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Smiths Detection Launches Compact CT Checkpoint X-ray

Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, today announces that it has launched the HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX Model S, a smaller footprint version of its successful, security operator preferred, Computed Tomography (CT) passenger checkpoint scanner.

28 Feb 2023

PG&O® Introduces Customizable Opal Diffusers

Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O), a global leader in optical manufacturing, precision thin-film coatings, and complete optical solutions, introduces Opal Diffusers.

From Precision Glass & Optics 28 Feb 2023

Femtosecond Laser Direct Writing in Silica Customized by Chiral Optical Properties

Femtosecond (fs) laser plays a crucial role in laser manufacturing—from the fundamental physics of light-matter interaction to the fabrication of targeted optical properties in extremely complicated optical engineering.

24 Feb 2023

Setting the Stage for Next-Generation, Energy-Efficient Screens

Liquid crystal plays a role in switching the transmitted light on and off and is ignited by a backlight. This can be done with polarizing filters in the front and also behind the pixels.

24 Feb 2023

New Approach to Image Objects in the Dark

It was possible for researchers to create images of an object that stays entirely in the dark. This was done by enhancing the principle of so-called “Ghost imaging”.

22 Feb 2023

Unique Design Secures Unprecedented Stability at 600X Magnification on New Digital Dicroscope from TAGARNO

TAGARNO’s new FRONT digital microscopes solves a common problem for microscope operators: interference from nearby vibrations.

From TAGARNO 21 Feb 2023

LDP-V 50-100 Driver Module for Pulsed Lasers

The LDP-V 50-100 from PicoLAS is a compact OEM module with 3-50 A output current and <4 ns rise time, for driving pulsed last diode modules.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 21 Feb 2023

Nuclear Plant Safety Study Uses Mikrotron High-speed Camera to Capture Fuel Rod Vibrations

There are currently 439 nuclear reactors in operation in 32 countries around the world, including Taiwan. Nuclear energy now generates about 10% of the world's electricity and is the second largest source of low-carbon power, producing 28% of the total in 2019.

From SVS-Vistek GmbH 21 Feb 2023

Tapered Optical Fiber has Strong Optical-Acoustic Interactions with Acoustic Waves

When optical beams comprising photons tend to travel via fibers, they lead to vibrations that produce acoustic waves, consisting of phonons.

20 Feb 2023

BluGlass Secures First Customer Orders for Commercial Lasers

Global semiconductor developer BluGlass Limited has secured initial purchase orders of its 405 nm and 420 nm 250 mW single-mode gallium nitride (GaN) lasers from two customers.

From BluGlass 20 Feb 2023

Teledyne Digital Imaging Group, Teledyne’s New Ladybug6 Camera for High Accuracy 360° Spherical Image Capture is Shipping Now

Teledyne FLIR is pleased to announce its all new Ladybug6 360-degree camera is now in full production.

From Teledyne FLIR LLC 17 Feb 2023

$Gate-Tunable Nanoscale Negative Refraction of Polaritons$

Gate-Tunable Nanoscale Negative Refraction of Polaritons

A recent study led by Javier Abajo from the Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques (ICFO) and Qing Dai from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) demonstrated a gate-tunable nanoscale negative refraction of polaritons in the mid-infrared range through a van der Waals heterostructure of graphene and molybdenum trioxide.

13 Feb 2023

ABB Naveo®Pro Ensures Safer Buildings with Digital Emergency Light Testing

ABB has launched a new wireless solution enabling customers to install, monitor and maintain their entire emergency lighting installation using a fast and intuitive mobile application.

From ABB Power Conditioning – Electrification Products Division 13 Feb 2023

Thermal Imaging Lets Researchers See Beyond the Surface of Butterfly Wings

It turns out that butterflies are just as striking in thermal as they are in the visible light spectrum. According to a study published in Nature by researchers from Columbia Engineering and Harvard University, it's possible to examine the thermodynamic properties of butterfly wings and the importance of radiative cooling in keeping these delicate structures fluttering.

10 Feb 2023

New RIM Method Offers Insights for the Next Generation of Batteries

In daily human life, lithium-ion batteries have shown great transformation. Nearly everyone has a smartphone and more electric vehicles could be spotted on the roads, and they keep power generators going in times of emergencies.

10 Feb 2023