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3M Introduces New Low-Profile Clear Fiber Drop Cable

Customers can enjoy fast fiber connectivity in their homes with a new FTTH pathway solution that is virtually invisible.

13 Jun 2016

Researchers Demonstrate Data Transmission with Over 100 Patterns of Light

The rise of big data and advances in information technology has serious implications for our ability to deliver sufficient bandwidth to meet the growing demand.

13 Jun 2016

IXYS’ New High-Power Laser Diode Driver Provides Precision Pulsed Current

IXYS Corporation, a specialist in power semiconductors, mixed-signal and digital ICs for power conversion and motion control applications, announced today the introduction of the PCX-7500-EX high-power laser diode driver/current source by its IXYS Colorado division.

10 Jun 2016

Breakthrough qPAINT Technology Provides Super-Vision to Microscopes

Knowing the exact number of molecules located at specific junctures in cells can be a critical measure of health as well as disease. For example, abnormally high numbers of growth factor receptors on cells can be an indication of cancerous and precancerous states; specific proteins located at the junction where neurons connect in the brain may affect brain function as they accumulate or disperse.

10 Jun 2016

Newly Developed Broad-Band Tunable Infrared Laser Holds Potential for Border Protection

A new tool that has the ability to protect our borders has been recently developed by Northwestern University's Manijeh Razeghi.

10 Jun 2016

Optoma Launches New Single–Chip DLP Laser Phosphor Projectors

Optoma, a world leading manufacturer of video and audio products, at InfoComm today unveiled two new innovative single-chip DLP laser phosphor projectors for the ProAV and home markets.

9 Jun 2016

Kanas State University Physicists Develop New Class of Fiber-Based Lasers

A new class of lasers developed by a team that included physics researchers at Kansas State University could help scientists measure distances to faraway targets, identify the presence of certain gases in the atmosphere and send images of the earth from space.

9 Jun 2016

Soraa’s Full Visible Spectrum LED Lamps Installed in Brinton Museum

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaN™ LED technology, announced that its full visible spectrum LED lamps have been installed in the new state-of-the-art Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Building at The Brinton Museum.

8 Jun 2016

New Flat Lens Could Help Create Exceptionally Small Optical Devices

Researchers have created a new optical lens that is flat, rather than curved like traditional glass lenses. The unique optical properties available from the flat lens could help reduce the size of computer hard drives and create exceptionally small microscopes, among other applications.

8 Jun 2016

InfoComm 2016: 3M Unveils New Multi-Touch PCAP Display with Ultrafine Metal Mesh Design

When it comes to upholding multi-touch display performance in heavy-use commercial settings, quality touch performance, design and dependability is key. Debuting this week at InfoComm 2016 in 3M booth N1947 is the 3M Multi-Touch Projected Capacitive (PCAP) Display C6587PW 65-inch with Ultrafine Metal Mesh Design.

8 Jun 2016

Swiss Researchers Develop New Design for X-Ray Spectrometers

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute’s Swiss Light Source in Villigen, Switzerland, have developed a new design for X-ray spectrometers that eschews a commonly utilized component to lowers overall production costs and increase the efficiency of x-ray flux, which may lead to faster acquisition times for sample imaging and increased efficiency for the system.

8 Jun 2016

Laser Research CO2 Laser Optics for Promoting Sharper Cuts with Fewer Passes

A line of CO2 laser optics optimized for 10.6 microns that are in-stock for popular etching, marking, and thin metal cutting lasers are available from Laser Research Optics of Providence, Rhode Island.

8 Jun 2016

Researchers Develop Inexpensive, Versatile Micro-Raman System

Raman spectroscopy has the ability to provide detailed chemical information. It also holds the potential to analyze biological samples non-destructively in combination with a microscope.

7 Jun 2016

Breakthrough Method Could Produce Purer, More Stable Pulses in X-ray Lasers

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have developed a method that could open up new scientific avenues by making the light from powerful X-ray lasers much more stable and its color more pure.

7 Jun 2016

Elemental LED Announces Collaboration with Legacy Lighting

Elemental LED, a leading U.S. based engineering and technology company that manufactures LED lighting solutions announced today a partnership with Legacy Lighting that extends its Diode LED product brand into Austin, TX and the surrounding area.

3 Jun 2016