NanoOptics News

Cloaking Device for Fabricating Photonic Computer Chips

The fascinating power of invisibility was only the product of dreamers and science fiction writers, may it be the Romulan cloaking device in “Star Trek” that made the warship invisible, or the invisibility cloak worn by Harry Potter.

OSI Optoelectronics’ New Annular Quadrant Backscatter Detectors

OSI Optoelectronics (OSIO), an OSI Systems Company and global supplier of high performance standard and OEM photodiodes, high-power light sources, and turnkey solutions, introduces Annular Quadrant Silicon Photodiodes.

EPFL Scientists Develop Ultrafast Method to Track Movement of Light and Electrons in Nanostructured Surface

EPFL researchers, who are working to develop potential optical-electronic hybrid computers, have created an ultrafast method that can simultaneously track both light and electrons as they pass through a nanostructured surface.

Researchers Create Cicada Wings-Inspired Antireflective Structures

A team of Shanghai Jiao Tong University researchers has used the shape of cicada wings as a template to create antireflective structures fabricated with one of the most intriguing semiconductor materials, titanium dioxide (TiO2).

Scientists Explore Ways to Achieve More Stable Propagation of Light for Future Optical Technologies

Devices based on light, rather than electrons, could revolutionize the speed and security of our future computers. However, one of the major challenges in today's physics is the design of photonic devices, able to transport and switch light through circuits in a stable way.

Torus Measurement Systems have announced the launch of the B304 Top Load & Volume Gauge.

The system showcases a single operation Top Load & Volume Test to the plastic bottle market.

New Nanocrystalline Material Rapidly Converts Blue Laser Emission to White Light

A team of researchers from King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) have created a nanocrystalline material that rapidly produces white light out of blue light.

Newly Developed Miniature Electro-Optical Switch Could Enable Faster, Smaller Electronics

Researchers have built a record energy-efficient switch, which uses the interplay of electricity and a liquid form of light, in semiconductor microchips. The device could form the foundation of future signal processing and information technologies, making electronics even more efficient.

Northwestern Engineering Team Develops New Spectroscopy-Based Super-Resolution Optical Imaging Platform

In 2014, an international trio won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, a technique that made it possible to study molecular processes in living cells.

KAUST Researchers Develop New Ferroelectric Tunnel Junction that Can be Controlled by Light

An electronic device that could lead to smaller, low-power memory chips can now be controlled and probed by light, as revealed by research from KAUST.