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New System for Efficient Conversion of Weak Visible Light into UV Light

A new material system with the ability to directly transform visible light into ultraviolet light with an efficiency twice that of previous figures could boost the performance of light-driven processes ranging from hydrogen production to air purification under ambient light.

7 Dec 2020

New Solar Performance Measuring System Holds Potential to Become IoT of Photovoltaics

A new system for measuring solar performance over the long term in scalable photovoltaic systems, developed by Arizona State University researchers, represents a breakthrough in the cost and longevity of interconnected power delivery.

7 Dec 2020

In-Fiber Multispectral Optical Sensing Opens New Horizons in the Analysis of Biological Liquids

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Israel have come up with a new, simple and inexpensive method of testing liquid biological samples that can be further developed to work in clinical settings, including real-time testing during surgery. The paper was published in the journal Light: Science & Applications.

4 Dec 2020

New Lens-Fabrication Technique Offers a Solution to Common Problems Faced in Optics

Researchers have developed new 3D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices - a property that gives them highly specialized light-focusing abilities. This advancement is poised to improve imaging, computing and communications by significantly increasing the data-routing capability of computer chips and other optical systems, the researchers said.

4 Dec 2020

Light-Based Tool may Lead to Advanced Energy Technologies, Quantum Computers

According to scientists from the University of Michigan, the University of Regensburg, and the University of Marburg, an innovative tool that uses light to plot the electronic structures of crystals could demonstrate the potential of emerging quantum materials and may lead to the development of next-generation quantum computers and energy technologies.

4 Dec 2020

Photonics Meets Surface Science in a Cheap and Accurate Sensor for Biological Liquids

3 Dec 2020

New Light-Activated Hydrogen Sensor Produces Ultra-Precise Results at Room Temperature

Inspired by the surface of butterfly wings, researchers have developed a light-activated hydrogen sensor that produces ultra-precise results at room temperature.

3 Dec 2020

New Reflection Matrix Microscope Images Mouse Brain Through Intact Skull

In vivo imaging of living tissues are usually performed through non-invasive microscopic techniques like optical coherence microscopy and two-photon microscopy.

3 Dec 2020

New Microscope Technique Reveals Details of Droplet Nucleation

Nucleation is a ubiquitous phenomenon that governs the formation of both droplets and bubbles in systems used for condensation, desalination, water splitting, crystal growth, and many other important industrial processes. Now, for the first time, a new microscopy technique developed at MIT and elsewhere allows the process to be observed directly in detail, which could facilitate the design of improved, more efficient surfaces for a variety of such processes.

3 Dec 2020

New Butterfly-Inspired Hydrogen Sensor is Powered by Light

Inspired by the surface of butterfly wings, researchers have developed a light-activated hydrogen sensor that produces ultra-precise results at room temperature.

3 Dec 2020

Video Pyrometer - CSvideo 3M from Optris For Optimal Alignment and Focus

Temperature measurements with pyrometers have the enormous advantage that no contact with the measured object is necessary. This also poses a challenge at the same time: The pyrometer must be perfectly aligned with the m...

From Optris GmbH & Co. KG 2 Dec 2020

Fluence and Laser Lines Announce UK Partnership

Fluence sp. z o.o. is a market innovator in femtosecond fiber laser technology and diagnostics devices, and today we are delighted to announce the launch of an exciting partnership with Laser Lines – a well-respected supplier of industrial & scientific lasers throughout the UK.

From Fluence sp. z o.o. 2 Dec 2020

Researchers Develop Photonic Sensor Technology for Detecting Ammonia

In collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the Department of Engineering at Aarhus University has developed photonic sensor technology that can pave the way for a portable, reliable and, above all, inexpensive device for detecting ammonia and other gases in agriculture.

2 Dec 2020

NY Creates Announces New Federally Funded Aim Photonics Program

American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), a program of NY CREATES today announced $19 million in research program awards for advanced integrated photonics under The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Lasers for Universal Microscale Optical Systems (LUMOS) program.

2 Dec 2020

New Method Combines Light and Sound for Imaging Underwater Objects

Stanford University engineers have developed an airborne method for imaging underwater objects by combining light and sound to break through the seemingly impassable barrier at the interface of air and water.

1 Dec 2020