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Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Releases New Application Note: “Characterizing Ferroelectric Response in Silicon-Doped Hafnium Oxide Thin Films”

Material science innovations are critical to the semiconductor industry’s efforts to make more powerful and more energy efficient processors and data storage devices. Hafnium oxide is one such material that has already been adopted in some new devices.

From Oxford Instruments 23 Apr 2020

WITec Announces Paper Award 2020 Winners

Every year, the WITec Paper Award competition recognizes three exceptional peer-reviewed publications that feature results acquired with a WITec microscope.

From WITec GmbH 22 Apr 2020

Scientists Discover Evidence of Rashba Effect in Light Harvesting "Wonder" Materials

Scientists have theorized that organometallic halide perovskites-- a class of light harvesting "wonder" materials for applications in solar cells and quantum electronics-- are so promising due to an unseen yet highly controversial mechanism called the Rashba effect.

22 Apr 2020

New USB3 Vision Interface Board Level Cameras Engineered for Embedded Vision Systems

Teledyne Lumenera, a Teledyne Technologies company, and manufacturer and developer of digital cameras for industrial and scientific imaging applications, is pleased to announce the release of its new Lt Series USB3 Board Level Cameras.

From Teledyne Lumenera 22 Apr 2020

Scientists Demonstrate Laser-Based Microwave Generators

Researchers have recently demonstrated laser-based microwave generators using built-in photonic chips developed at EPFL.

21 Apr 2020

A Portable Sonar and Airborne Laser for Obtaining 3D Models Of Mountain Lakes

The information of the territory provided by the laser technology from an airplane can be combined with data collected in mountain lakes with an inflatable boat and a small echo sounder to obtain three-dimensional maps.

20 Apr 2020

Thermographic Cameras for Fever Detection in the Corona Pandemic

The pandemic triggered by the coronavirus currently poses enormous challenges to public life and health care systems worldwide.

20 Apr 2020

Photoacoustic Imaging Shows Promise for Safer Heart Procedures

In the first study of its kind, Johns Hopkins researchers provide evidence that an alternative imaging technique could someday replace current methods that require potentially harmful radiation.

17 Apr 2020

Novel 3D Imaging Technology Makes Fluorescence Microscopy More Efficient

A research team led by Dr Kevin Tsia from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), developed a new optical imaging technology -- Coded Light-sheet Array Microscopy (CLAM) -- which can perform 3D imaging at high speed, and is power efficient and gentle to preserve the living specimens during scanning at a level that is not achieved by existing technologies.

17 Apr 2020

How Luxinar is Helping the Fight Against Coronavirus

Luxinar, the global laser manufacturer, is proud to be supporting a number of its customers, partner organisations and colleagues in the fight against coronavirus.

From Luxinar Ltd 16 Apr 2020

Scientists Shed Light on “Deep Trap” in Perovskite Materials

In the last decade, perovskites - a diverse range of materials with a specific crystal structure - have emerged as promising alternatives to silicon solar cells, as they are cheaper and greener to manufacture, while achieving a comparable level of efficiency.

16 Apr 2020

Laser Technology to Use Extreme UV Light Sources to Make ICs

Although the use of extreme ultraviolet light sources to develop sophisticated integrated chips has been in the pipeline, their advancement has been hampered due to a lack of efficient laser targets.

16 Apr 2020

New Imaging System Tracks Mosquito-Borne Diseases Efficiently

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue, malaria, and yellow fever—diseases that are transmitted by mosquitoes—account for hundreds and thousands of deaths each year.

16 Apr 2020

Iridian Supplies Filters to Spartan for the COVID-19 Fight

Iridian Spectral Technologies would like to congratulate Spartan Bioscience on obtaining Health Canada approval this week for use of the Spartan Cube for COVID-19 testing.

From Iridian Spectral Technologies 16 Apr 2020

Radiant Hosts Webinar Demonstrating Automated Visual Inspection Tools

Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of imaging systems for measurement of light sources and displays, announces that it will host a webinar to introduce its Auto-POI software feature, a quick and easy tool for light and color measurement available in its ProMetric® and TrueTest™ software platforms.

From Radiant Vision Systems 16 Apr 2020