Optics & Photonics News

RSS

Light and Ultrasonic Waves Combination in Silicon Chips Enables Better Signal Processing

Light waves largely govern the sustained growth of cellular and wireless data traffic. Microwave photonics can be defined as the field of technology that is devoted to the processing and distribution of electrical data signals through optical ways.

20 May 2021

Optimised SWIR Lenses for Material Sorting & Inspection

Resolve Optics has received several major orders for instrument optimised versions of its Model 363-000 - a 16 mm diameter Short Wavelength Infrared (SWIR) lens for inspection and material sorting applications.

20 May 2021

Researchers Develop New Technique for Semiconductors, Transparent Displays

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) under the Ministry of Science and ICT developed a roll-based damage-free transfer technique that allows two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials to be transferred into wafer scale without damage.

19 May 2021

New Imaging Technique Probes Chains of Single Atoms in Real Time

Today, many well-studied materials in various fields, such as electronics and catalysis, are close to reaching their practical limits.

19 May 2021

"Optical Rectennas" Capture Excess Heat and Turn it Into Usable Electricity

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have tapped into a poltergeist-like property of electrons to design devices that can capture excess heat from their environment--and turn it into usable electricity.

19 May 2021

High-Performance Laser Mirrors Detect Trace Amounts of Substances in Gas Mixtures

For the first time, physicists from the University of Vienna have successfully demonstrated high-performance laser mirrors in the sensing-relevant mid-infrared wavelength range.

19 May 2021

Nanophotonics-Based Technology can Innovate LiDAR Sensors in Various Aspects

The nanophotonics-based LiDAR technology developed by a POSTECH research team was presented as an invited paper in Nature Nanotechnology, the leading academic journal in the field of nanoscience and nanoengineering.

18 May 2021

Novel Material Captures Light Energy, Shows Promise in Photovoltaics and Bioimaging

Inspired by nature, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), along with collaborators from Washington State University, created a novel material capable of capturing light energy.

17 May 2021

Fiber-Optic Cable Enables the Most Detailed Measurements of Ice Properties on Greenland Ice Sheet

Scientists have used fibre-optic sensing to obtain the most detailed measurements of ice properties ever taken on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

17 May 2021

Researchers Develop New Technique for Live-Cell Fluorescent Imaging

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), collaborating with scientists from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and RIKEN, develop a novel technique for live-cell fluorescent imaging which leads them to discover a new actin structure in starfish early embryos.

17 May 2021