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New Study Aims to Model Light Transmission in Plasmonic-Photonic Crystals

A research team led by Professor Myakzyum Salakhov has been analyzing the problem of optical states in plasmonic-photonic crystals (PPCs). The team mostly includes young researchers, some of whom started contributing to the study during their student years.

13 Aug 2019

Inhibition of Light Scattering Could Improve Fiber Optic Communication

A technique for redirecting misfit light waves to minimize energy loss in the process of optical data transmission has been developed by engineers from the University of Illinois.

13 Aug 2019

Engineers Develop World’s Thinnest Optical Resonator for Visible Light

A waveguide with a thickness of three layers of atoms—which is the world’s thinnest optical device—has been developed by engineers from the University of California San Diego.

13 Aug 2019

Metrology Service Provider Expands with Second LK CMM

Contract inspection and reverse engineering capacity has doubled in terms of throughput, while the size of component that can be measured has increased more than five-fold at Laser Scanning Ltd, based in Chapeltown, near Sheffield (www.laser-scanning.co.uk).

From Laser Scanning 13 Aug 2019

Andor Cameras Help Detect Source of Laser Beam Attacks on Aircraft

Laser beam strikes on aircraft have long been a concern for aviation authorities across the world. In 2017, the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States received 6,754 individual reports of lasers being purposely aimed at their pilots, and in past week, five aircraft were targeted as they flew in to land at Glasgow Airport in Scotland.

From Andor Technology Ltd. 13 Aug 2019

Pixelink® Adds 20 MP Ultra-High Definition/High QE Camera Models

Pixelink, a global provider of industrial cameras for the machine vision and microscopy markets, announced today the release of their 20 MP ultra-high resolution and high quantum efficiency USB 3.0 camera models incorporating the Sony IMX183 CMOS rolling shutter sensor.

From Pixelink 13 Aug 2019

BitFlow Debuts NVIDIA-Powered CoaXPress Embedded Vision Solution at Laser World Of Photonics

BitFlow, Inc., a global innovator in frame grabber technology, underscored its commitment to embedded vision by demonstrating a high-speed CoaXPress-NVIDIA® embedded imaging system at the recent Laser World of Photonics Show in Munich, Germany.

From Bitflow, Inc. 13 Aug 2019

Focus Tracking Optical Zoom Lenses

Resolve Optics is a leading international supplier of compact, high performance off-the-shelf and custom optical zoom lenses. These lenses can be supplied either motorised or non-motorised and provide focus tracking throughout their zoom range.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 13 Aug 2019

Andor Cameras Help Detect Source of Laser Beam Attacks on Aircraft

Laser beam strikes on aircraft have long been a concern for aviation authorities across the world.

From Andor Technology Ltd. 13 Aug 2019

New Simplified Mass Spectrometric Method using Laser and Graphene

A technology that can acquire high-resolution, micrometer-sized images for mass spectrometric examination without the need for sample preparation has been developed.

12 Aug 2019

FIR Free-Electron Laser can be Used to Break Down Amyloid Protein Aggregates

Amyloid fibrils, which are a kind of self-assembled proteins/peptides, adopt a stacked sheet-like configuration.

12 Aug 2019

New Method to Design Highly Efficient Perovskite-Based LEDs

By leveraging the quantum confinement effect, researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology, researchers have identified a new method for designing highly efficient perovskite-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with record-setting brightness.

12 Aug 2019

New Intra-Nasal Imaging to Examine Airways in Cystic Fibrosis Patients

A simple, minimally invasive new tool for observing differences in the nasal airways of cystic fibrosis patients in vivo at a cellular level has recently been described in a paper published in Science Translational Medicine.

8 Aug 2019

Navitar Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification

Navitar, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of imaging and projection optics, is pleased to announce its Rochester, New York facility has been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification.

From Navitar Inc. 8 Aug 2019

Basler Embedded Vision Solutions Now also Available for NXP’s i.MX 8 Applications Processor Series – First Products Launched

Camera manufacturer Basler is expanding its embedded vision solution portfolio with products that are compatible with NXP's i.MX 8 applications processors.

From Basler AG 8 Aug 2019