NanoOptics News

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.

Tokyo Institute of Technology research: Shedding light on phototactic behavior of green algae

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and colleagues report that optical shielding by the eyespot pigments in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a unicellular green alga, determines the direction of their movement relative to light sources, and that the cell body behaves as a convex lens to focus and condense incident light.

UB Researcher Paras Prasad Named 2016 Recipient of SPIE Gold Medal

UB researcher and inventor Paras Prasad has been named the 2016 recipient of the Gold Medal of the SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.

New Mass-Spectral Imaging System Maps Cellular Composition in 3D at Nanoscale

A one-of-a-kind instrument built at CSU lets scientists map cellular composition in three dimensions at the nanoscale, allowing researchers to watch how cells respond to new medications at the most minute level ever observed.

Kopin to Highlight 2mm Smart Glass Display at CES2016

Kopin Corporation, a leading developer of innovative wearable computing technologies and solutions, today announced the world’s smallest smart glass display.