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Researchers Create First Physical Demonstration of Lumped Optical Circuit Elements

A research team led by Nader Engheta from the University of Pennsylvania is working on ways to use light in place of electricity. The team has developed the first physical illustration of ‘lumped’ optical circuit elements using nanotechnology.

27 Feb 2012

Introducing New Technology that Enables Observation of Cancer Cells in Motion

The behavior of cells and molecules are elusive. The minute particles in the images fail to be captured even under high resolution. With technological constraints in biomedical imaging, comprehending the cellular and molecular behavior becomes complex.

18 Feb 2012

Researchers Enhance Infrared Photodetector Efficiency Using Nanotechnology

A research team led by Yong-Hang Zhang from the Arizona State University is involved in the development of novel ways using nanoscale materials for optimizing infrared photodetector technology used in national security and defense systems.

16 Feb 2012

Gigaphoton’s LPP Light Source for Mass-Production Generates 7 W of EUV Power

Gigaphoton declared that its high-volume manufacturing laser-produced plasma (LPP) light source, slated for shipping in 2012, has produced an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) power of 7 W.

15 Feb 2012

Gold Nanoparticle Channels Transmit Energy Through Dark Plasmons

A research team led by Stephan Link from Rice University has demonstrated that tiny channels of gold nanoparticles are capable of transmitting electromagnetic energy that begins as light and transmits through ‘dark plasmans.’

13 Feb 2012

Researchers Develop Tiniest Room-Temperature Laser and Thresholdless Laser

A research team from the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) has developed the tiniest room-temperature nanolaser till date, and a highly efficient ‘thresholdless’ laser capable of funneling all of its photons into a coherent beam of light or lasing.

13 Feb 2012

Researchers Harness Plasmonics to Weld Nanowires

A Stanford University research team has developed a novel technique based on the physics of plasmonics to weld nanowires using a simple light blast, paving the way to develop easy and large-area processing methods for electronic devices such as LEDs, thin-film solar cells and touch-screen displays.

8 Feb 2012

Optical Stimulation Makes Graphene to Release Terahertz Radiation

A research team comprising Leonhard Prechtel and Leonhard Prechtel from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen’s Walter Schottky Institut has devised a method to improve the time resolution down to the picosecond range for measuring photocurrent in graphene, which in turn helpedin detecting pulses in a few picoseconds.

3 Feb 2012

Study Results Help Develop Atomic-Scale Plasmonic Devices

A research team from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) of the Department of Energy has demonstrated that point defects in graphene are helpful in transferring atomic-scale data by integrating electrons with light, paving the way to develop quicker and compact electronic devices.

2 Feb 2012

Berkeley Lab Finds Way to Improve Luminescence of Nanocrystals

A research team led by Paul Alivisatos from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the U.S. Department of Energy has developed a novel solution-based synthesis method to produce nanocrystals with superior optoelectronic properties.

1 Feb 2012

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