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Researchers Use Supercontinuum Laser to Analyze Quality of Whole Grains

Researchers from the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark are the first in the world to have analysed whole grains with long near-infrared wavelengths using a new type of light source, the supercontinuum laser.

20 Sep 2017

New Type of Dye-Doped WGM Micro-Laser Produces Light with Tunable Wavelengths

Whispering gallery mode resonators are used to make tiny micro-lasers, sensors, switches, routers and other devices.

20 Sep 2017

Researchers Dramatically Turn Optical Data into Readable Soundwaves

Researchers at the University of Sydney have dramatically slowed digital information carried as light waves by transferring the data into sound waves in an integrated circuit, or microchip.

19 Sep 2017

Astronomers Develop New Thin-Film Technology that Could Enhance Telescope Mirrors

Materials scientist Nobuhiko Kobayashi wasn't quite sure why the astronomer he met at a wine-tasting several years ago was so interested in his research, but as he learned more about telescope mirrors it began to make sense.

19 Sep 2017

UC Researchers Demonstrate Optical and Electrical Bistability of a Single Transistor at Room Temperature

Today, electrical bistable devices are the foundation of digital electronics, serving as building blocks of switches, logic gates and memories in computer systems.

19 Sep 2017

New Method for Describing Light That Stays Inside LEDs

Photonics researchers of the University Of Twente and Philips Lighting now prove that white LEDs can be made even more powerful and efficient. They discovered a comprehensive way for describing the light that remains within the LED by absorption and scattering.

15 Sep 2017

UV LED Lights More Effective in Creating Vitamin D3 than Sunlight

A research published recently in Scientific Reports reveals that light from RayVio's 293 nm UV LED is more efficient than sunlight at creating vitamin D3 in skin samples.

15 Sep 2017

Alluxa Announces Jason Mulliner as new CFO

Alluxa, Inc., announced Jason Mulliner is joining Alluxa as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

From Alluxa 14 Sep 2017

Keeping NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Inside the Johnson Space Center

In a recent photograph taken at Chamber A of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, a bunny-suited technician is seen performing the important task of guaranteeing that no unwanted infrared light interferes with the optical testing of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope inside this chamber.

13 Sep 2017

New in the Portfolio: Cost-Effective Basler Lenses 2/3″

After two successful years with the Basler Original lens series 1/2.5″, the family of Basler Lenses has new members: In addition to the Basler Original Equipment lenses with a resolution of 5 megapixels for sensors smaller than 1/2″, Basler now also offers lenses for sensors up to 2/3″. The Basler Lenses 2/3″ are suitable for sensors with a resolution of up to 2 megapixels and an excellent choice for applications where low resolutions are sufficient.

13 Sep 2017

Deceptively Simple SCAPE 4D Microscope brings Major Innovation to Live Cell and Whole Animal Imaging

Advances in confocal, two-photon and light-sheet microscopy have rapidly advanced our understanding of cellular and subcellular structures and processes. However, live cell and whole animal imaging could be on the verge of even more breakthroughs following the publication in Nature Photonics of work by a team of Columbia University scientists using the fast and ultra-sensitive Andor Zyla sCMOS camera.
Image Credits: Andor Technology Ltd.

Advances in confocal, two-photon and light-sheet microscopy have rapidly advanced our understanding of cellular and subcellular structures and processes.

From Andor Technology Ltd. 12 Sep 2017

MKS Announces Ophir® FGC100, NIST Traceable LED Calibration Standard

MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, announces the Ophir® FGC100, a NIST-traceable LED calibration standard designed to calibrate the Ophir® FluxGage™ system.

From MKS Instruments, Inc. 12 Sep 2017

Lens-Free Microscopy System for Monitoring Air Quality

A cost-effective mobile device for measuring air quality has been developed by UCLA Researchers.

11 Sep 2017

New GigE Industrial Camera Models with CMOS Sensors from ON Semiconductor

IDS expands its robust Gigabit Ethernet industrial camera series GigE uEye FA: After the first models with sensors from Sony, six new camera variants with CMOS sensors from ON Semiconductor broaden the portfolio.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 11 Sep 2017

EMO, Hannover: New Five Axis 3D Optical Profiler from Sensofar Metrology

Sensofar Metrology has announced a new addition to their high-end non-contact 3D surface metrology systems, the Five Axis. The new 3D optical profiler combines a high-accuracy rotational module and a high-resolution translation platform, together with advanced inspection and analysis capabilities.

From Sensofar Metrology 8 Sep 2017