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Ultrathin Metalenses with Computational Processing Eliminate Chromatic Aberrations

As lenses reflect and refract light, they can be used in imaging systems that steer finding through the microscope and conserve history by means of cameras.

16 Feb 2018

First-Ever Nonmagnetic Topological Insulator Laser

The first-ever nonmagnetic topological insulator laser has been demonstrated by a team of optics researchers from the University of Central Florida.

By Lee Pickering 16 Feb 2018

Non-Magnetic Topological Insulator Lasers

Lasers are useful across a range of disciplines, from the optical characterization of materials for solar panels to inertial confinement fusion experiments.

By Thomas Hornigold 15 Feb 2018

“Optically Pumped” Laser Could Lead to Faster Micro-Processing Speed at Lower Cost

Major enhancements have been made to a novel kind of laser to increase processing speed at a lower cost.

14 Feb 2018

Metasurface-Augmented GRIN Lenses Produce Perfect Color Images

Multiple, heavy lenses are often required to produce perfect color images, as these optical devices allow each color to focus on precisely the same plane.

14 Feb 2018

Best of two worlds: combining optical tweezers with time-resolved confocal microscopy

As a joint development, PicoQuant and Ionovation combined time-resolved microscopy and optical tweezers in a single system. Both instruments retain their individual functionalities but can also be used together, thus ena...

From Picoquant GmbH 13 Feb 2018

High Temperature Endoscope for Power Generation Research

Resolve Optics has supplied several high temperature Short Wavelength Infrared (SWIR) endoscopic viewing systems to enable inspection of the blades in a gas turbine while in operation. Today, gas turbines are...

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 13 Feb 2018

New Microscopy Technique Allows Us to See Inside Cells

New research uses a super-resolution microscopic technique that can allow chemical reactions to be tracked even if they involve minimal volumes of reagent.

By Thomas Hornigold 12 Feb 2018

Physicists Perform First Ever Radiation Reaction in Lab

Scientists have unearthed dynamics superior to “classical” physics and look similar to quantum effects, by striking electrons with an ultra-intense laser.

8 Feb 2018

High-speed two-dimensional polarization camera for non-contact measurement of stress in transparent materials and fluids

Photron USA, Inc. of San Diego has launched a high-speed, two-dimensional polarization camera that can see and measure stress in transparent materials and fluids at framing rates of over one million frames per second. ...

From Photron USA, Inc. 8 Feb 2018

Metal-Organic Frameworks Used to Create Optical Ceramic

Ceramic, a poly-crystalline monolith sintered by inorganic, non-metallic crystallites, is typically opaque because of voids, defects and birefringence.

8 Feb 2018

Fiber Optic Sensors that Dissolve Within the Human Body

As a first ever attempt, scientists have developed sensing elements called fiber Bragg gratings within optical fibers, formed to dissolve absolutely within the body. The bioresorbable fiber Bragg gratings can be adopted for in-body observation of bone fracture healing and for secure investigation of sensitive organs, for example, brain.

6 Feb 2018