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Lincoln Laser Manufacturer Is a Cut Above the Rest

Lincoln-based manufacturing firm Micrometric is continuing to lead the way in laser manufacturing after identifying new uses for a high-precision laser machine predominantly used to produce medical components.

From Micrometric Ltd 16 Dec 2020

Free Online Event to Showcase Latest Photonics-Related Technology and Applications

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and the Chinese Laser Press will host a colloquium sponsored by their co-published journal Advanced Photonics. The six 90-minute interactive events will be moderated by the journal's associate editors and will cover new research and innovations in nanophotonics, imaging, quantum research, and metalenses. Registration for the events is free and open to the public.

15 Dec 2020

Researchers Find a Way to Create Ballistic Optical Materials

Electronics are increasingly being paired with optical systems, such as when accessing the internet on an electronically run computer through fiber optic cables.

15 Dec 2020

Researchers Report a Compact High-Brightness Mid-IR-Driven Source Coherent Light

Analytical optical methods are vital to our modern society as they permit the fast and secure identification of substances within solids, liquids or gases.

15 Dec 2020

UV-LEDs can Efficiently, Quickly, Cheaply Destroy Coronavirus

Scientists at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have established that ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) can be used to quickly, efficiently, economically destroy the coronavirus.

15 Dec 2020

Simple Zoom Lens for Use in Remote or Hazardous Environments

For remote and hazardous environments where simple optical design offers significant benefits - Resolve Optics has developed a new optically compensated zoom lens design that vastly reduces the moving parts to just a single push pull movement.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 15 Dec 2020

An LED that can be Integrated Directly into Computer Chips

Light-emitting diodes — LEDs — can do way more than illuminate your living room. These light sources are useful microelectronics too.

15 Dec 2020

Intelligent Lighting for Maximum Flexibility

A new lighting solution from LEDVANCE has been installed at Siemens Campus Erlangen providing ordinance-compliant, flexible and intelligent lighting in office spaces used for a variety of purposes.

From LEDVANCE GmbH 15 Dec 2020

Iridian Spectral Technologies' Real-Time PCR Optical Filters

From Iridian Spectral Technologies 15 Dec 2020

Simple Zoom Lens for Use in Remote or Hazardous Environments

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 15 Dec 2020

QRNG: Ten years of true random numbers

Humbolt University’s Nano-Optics group and PicoQuant celebrate the 10th anniversary of their jointly created Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG).

From Picoquant GmbH 14 Dec 2020

Novel Optical Tweezers for Trapping Nanoscale Particles

Optical tweezers are a rapidly growing technology, and have opened up a wide variety of research applications in recent years. The devices operate by trapping particles at the focal points of tightly focused laser beams, allowing researchers to manipulate the objects without any physical contact.

14 Dec 2020