Optics & Photonics News

RSS

Capstone Introduces Decorative LED Power Failure Accent Lights

Capstone Companies, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of power failure solutions and innovator of consumer safety and security products for the Hospitality, Retail, and Institutional channels, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Capstone Industries, Inc., has made available for purchase its half-moon and vase style decorative LED power failure accent lights at a national retail office supply chain.

29 Oct 2012

Scientists Watch Biological Clock's Molecular Cogwheels Under the Microscope

Our master circadian clock resides in a small group of about 10'000 neurons in the brain, called the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

29 Oct 2012

Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging Provides Improved Detection of Cancer

Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI), also known as Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI), is a procedure that is able to detect breast cancers missed by mammography and ultrasound, particularly in women with dense breasts.

29 Oct 2012

$Optical Thin-Film Materials with Low Refractive Index$

Optical Thin-Film Materials with Low Refractive Index

Photovoltaic cell efficiency may soon get a big boost, thanks to next-generation antireflection coatings crafted from nanomaterials capable of cutting down on the amount of light reflected away from a cell's surface.

29 Oct 2012

Olmec Introduces Self-Contained Vision Inspection Systems

Vision systems integrator, Olmec, has introduced the QS and QS+ turnkey, self-contained vision inspection systems as part of the ‘Quality Station’ range. With a footprint of just 1.2 m x 0.7 m, they are easily added to the manufacturing environment to provide in-line inspection. Featuring an integral transport and reject mechanism, they can be used in conjunction with other quality inspection tools such as checkweighers or on their own.

29 Oct 2012

Toptica Photonics Launch Higher-Power Tunable Diode Lasers

Toptica Photonics introduces the new DL pro HP, a tunable diode laser with higher output powers in the “visible” spectral region from 370 to 640 nm

From TOPTICA Photonics 26 Oct 2012

Toshiba Imaging Launches IK-TF Progressive Scan Cameras

Toshiba Imaging, a leading manufacturer of ultra-compact high definition (HD) and high resolution CCD and CMOS video cameras, introduces the new IK-TF series of progressive scan cameras for color area scan machine vision applications.

From Toshiba Imaging Systems Division 26 Oct 2012

AUO Launches 65” 4K by 2K Ultra HD Display with Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide Technology

The world's leading provider of display total solutions, AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company"), announced its 65-inch 4K by 2K Ultra HD IGZO TV panel technology today. The indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) technology was adopted to achieve an ultra high definition of 3840x2160, which is four times the resolution of Full HD.

From AU Optronics Corp 26 Oct 2012

Telescopes Track Saturn's Great Springtime Storm

The heat-seeking capabilities of the international Cassini spacecraft and two ground-based telescopes have provided the first look at the aftermath of Saturn's 'Great Springtime Storm'. Concealed from the naked eye, a giant oval vortex is persisting long after the visible effects of the storm subsided.

26 Oct 2012

Electron Beams in Table-Top Accelerators Power Free Electron Lasers

Wim Leemans of Berkeley Lab's Accelerator and Fusion Research Division heads LOASIS, the Laser and Optical Accelerator Systems Integrated Studies, an oasis indeed for students pursuing graduate studies in laser plasma acceleration (LPA). Among the most promising applications of future table-top accelerators are new kinds of light sources, in which their electron beams power free electron lasers.

26 Oct 2012

Reflectance Transformation Imaging Help Decipher the proto-Elamite Writing System

Researchers from the University of Southampton and University of Oxford have developed a system for examining some of the world’s most important historical documents in intricate detail.

26 Oct 2012

Vishay Introduces UV LED in Surface-Mount PLCC-2 Package

The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced the VLMU3100, an ultraviolet (UV) LED in the surface-mount PLCC-2 package. Aimed at a wide range of applications, including adhesive curing, the VLMU3100 will serve as a solid-state replacement for mercury vapor lamps.

26 Oct 2012

Composite Infrared Spectrometer Reveals Aftermath of Massive Storm on Saturn

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has tracked the aftermath of a rare massive storm on Saturn. Data reveal record-setting disturbances in the planet's upper atmosphere long after the visible signs of the storm abated, in addition to an indication the storm was more forceful than scientists previously thought.

26 Oct 2012

Raytheon Demonstrates Enhanced Capabilities of its Common Sensor Payload System

Raytheon Company has successfully demonstrated the enhanced capabilities of its new CSP HD turret, a high definition electro-optical and infrared version of its Common Sensor Payload (CSP). The initial CSP HD system flight test occurred on a U.S. Army Gray Eagle UAS (unmanned aircraft system) platform in September.

25 Oct 2012

NASA's NuSTAR Telescope Captures Outburst from Black Hole

NASA's newest set of X-ray eyes in the sky, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), has caught its first look at the giant black hole parked at the center of our galaxy. The observations show the typically mild-mannered black hole during the middle of a flare-up.

25 Oct 2012