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New Soliton Lasers Could be Useful for Biomedical Applications

A new kind of laser developed by researchers can deliver high amounts of energy in very short bursts of time.

26 May 2020

Imaging Technique Acquires 3D Data of Impressionist-Style Oil Paintings

A novel technique developed by scientists employs optical coherence tomography (OCT) to capture the surface as well as the underlying details of impressionist-style oil paintings.

21 May 2020

Researchers Fabricate New On-Chip Vortex Microlasers and Detectors

As computers get more powerful and connected, the amount of data that we send and receive is in a constant race with the technologies that we use to transmit it.

19 May 2020

New Method to Develop MOF-Based All-Optical Switch

Globally, researchers are facing the task of producing optical switches. Such optical devices will allow data to be transmitted in binary code through light, which, in the days to come, will prove handy for developing extremely fast optical memory cells.

19 May 2020

Protect Your Assets: New Thermal Imaging Camera Enables Highly Accurate Human Body Temperature Measurements in COVID-19 Fever Screening

Viral epidemics such as the current coronavirus (COVID-19) have created a global demand for infrared cameras that are able to screen for a fever condition in humans.

From Micro-Epsilon USA 19 May 2020

Autofocussing Electronic Autocollimator

LASER COMPONENTS’ partner PLX Inc release the ACT-25FO autofocussing electronic autocollimator. The ACT-25FO combines the functionality of an autocollimator and an alignment telescope in one unit, using a motorised focussing knob controlled by the supplied software.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 19 May 2020

Synchrotron-Generated X-Rays Used to Probe Glass-Transition Dynamics

Four physicists from RIKEN have demonstrated the capability of an X-ray spectroscopy method to help understand the puzzling phenomena that take place when a liquid approaches a glass-like state.

18 May 2020

New Technique Uses Photonic Circuits to Speed Up Coherent LiDAR

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) includes a series of methods in which laser light is used to quantify distances by multiplying the time delay between received and transmitted optical signals with the speed of light.

14 May 2020

Optical Gain from Excitonic Complexes Could Power Future Lasers, Amplifiers

In his latest line of research, Cun-Zheng Ning, a professor of electrical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, and his peers explored the intricate balance of physics that governs how electrons, holes, excitons and trions coexist and mutually convert into each other to produce optical gain.

7 May 2020

NIT Officially Releases HiPe SenS SWIR Camera for Low Light, Long Exposure Time Applications

New Imaging Technologies (NIT) officially releases its latest HiPe SenS - SWIR camera featuring best in class performances for low light, long exposure time applications at an affordable price.

From New Imaging Technologies (NIT) 7 May 2020