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Combining Expertise in Optics and AI to Create Better Holographic Displays

Virtual and augmented reality headsets are designed to place wearers directly into other environments, worlds and experiences.

15 Nov 2021

A New Concept to Improve Supercontinuum Light Sources

Spectral light sources are one of the principal basic modules of all rising modern optical technology.

15 Nov 2021

Silicon Coating can Counteract the Effects of Dispersion in Glass Lens

Quick bursts of laser light, lasting less than a trillionth of a second, are used in a range of applications today.

12 Nov 2021

Vibrationally Excited Hydrogen Production from Water Photochemistry Using the Dalian Coherent Light Source

Vibrationally excited molecular hydrogen is an essential species for determining the chemical composition in the interstellar medium.

12 Nov 2021

Large Format Optical Module for High-Speed Imaging

Resolve Optics reports that it has designed and supplied new 8-channel and 16-channel beam splitter optical modules to Specialised Imaging for the next generation of their SIM multi-channel framing camera.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 10 Nov 2021

Advanced Imaging Technology Could Transform Dynamic Optical Nanothermometry

A new imaging method, formulated by the teams of Professors Jinyang Liang and Fiorenzo Vetrone at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), can compute temperature in 2D, without contact, and within a snap.

10 Nov 2021

Miniature Optical Fiber Device Could Make Cancer Immunotherapy More Effective

Cancer immunotherapy, one of the most important and promising therapies for cancer treatments, is being used by oncologists to treat patients suffering from many different cancers including breast, cervical, colon, stomach, and skin.

10 Nov 2021

Researchers Demonstrate Young’s Experiment for Photons in Reciprocal Space

Scientists for the first time demonstrated Young's experiment for photons in the reciprocal space. Spin patterns corresponding to the persistent spin helix and the Stern-Gerlach experiment are realized in an optically anisotropic liquid crystal microcavity.

10 Nov 2021

New Imaging Technique can Measure Temperature in 2D

A new imaging technique, developed by the teams of Professors Jinyang Liang and Fiorenzo Vetrone at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), can measure temperature in 2D, without contact, and in just a snap.

9 Nov 2021

Radiant Presents Solutions to Evaluate Optical Design and Component Performance for XR Devices at Photonics Media Webinar

Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of optical test and measurement solutions for displays and light sources, announces that it will present a webinar in cooperation with Photonics Media titled “Novel Solutions for XR Optical Testing: Displays, Waveguides, Near-IR, and Beyond.”

From Radiant Vision Systems 9 Nov 2021

New Method Using Nanowires can Make More Efficient, Cheaper Solar Panels

A research group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has developed a method for making an ultra-high material efficient solar cell using semiconductor nanowires.

8 Nov 2021

Crystal IS Launches Klaran LA—The World’s First and Only 100mW, 10,000 hour, 265nm Germicidal UVC LED

A Breakthrough in Combating Water, Surface and Airborne Pathogens: Crystal IS Launches Klaran LA—The World’s First and Only 100mW, 10,000 hour, 265nm Germicidal UVC LED.

From Crystal IS, Inc. 5 Nov 2021

California and Scottish Leaders Meet to Discuss How Optical Greenhouse-Gas-Monitoring Tools can Reduce Emissions

Senior governmental officials from Scotland and California met today during COP26 to discuss how optical greenhouse-gas-monitoring instruments can play a key role in supporting reduced emissions in cities.

5 Nov 2021

Novel Technique for Absolute Characterization of High Numerical Aperture Microscope Objectives

When reflecting on science and research, it is hard to find a technology that is as important as microscopy.

5 Nov 2021

Inviting Researchers to Submit Papers Covering Patents in Electronic Imaging

The Journal of Electronic Imaging (JEI), which is co-published by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and IS&T, is inviting researchers to submit papers covering their patents, both granted and pending, in the electronic imaging field.

5 Nov 2021