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Researchers Improve Performance of Light-Based Fiber Optic Sensor

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough by improving the performance of resonator fiber optic gyroscopes—a kind of fiber optic sensor that uses light to sense rotations.

22 Dec 2020

New Imaging Technique may Shed Light on COVID-19 Transmission

A researcher has developed a novel technique for imaging the exhaled breath of individuals while they are singing, or speaking to someone, potentially offering a better understanding of the effectiveness of face masks and the transmission of various diseases, like COVID-19.

22 Dec 2020

New Chromophores Emit Light in UV Region when Excited with Visible Light

In general, fluorescence involves the transformation of light at shorter wavelengths to light at longer wavelengths. Now, researchers have come up with a new chromophore system that works inversely.

21 Dec 2020

Complementary Imaging Methods Help Study Composition of Aged Jewish Scroll

A famous adage says “A picture is worth a thousand words.” However, multiple images of an artifact captured over the electromagnetic spectrum can reveal a rich story related to the original creation and degradation of historical objects as time passes.

21 Dec 2020

Researchers Succeed in World's First Transmission of 1 Petabit per Second in Multi-Mode Optical Fiber

A group of researchers from the Network System Research Institute of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, Japan) led by Georg Rademacher, NOKIA Bell Labs (Bell Labs, USA) led by Nicolas K. Fontaine and Prysimian Group (Prysimian, France) led by Pierre Sillard succeeded in the world's first transmission exceeding 1 petabit per second in a single-core multi-mode optical fiber. This increases the current record transmission in a multi-mode fiber by a factor of 2.5.

21 Dec 2020

Researchers Achieve a Breakthrough in Optical Machine Learning System

Researchers at the George Washington University, together with researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the deep-tech venture startup Optelligence LLC, have developed an optical convolutional neural network accelerator capable of processing large amounts of information, on the order of petabytes, per second.

21 Dec 2020

Molex Acquires Fiberguide Industries to Extend Optical Fiber Industry Leadership and Drive Delivery of Customized, Integrated Solutions

Molex, a leading global connectivity and electronics solutions provider, announced the acquisition of Fiberguide Industries, a manufacturer of customized optical fiber solutions based in Caldwell, Idaho.

21 Dec 2020

New Chip-Based Photon Source is 100 Times More Efficient than Any Previous Device

Super-fast quantum computers and communication devices could revolutionize countless aspects of our lives -- but first, researchers need a fast, efficient source of the entangled pairs of photons such systems use to transmit and manipulate information.

18 Dec 2020

Study Helps to Better Understand the Nonlinear Optical Phenomena of 2D Materials

Since the invention of world's first laser - the ruby laser - in 1960, the human desire to control light has spread to various industries, including telecommunications, medicine, GPS, optical sensors and optical computers.

18 Dec 2020

Research Illuminates the Interactions Between Hybrid Light-Matter Quasiparticles

Why do two-dimensional exciton-polaritons interact

18 Dec 2020

Chromasens Debuts its First SWIR Line Scan Camera

Aiming to drive machine vision beyond the visible spectrum, Chromasens today launched its first Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) line scan camera, the allPIXA SWIR.

From Chromasens GmbH 18 Dec 2020

MICRO-LAM, Inc. Acquires 603OPTX, Inc Both Companies to Expand Range of Offerings

Micro-LAM, Inc., a manufacturer of laser-assisted machining systems for ultra-precision CNC Machining, has acquired 603OPTX, Inc., an optical fabrication company specializing in the fabrication of precision optical components. The acquisition aims to extend R&D, prototyping and preproduction capabilities to Micro-LAM customers, and further support them with optional production and fabrication expertise through 603OPTX’s turn-key capabilities.

18 Dec 2020

Traffic Light System Intervention Reduces Treatment Inertia in Neurologists

New research reports that one in four clinical decisions by physicians does not meet best practices, but when they reviewed a simple traffic light system before making a clinical decision, uncertainty was minimized by 70% and treatment decisions improved.

17 Dec 2020

Successful Start to Virtual Event Series

With its 1st Global Infrared Sessions, LASER COMPONENTS has successfully established the new virtual event format LC Talks. About 450 participants from all continents (except Antarctica) attended the two-day event and caught up on the latest developments in IR technology in more than 20 short presentations.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 17 Dec 2020

Graphene-Based Hybrid Material Enables Efficient Light Conversion of Invisible Light

Nonlinear optical conversion – i.e. the process by which an incident light beam of a certain wavelength turns into rays of different wavelengths, due to its interaction with the material it passes through – is relevant to for many current and future technologies, such as imaging, information storage and processing, telecommunication, quantum technologies, and other fields.

16 Dec 2020