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Visit Delta Optical Thin Film A/S at SPIE BiOS/Photonics West 2018

After the holiday season our team is excited to be heading to San Francisco from January 27 to February 1 to exhibit at SPIE BiOS and Photonics West 2018 as the world's largest event for the photonics industry. If...

From Delta Optical Thin Film A/S 9 Jan 2018

SLD Laser to Showcase LaserLight Sources for Vehicles at CES 2018

SLD Laser will showcase its groundbreaking LaserLightTM source technology for automotive applications at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

8 Jan 2018

Optical Efficiency in Nanophotonic Devices Enhanced by NRL

Physicists have shown the means to enhance the optical loss features and transmission efficiency of hexagonal boron nitride devices.

8 Jan 2018

Kopin Showcases Lightning OLED Microdisplays at CES 2018

Kopin Corporation, a leading provider of wearable technologies for mobile virtual reality, augmented reality and wearable computing systems, will demonstrate its high-brightness Lightning™ organic light emitting diodes (OLED) microdisplays including its new 720p resolution (1280 x 720) OLED display at CES 2018.

8 Jan 2018

Laser Shoes Benefit Patients with Parkinson's Disease

Freezing of gait, an absence of forward progression of the feet despite the intention to walk, is a debilitating symptom of Parkinson's disease. Laser shoes that project a line on the floor to the rhythm of the footsteps help trigger the person to walk.

22 Dec 2017

Researchers Develop New Lensless Camera that Produces Detailed 3D Images

Researchers have developed an easy-to-build camera that produces 3D images from a single 2D image without any lenses. In an initial application of the technology, the researchers plan to use the new camera, which they call DiffuserCam, to watch microscopic neuron activity in living mice without a microscope. Ultimately, it could prove useful for a wide range of applications involving 3D capture.

22 Dec 2017

Innovative Micro-Spectrometer Might Make Its Way into Smartphone in the Future

An innovative spectrometer, small enough to be inexpensively and easily incorporated into a smartphone, gets us one step closer to checking whether food is fresh, the quality of ambient air, or whether a lump is malignant.

21 Dec 2017

Solutions for Correlative Microscopy and the Introduction of Imaris Stitcher

Bitplane, an Oxford Instruments Company and leader in 3D/4D microscopy image visualisation and analysis has today launched Imaris version 9.1 along with the newest member of the Imaris family, Imaris Stitcher. ...

From Andor Technology Ltd. 19 Dec 2017

HEDS - High-Effi ciency Double-Spot DOEs

The new diffractive double-spot elements from Holo/OR have an efficiency of 97%; previous standard versions only achieved 81%. High-Efficiency Double-Spot (HEDS) Diffractive beam splitters split the incoming be...

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 19 Dec 2017

Teledyne DALSA’s 86M CMOS Cameras deliver incredible resolution and frame rate

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision, announces its new high resolution camera — the Falcon4™ 86M. Available in monochrome and color, Falcon4 models combine incredib...

From Teledyne DALSA 19 Dec 2017

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Developing Electrically Pumped Organic Semiconductor Laser

Based on diversity and functional design of molecule structures with color covering the entire visible spectrum, organic semiconductors have excellent luminescence and lasing properties as well as good solution processing performance.

19 Dec 2017

WPI Researchers Developing Miniaturized Fiber Optical Tweezers to Detect Cancer at Early Stages

In a paper published in Nature Scientific Reports, a team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has demonstrated how a device that uses beams of light to grip and manipulate tiny objects, including individual cells, can be miniaturized, opening the door to creating portable devices small enough to be inserted into the bloodstream to trap individual cancer cells and diagnose cancer in its earliest stages.

15 Dec 2017

Photonis Introduces Cricket, an Advanced Intensifier Adaptor for Scientific Cameras

Photonis introduces Cricket, a plug-and-play electro-optic adaptor that easily and cost-effectively adds intensified imaging capability to any scientific camera. Cricket is ideal for use in fluorescence lifetime imaging ...

From PHOTONIS Technologies S.A.S. 15 Dec 2017

Easy-to-Manufacture Smart Windows May Help Keep Cars Cool in Summer

Prototype windows capable of switching from reflective to clear with the simple incorporation of a liquid were demonstrated by researchers. The new switchable windows are easy to make and could make office buildings more energy efficient or soon keep parked cars cool in the sun.

14 Dec 2017

Innovative System for Monitoring Plant Health Through Fluorescence Imaging

Farmers around the globe wish to monitor their crops regularly. At present, researchers from a university in China have created a wide-angle imaging system that uses chlorophyll’s fluorescence to observe the health of agricultural crops (Appl. Opt., doi:10.1364/AO.56.009762).

14 Dec 2017