NanoOptics News

Bruker Receives Major Order for Self-Calibrating ContourGT-X 3D Optical Microscopes

Bruker announced today that it has received over $3 million in orders from a leading provider of consumer displays for Bruker’s self-calibrating ContourGT-X 3D optical microscopes. The ContourGT-X optical microscope plays a key role in the customer’s strategy to dramatically reduce production costs while maintaining the highest standards of quality as it expands production of larger, higher density displays.

Optical Thin-Film Materials with Low Refractive Index

Photovoltaic cell efficiency may soon get a big boost, thanks to next-generation antireflection coatings crafted from nanomaterials capable of cutting down on the amount of light reflected away from a cell's surface.

Bruker Launches 3D Optical Microscope System with Vibration Tolerant Design

Bruker announced the launch today of the ContourGT-I 3D Optical Microscope to enhance R&D productivity and maximize manufacturing throughput for industrial applications.

Photonic Gels Developed by Rice and MIT Scientists Hold Potential for Many Applications

Materials scientists at Rice University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created very thin color-changing films that may serve as part of inexpensive sensors for food spoilage or security, multiband optical elements in laser-driven systems and even as part of high-contrast displays.

AFM-IR Spectroscopy Enables Chemical Metrology Required for Nano-Scale Manufacturing

Nanotechnology-based materials identification enables critically needed chemical metrology for nano-manufacturing

NTS Reports Successful Metallization of Optical Images in Commercial-Scale Run

Nanotech Security (NTS), a producer of advanced authentication and security features utilizing optics based on nanotechnology, announced that it has achieved a high speed production run of metallized optical images.

Energetiq Technology Unveils Advanced Light Source for Actinic Inspection of EUV Masks

Energetiq Technology, a company that develops and produces specialized ultrahigh-brightness light sources for sophisticated technology applications, has announced the completion of its product introduction program for a new 20 W EUV light source called the EQ-10HP.

Femtosecond-Pulsed Plasmonic Nanotweezers Help Probe Biological Structures

Employing ultra-low input power densities, a research group from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has shown the possibility of using low-power ‘optical nanotweezers’ for trapping, manipulating and analyzing nanoparticles, including delegate biological samples.

Employing ultra-low input power densities, a research group from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has shown the possibility of using low-power ‘optical nanotweezers’ for trapping, manipulating and analyzing nanoparticles, including delegate biological samples.

Nanophotonics and Near-Field Optics Experts Meet in San Sebastián for NFO12

The "Near-field Optics, Nanophotonics and Related Techniques NFO12" International congress, organized by the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) and CIC nanoGUNE, gathers 400 scientists and researchers at the Palacio Kursaal in San Sebastián between today and the 7 September who will debate on the latest advances in the fields of near optics and nanophotonics.