and the Sirius™ Optical Monitor System (OMS) to Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications.

From Veeco 6 Feb 2019

Physicists Create Invisible Tags that Can be Written On, Read, and Erased Using Light

Professor Reineke and his LEXOS team at TU Dresden investigate basic plastic foils possessing a thickness of less than 50 μm, which is thinner than a human hair. Organic luminescent molecules are added into these transparent plastic foils. At the start, these molecules are in an inactive, dark state.

4 Feb 2019

Laser-Induced Crystals within Glass Matrix Maintain Full Ferroelectric Functionality

For the first time, an international team of researchers from Lehigh University, Lebanon Valley College, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Corning Inc. has shown that laser-fabricated crystals confined in a glass matrix are capable of maintaining complete ferroelectric functionality.

30 Jan 2019