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Using Quantum Technology to Produce World's First Commercial Source of Photons

The world's first commercial source of individual photons (particles of light) using diamond based quantum technology has been developed by Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) within the School of Physics at The University of Melbourne, Australia.

28 Feb 2008

New Cornell Electron Microscope Takes Color Pictures

A new electron microscope recently installed in Cornell's Duffield Hall is enabling scientists for the first time to form images that uniquely identify individual atoms in a crystal and see how those atoms bond to one another. And in living color.

21 Feb 2008

NMR on a Microchip

A super-sensitive mini-sensor developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can detect nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in tiny samples of fluids flowing through a novel microchip.

19 Feb 2008

DOE Invests $20.6 Million in Solid-State Lighting

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that DOE will provide up to $20.6 million for a total of 13 projects aimed at advancing solid-state lighting (SSL) research and product development.

16 Feb 2008

OmniPixel3 Delivers Sharp Clear and Accurate Color Image

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., the world's largest supplier of CMOS image sensors, today announced its OmniPixel3-HS(TM) architecture, which incorporates a new pixel design that doubles the sensitivity of its 1.75 micron OmniPixel3(TM) architecture to 960 millivolts per lux-second.

11 Feb 2008

Nanoscale Drums Provide Insight into Quantum Physics

Forty years ago, mathematician Mark Kac asked the theoretical question, "Can one hear the shape of a drum?"

9 Feb 2008

Simultaneous Optical and Electronic Measurements on Same Molecule

In a study that could lay the foundation for mass-produced single-molecule sensors, physicists and engineers at Rice University have demonstrated a means of simultaneously making optical and electronic measurements of the same molecule.

6 Feb 2008

Using Music Chord to Examine Hydrogen Molecule Responds to Laser Pulses

or Kansas State University physics professor Uwe Thumm, confirmation of a theory about the behavior of small molecules became music to his ears -- literally. He and colleagues in Heidelberg, Germany, have shown how a hydrogen molecule responds to laser pulses by using the changing musical chord created by the molecule's vibrational motion.

1 Feb 2008

Photodiodes Capable of Detecting Single Photons in the UV Range

In a significant breakthrough, researchers at Northwestern University's Center for Quantum Devices (CQD) have demonstrated visible-blind avalanche photodiodes (APDs) capable of detecting single photons in the ultraviolet region (360-200 nm).

28 Jan 2008

New Family of Very High Brightness Single Emitter Laser Engine Chips

Intense Ltd., developer of next generation lasers, has announced the Power Core 808, a new family of very high brightness, single emitter laser engine chips that are easily customized to a wide variety of optics applications.

24 Jan 2008