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Ultrasonic Liquid Crystal Light Diffuser Offers Dynamic Control

Researchers have developed a unique tunable ultrasonic liquid crystal light diffuser that allows for direction changes in diffusion.

29 Jul 2024

Deep Learning Enables Real-Time 3D Quantitative Phase Imaging

The novel technology, created by scientists at the University of California, provides a workable way to get around a bottleneck caused by more laborious and computationally demanding existing 3D QPI techniques.

29 Jul 2024

A Step Closer to Optical Computers: Skoltech Researchers Developed an All-Optical Universal Gate

A research team from Skoltech and Bergische Universität Wuppertal in Germany, led by Vice President of Photonics at Skoltech Pavlos Lagoudakis, a laureate of the Vyzov (Challenge) prize, have created a universal NOR logical element (from NOT — a negation operator and OR — a disjunction operator).

From Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology 27 Jul 2024

The Miniaturisation Revolution: LXR® Ultrashort Pulse Laser Platform Ushers in a New Era of Microfabrication Across Industries

The relentless march of miniaturisation continues to transform our world.

From Luxinar Ltd 26 Jul 2024

Harnessing Quantum Entanglement to Enhance Raman Spectroscopy

A group of researchers at the City University of Hong Kong has developed a microscopic theory for ultrafast stimulated Raman spectroscopy using quantum-light fields. The study has been published in Light: Science & Application.

25 Jul 2024

SVS-Vistek Camera Helps Flat Panel Manufacturers Meet World-Class Quality Control Standards

Flat panels used in cellphones, in-car displays, and monitors have gotten larger while pixels have gotten smaller, which makes it harder for machine vision systems to detect manufacturing defects.

From SVS-Vistek GmbH 25 Jul 2024

Quantum Electrodynamics Approach to Gamma-Ray Laser Development

Researchers at the University of Rochester will study the possibility of creating coherent gamma rays, a major scientific breakthrough. This would allow scientists to see and study matter in completely new ways.

24 Jul 2024

MPN Diagnosis Using Immunofluorescence Microscopy

In an article published in Leukemia, researchers propose a novel technique using immunofluorescence microscopy on blood smears to detect and diagnose myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) efficiently and affordably.

By Muhammad Osama 24 Jul 2024

Ultra-Low Threshold Lasing in Organic Polymer Blend Microspheres with the Highest Q Factor

Dielectric optical microresonators confine and concentrate light in a tiny circular path due to multiple near total internal reflections at the curved dielectric-air interface, where light interferes constructively for certain wavelengths.

From IMDEA Nanociencia 24 Jul 2024

Improving telescope vision with artificial guide stars

Optical Surfaces Ltd report supply of fourteen 100mm diameter field selector mirrors and a 400mm diameter reference flat to TNO (Delft, Netherlands) for a Laser Launch System designed to improve telescope vision with art...

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 23 Jul 2024

Complicated Structure Fibre Splicing

When splicing optical fibre with a more complicated structure like Polarisation Maintaining (PM), in its many forms, or multicore fibre, the alignment of the cross-sectional geometry is paramount to ensure low loss and for optical characteristics to be maintained.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 23 Jul 2024

Compact and Efficient Tractor Beam Generated Using Silicon Metasurface

Scientists at TMOS, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, have made a significant advancement toward creating metasurface-enabled tractor beams, or light beams that can attract particles.

22 Jul 2024

Laser Technology Opens Up Possibilities for Rare Earth Magnetic Materials

A research team from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and Freie Universität demonstrated that laser pulses can affect 4f electrons and thereby alter their magnetic properties.

22 Jul 2024

SPiRI: High-Resolution 3D Imaging of Thylakoid Membranes in Chloroplasts

In an article published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, researchers introduced SPiRI, a fluorescence microscopy technique for high-resolution 3D imaging of thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts, providing new insights into photosynthesis.

By Muhammad Osama 22 Jul 2024

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