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MKS Instruments Announces Ophir® Wide Beam Imager for Measuring Large and Divergent Beams of SWIR Wavelengths

MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, has announced the Ophir® Wide Beam Imager SWIR, a compact, calibrated optical system for measuring the size and power distribution of large and divergent beams of VCSELs and LEDs in the SWIR range.

From MKS Instruments, Inc. 17 Nov 2021

New Project Plans to Bridge the Peri-Urban Digital Divide in South Africa

Imagine beaming light from a fibre-connected suburban home to a 3D-printed wireless communication system to a school in an informal settlement across the road, providing learners with instant high-speed, reliable internet access.

17 Nov 2021

$Hyperbolic Metamaterial Exhibits Negative Refraction at Visible Frequency$

Hyperbolic Metamaterial Exhibits Negative Refraction at Visible Frequency

What color is the coronavirus- Conventional optical microscopes are unable to generate high-resolution, colored images of viruses and bacteria.

17 Nov 2021

Safer X-Rays and Radiation Therapy a Step Closer Thanks to Surrey Research

Researchers at the University of Surrey have identified key design rules for making curved X-ray detectors, bringing clearer and safer X-rays a step closer to reality.

17 Nov 2021

Researchers Study Thickness-Related Optical Nonlinearity of SnS2 Material

Fiber lasers are widely used in the fields of optical communications, medical surgery, laser processing and lidar due to their advantages of good beam quality, compact structure, low cost and good compatibility.

16 Nov 2021

Researchers Distill Novel Interferometry into a Photonic Device

By merging two or more sources of light, interferometers create interference patterns that can provide remarkably detailed information about everything they illuminate, from a tiny flaw on a mirror, to the dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere, to gravitational patterns in far reaches of the Universe.

16 Nov 2021

DOE Fan-Out with Record-High Efficiency Demonstrated by NIL Technology

NIL Technology, a leader in modern optical solutions, announces results with the unique performance of diffractive optical elements.

From NIL Technology ApS 15 Nov 2021

Materialise Exercises Option to Acquire Link3D

Materialise, a global leader in 3D printing solutions, has agreed to exercise its option to acquire Link3D Inc., an additive workflow and manufacturing execution systems company that supports customers in major manufacturing industries to scale and integrate their AM operations across complex supply chains and IT environments.

From Materialise 15 Nov 2021

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