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Simple, Inexpensive, Effective UV LED-Based Means of Sterilization

A device that can automatically disinfect common surfaces, like elevator buttons, light switches, and doorknobs, could be very helpful to mitigate virus and disease at the time of COVID-19 pandemic and even after that.

16 Jun 2020

New Method Could Help Develop More Sophisticated, Sleeker LED Devices

UC Santa Barbara researchers continue to push the boundaries of LED design a little further with a new method that could pave the way toward more efficient and versatile LED display and lighting technology.

4 Jun 2020

IQFROG Measuring Your Ultrashort Pulses

LASER COMPONENTS would like to introduce the IQFROG to measure the pulse intensity and phase in both the spectral and temporal domains, yielding a complete pulse characterisation.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 3 Jun 2020

Study Confirms Feasibility of Handheld UV Device to Kill Coronavirus

Scientists at Penn State, the University of Minnesota, and two Japanese universities have now reported that it is possible to create a personal, handheld device that emits ultraviolet light of high-intensity to disinfect areas by destroying the novel coronavirus.

2 Jun 2020

A Novel LED Irradiation System to Kill Hospital Pathogens

A novel LED irradiation system developed by the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut aims to kill microorganisms with ultra-short wave UV light - without side effects.

27 May 2020

UVC Light-Emitting Diodes Show Promise in Fighting Hospital Germs

The Robert Koch Institute reports that every year, Germany experiences 400,000 to 600,000 infections that are caused by hospital germs and lead to the death of approximately 10,000 to 20,000 people.

26 May 2020

Protect Your Assets: New Thermal Imaging Camera Enables Highly Accurate Human Body Temperature Measurements in COVID-19 Fever Screening

Viral epidemics such as the current coronavirus (COVID-19) have created a global demand for infrared cameras that are able to screen for a fever condition in humans.

From Micro-Epsilon USA 19 May 2020

Autofocussing Electronic Autocollimator

LASER COMPONENTS’ partner PLX Inc release the ACT-25FO autofocussing electronic autocollimator. The ACT-25FO combines the functionality of an autocollimator and an alignment telescope in one unit, using a motorised focussing knob controlled by the supplied software.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 19 May 2020

Researchers Make High-Intensity, Low-Voltage Red LEDs from Nitride Crystals

The aim of developing pure red LEDs using nitride crystals has been elusive for engineers.

7 May 2020

Measuring Uniformity of LED Luminaires in Seconds: MKS Announces Ophir® FluxGage™ 604 Measurement System

MKS Instruments, Inc. has announced the Ophir® FluxGage™ 604 compact measurement system for LED luminaires. This new series features four additional color sensors evenly arranged in the bottom of the device delivering further x,y, and CCT data as well as the illuminance.

From MKS Instruments, Inc. 5 May 2020