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Novel Continuously Running Camera that Captures Images Roughly 1000x Faster than Any Existing Conventional Camera

Ultrafast, light-sensitive video cameras are needed for observing high-speed events such as shockwaves, communication between living cells, neural activity, laser surgery and elements of blood analysis. To catch such elusive moments, a camera must be able to capture millions or billions of images continuously with a very high frame rate. Conventional cameras are simply not up to the task.

30 Apr 2009

Carl Zeiss Microscope Workshop Attracted Over 150 Scientists

More than 150 scientists and users of the ZEISS CrossBeam® and Helium Ion Microscope systems met at the 1st European user workshop in Dresden. In several sessions the participants got an overview on current product developments and new applications.

30 Apr 2009

Compact Lasers Suitable for Mass Production are Now Within Reach

Compact lasers which can work in formerly inaccessible parts of the spectrum and are suitable for mass production are now within reach, thanks to pioneering work by a European consortium.

29 Apr 2009

Lighting the Way for LED Innovation

What do automobiles, traffic lights, Christmas trees, ultrasound machines and the Statue of Liberty all have in common? The answer, surprisingly, is LED illumination. Today, LEDs power many of the products we use and the future for LEDs is very bright indeed. In fact, LEDs are poised to become the dominant source of our lighting in the future.

28 Apr 2009

Zecotek Receives Order for MAPD Solid-State Photo Detectors from CERN

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, is pleased to announce that the NA61 Experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland, has submitted purchase orders for Zecotek's proprietary third generation Micro-pixel Avalanche Photo Diodes (MAPD-3N).

28 Apr 2009

Ultrafast Lasers Benefit from Noliac Piezoelectric Stack Actuators

Ultrafast lasers benefit from Noliac Motion's 3x3 mm 60V piezoelectric stack actuators as these are ideal for compact designs requiring extremely short time scales or extremely high powers.

28 Apr 2009

OSRAM Equips Hotel Conference Room with LED Light

The Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Regensburg now has yet another attraction. In the newly refurbished conference room known as the "Light" room, linear modules with Golden Dragon LEDs from OSRAM are used to create any lighting of any mood, color and intensity.

27 Apr 2009

IPOS Announces Launch with One-Day Symposium on The Photonic Universe

The Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), the newest institute in the University of Sydney and the only one of its kind in Australia, launched this week with a one-day symposium The Photonic Universe - Faster, Further, Smarter.

23 Apr 2009

Laser System Offers New Insight into the Formation of Our Early Solar System

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:ESIO), a leading provider of world-class photonic and laser systems for microengineering applications, today announced that its New Wave Research (NWR) Division's UP213 laser ablation system helped enable the dating of ancient asteroids at the Department of Geology at the University of Maryland.

22 Apr 2009

Fast Photochromic Molecule That Colors Only under UV Light

Researchers in Japan are reporting development of a new so-called "photochromic" material that changes color thousands of times faster than conventional materials when exposed to light.

22 Apr 2009