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Scientists Develop New Method to Measure Chemical Reactions Within Attoseconds

The heart of chemistry and biology is phenomena lasting trillionths of a second. They are everywhere. The world has only recently started trying to document their real path, with mixed results.

10 May 2022

Scientists Develop 2D-Based Photodetector with High-Speed Photoresponse and Broadband Detection Proficiency

A team led by Prof. Liang Li and Prof. Guanghai Li from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ (CAS) Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) and Prof. Feng Yan from Hong Kong Polytechnic University recently developed a new two-dimensional (2D)-based photodetector with ultrafast photoresponse and broadband detection abilities.

9 May 2022

Scientists at VTT Develop SiPh Technology Likely to Help a Broad Range of Applications

VTT is Finland’s major developer of silicon photonics. Silicon chips’ fast speed, energy efficiency, and minuscule size can help a wide range of applications, from medical to autonomous transportation.

9 May 2022

Scientists Propose ECRC-Incorporated Strategy to Cut Air Conditioning Energy Consumption

The entire international community agrees that the key global problems in the next decades will be attaining a carbon emission peak and eventually becoming carbon neutral.

9 May 2022

Study Shows Operational Wavelength of Nanowire Laser Could Be Extended

Nanowire (NW) lasers with the NW concurrently serving as optical cavity and gain medium are appealing for miniaturized photonic integration platforms, which have advantages of ultracompact footprint, low energy consumption, easy integration, and potential mass production.

9 May 2022

Lensless Optoelectronic Neural Network Developed for Computer Vision Operations

In the last few years, thanks to the progress in the vast processing capacity and parallelism of contemporary graphics processing units (GPUs), deep learning reliant on convolutional neural networks (CNN) has advanced quickly, resulting in operative solutions for a range of problems in artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

9 May 2022

Researchers Develop Transparent Device Using Liquid Crystals

Researchers have employed liquid crystals for the first time to develop a flat magic window, which is a transparent device that generates a concealed picture when light shines on it. The technology offers a fresh take on an age-old light trick.

6 May 2022

CAS Researchers Discover Topological-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser

Due to their small size, great efficiency, low price, and wide spectral range, semiconductor lasers are the most extensively utilized lasers in our daily life.

6 May 2022

Laser Photonics Launches CleanTech™ 3000-CTH Laser Cleaning

Laser Photonics Corp., a global leading industrial company in high-tech laser systems for laser cleaning, and other materials applications, today announces the launch of the CleanTech™ 3000-CTH laser cleaning system (3KW).

From Laser Photonics 6 May 2022

Radiant Introduces New Product for Inspection & Color Measurement of Marked Text/Symbols

Radiant Vision Systems, leading provider of automated visual inspection and metrology solutions for light sources, displays, and surfaces, announces the release of its new Area Color Inspection System (ACIS™) for color and quality inspection of characters and symbols.

From Radiant Vision Systems 6 May 2022

IDS Vision Channel: Free web session on "Smart Farming" with guest speakers

Image processing can be used to accelerate, control and optimise processes. When artificial intelligence comes into play, the range of applications becomes even wider. This is especially true for agriculture and the food...

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 4 May 2022

New 532 nm Grande Laser with 1 W Power from Power Technology

Power Technology, a leader in the photonics industry for more than 50 years, announces a new high-power laser diode module at 532 nm for OEM applications. The Grande.9(532-1), laser module offers a more stable semiconductor alternative to DPSS lasers at nearly 1 W of output power at this unique wavelength.

From Power Technology, Inc. 4 May 2022