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Comprehensive Report Sheds Light on Nanophotonics Technologies and Devices

Reportlinker.com has added a new market research report titled ‘Nanotechnology for Photonics: Global Markets’ to its offering.

26 Mar 2012

Researchers Develop Versatile Model to Explain Plasmonic Systems

An engineering team comprising Jennifer Dionne and Jonathan Scholl from the Stanford School of Engineering has investigated plasmon resonances of single metal particles that have a diameter of down to 1 nm. The research study will be reported in the journal, Nature.

23 Mar 2012

Duke Researchers Demonstrate Holograms in Infrared Light Range

Researchers from the Duke University have shown that a metamaterial device developed by them was able to produce holograms in the infrared light range for the first time.

20 Mar 2012

Scientists Explore Planck-Scale Physics Using Quantum Optics

An international partnership between the teams of Myungshik Kim at Imperial College London and Markus Aspelmeyer and Caslav Brukner at the University of Vienna has put forward a novel quantum experiment utilizing Planck-mass mirrors, paving the way to study some predictions of quantum gravity proposals in a lab.

20 Mar 2012

New Technique for Fabricating Optically Active 3D Structures

A team of international researchers led by Professor Tim Liedl, a LMU physicist, has developed novel, optically active, three-dimensional structures based on the structure of DNAs. DNA strands act as scaffolds for bonding gold nanoparticles in predestined patterns.

17 Mar 2012

Scientists Develop High-Speed Two-Photon Lithography Technology

A research team from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) has increased the speed of two-photon lithography technology, which allows the fabrication of nanoscale structures by printing 3D objects with remarkably fine details.

13 Mar 2012

EXFO’s IQS-9100B Optical Switch Offers Fast Switching Time and Long-Term Reliability

EXFO has introduced its MEMS optical switch test module called the IQS-9100B, the latest addition to the company’s Windows-based IQS-600 platform.

From EXFO Inc. 8 Mar 2012

Scientists Create Optical Modulators Suitable for Ultrafast Digital Communications

A research team from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has found that graphene provides a superior active media for optical modulators.

3 Mar 2012

Inorganic LEDs Produce Light in UV Range

A process to produce light in the UV spectrum has been developed by a group of multinational researchers. This process produces glass-based, inorganic LEDs that emit light in the UV spectrum.

28 Feb 2012

Harvard University Scientists Create a Novel Tunable Optical Filter

A research team comprising Kenneth Crozier and colleagues from the Harvard University has developed a novel tunable color filter, which utilizes optical nanoantennas for accurately controlling color output.

27 Feb 2012

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