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Researchers Discover New Way of Storing and "Echoing" Pulses of Light

A new way of storing and 'echoing' pulses of light has been discovered by a team from The Australian National University, allowing bursts of laser to work as a flexible optical memory and potentially assist in extending the range of quantum information systems.

9 Sep 2009

Light at the Speed of a Bicycle and Much More

The speed of light, 300 million metres per second, was long thought an immutable constant and has defined our understanding of matter and energy but recent research in the area of optics and photonics is proving that we can manipulate light to some ingenious and hugely lucrative ends.

9 Sep 2009

Plextronics and Novaled to Collaborate on Development of Organic Lighting Technology

Novaled AG, a leader in energy saving and long living OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diodes), and Plextronics, Inc., an international company that specializes in conductive organic inks for printed lighting, solar and other electronics, announced today that they have agreed to jointly develop doped and solution processed organic materials for OLED applications.

8 Sep 2009

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp. to Enter Integrated Optical Biosensor System (IOBS) Market

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp. (Pink Sheets: BMGP), a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, and malaria detection, today announced its entry into the Integrated Optical Biosensor System (IOBS) market.

8 Sep 2009

First Product Released by New Optical Equipment Manufacturer

Zemetrics, an optical metrology product company founded last year to provide new concept surface metrology systems, has brought its first system, ZeMapper, to the precision engineering and R and D market.

7 Sep 2009

OneChip Photonics Delivers New Family of High-Performance, Low-Cost Photonic Integrated Circuit-Based EPON Transceivers

At The 11th China International OPTO ELECTRONIC Expo (CIOE 2009), OneChip Photonics today announced its new family of high-performance, low-cost Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)-based Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) transceivers.

6 Sep 2009

Patterning Photonic Crystal Structures Help Boost Effieciency

Currently there is a tremendous incentive to increase the efficiency of LEDs as they continue to find application in more and more areas such as consumer products, residential and consumer lighting and automotive industry.

4 Sep 2009

GLO AB closes SEK 82M series B investment round

Lund (Sweden) based nanowire semiconductor LED developer GLO AB today announced the closing of an SEK 82 million Series B investment round (approximately USD 11.6 million).

3 Sep 2009

Scientists Cool Gas by Laser Bombardment

In their experiment the Bonn University scientists tested a completely new principle of cooling. For this, they used the property that atoms can be stimulated by light. In this process an electron changes from its orbit around the atom's nucleus to an orbit that is further away.

3 Sep 2009

$Collagen Structure Revealed for the First Time by X-ray Diffraction Patterns$

Collagen Structure Revealed for the First Time by X-ray Diffraction Patterns

This development opens doors to better understanding of living tissues like skin and bones, as well as the bio-mineralization processes which turn flexible collagen into semi-flexible cartilage and eventually into rigid bones.

2 Sep 2009

Industry Leaders in OLED Technology Gather at Organic Semiconductor Conference 09

Over the past 12 months there has been progress towards the commercialisation of OLED lighting technology. All the major lighting companies such as Philips Lighting, Osram, GE, Panasonic and Thorn Lighting are actively d...

2 Sep 2009

Scientists Control Single Electron in Complex Molecule for the First Time with Laser Pulse

Predatory fish are well aware of the problem: In a swarm of small fish it is hard to isolate prey. A similar situation can be found in the microcosm of atoms and molecules, whose behavior is influenced by "swarms&qu...

2 Sep 2009

UV LEDs to Replace Traditional Lamps with $250 Million Worldwide Market

However, Bivar, a leading specialty provider of LED indication products and solutions, has seen a marked increase in the adoption of its UV LED product family for applications that until recently relied upon fluorescent UV lights.

2 Sep 2009

Carl Zeiss Unveils Integrated Solution for Correlative Microscopy in Materials Analysis

In time for the 2009 Microscopy Conference in Graz, Austria, Carl Zeiss is presenting an integrated solution for correlative microscopy in materials analysis. Core elements of the link between light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are the sample holder and adapter, as well as software for the fast, automated relocation and examination of one and the same region of interest in the light microscope as well as in the SEM.

1 Sep 2009

World's First Imaging Analysis for Opal Grading System

CSIRO and a consortium of Australian Opal miners (Opal Producers Australia Limited) have unveiled the world's first automated device to grade opals using image analysis.

1 Sep 2009