Optics & Photonics News

RSS

UTA Adds a Powerful Tool to Enhance Photonics Research

The University of Texas at Arlington's Electrical Engineering Department has added a powerful tool that will enhance its abilities to work with integrated photonics in its top-notch nanophotonics program.

2 Nov 2021

Unusual Ferromagnetic Property Detected in a Two-Dimensional System

The thinnest materials in the world are only a single atom thick. These kinds of two-dimensional or 2D materials – such as graphene, well-known as consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms – are causing a great deal of excitement among research teams worldwide.

2 Nov 2021

New Technology Gives Smart Cars ‘X-ray’-Like Vision, Detecting Hidden Pedestrians, Cyclists

Australian researchers have developed disruptive technology allowing autonomous vehicles to track running pedestrians hidden behind buildings, and cyclists obscured by larger cars, trucks, and buses.

2 Nov 2021

Study of Crystal-Orientation Dependence of Harmonics in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides

As far as physics is concerned, the concept of light-matter interaction has long been one of the most developed fields.

1 Nov 2021

Research Could Lead to Cheaper, Easier and More Accurate Medical Imaging

Researchers in the U.S. and Japan have demonstrated the first experimental cross-sectional medical image that doesn't require tomography, a mathematical process used to reconstruct images in CT and PET scans.

1 Nov 2021

Twisted Bilayer Graphene can be Used to Guide and Control Light

When two layers of graphene are placed one on top of the other, and twisted among them by a very small angle, a "moiré pattern" is formed and the physical properties of the system have proven to change dramatically.

1 Nov 2021

Using an Industrial-Grade Laser System to Generate Extremely Short Pulses of Visible Light

Visible light is extremely important in nature. Seen by the human eye, it is the most intense light emitted by the sun to reach the earth's surface and is an essential element for fundamental biological processes underlying life.

1 Nov 2021

Ultrashort Flashes of Light can Combine Precisely, Separate Quickly in a Quadrillionth of a Second

The technological significance of ultrashort flashes of light lasting below a quadrillionth of a second is rapidly increasing. In laser sources, groups and pairs of light flashes can be developed instead of separate flashes.

1 Nov 2021

Researchers Develop New Laser-Writing Method for Producing High-Density Nanostructures in Silica Glass

Researchers have developed a fast and energy-efficient laser-writing method for producing high-density nanostructures in silica glass.

29 Oct 2021

Precise Modification of Electron Linkers for Improving the Performance of All-Polymer Solar Cells

Organic solar cells, which can be applied to flexible wearable electronic devices, indoor light-harvesting applications, building-integrated photovoltaics, and the internet of things, have attracted particular attention.

29 Oct 2021

New Technology to Make Unbreakable Screens with Crystal Clear Image Quality

Pioneering research led by scientists from The University of Queensland (UQ) could offer a solution to fixing cracked phone screens.

29 Oct 2021

New Approach to Produce Virtual Microscopy Images Enables Detailed Visualization of Tissues

Researchers have developed a way to produce high-resolution virtual microscopy images that allow detailed visualization of tissue without time-consuming staining procedures.

28 Oct 2021

Photonis Scientific Demonstrates its Market-Leading MS Detection Technology at the 69th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics

Photonis Scientific has announced that the company will be exhibiting at the 69th American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, taking place between the 31st of October and the 4th of November 2021

From PHOTONIS Technologies S.A.S. 28 Oct 2021

Up and Coming Optics Enhances Futuristic AR/VR Displays

Researchers studied the latest progress of HOEs and lithography-assisted devices and their use in AR/VR displays.

By Megan Craig 28 Oct 2021

Highspeed Ultra-Fast Fibre Optic Switches

Highspeed fibre optic switches benefit from non-mechanical operation. They are based on electro-optic technology and are highly reliable with no moving parts and organic materials in the light path.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 28 Oct 2021