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Researchers Manage to Confine Photons in Nanocavity

Researchers Manage to Confine Photons in Nanocavity

Researchers of the University of Twente (UT) have discovered a tiny prison for photons, or nanocavity. An optical crystal—a structure of pores etched in two perpendicular directions— surrounds the very small cavity.

4 Mar 2019

Scientists Use Pulsed Infrared Light Lasers to Activate Molecules Located Inside Neural Tissue

Scientists Use Pulsed Infrared Light Lasers to Activate Molecules Located Inside Neural Tissue

Deciding when, where, and how a drug is triggered, or having complete control of the activity of an individual molecule inside an organism are some of the goals anticipated to be reached with what is known as photoswitchable molecules—compounds that alter their properties in the presence of certain light waves.

4 Mar 2019

Researchers Report Successful Scale-Up of 240 x 240 Integrated Silicon Photonic Switch

Researchers Report Successful Scale-Up of 240 x 240 Integrated Silicon Photonic Switch

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley tested experimental photonic switches, revealing their potential to achieve the aim of completely optical, high-capacity switching for next-generation high-speed data transmission networks.

1 Mar 2019

AIM Photonics Attends OFC 2019—the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition to Share World-Class Capabilities and Partnership Opportunity Updates

AIM Photonics Attends OFC 2019—the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition to Share World-Class Capabilities and Partnership Opportunity Updates

The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), sponsored by the Department of Defense and spearheaded by SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly), announced that a number of the initiative’s leaders, researchers, and representatives are attending the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) 2019 conference and exhibition March 3-7 in San Diego, California.

1 Mar 2019

Now You See Heat, Now You Don’t

Now You See Heat, Now You Don’t

Hiding an object from heat-sensing cameras could be useful for military and technology applications as well as for research. Efforts to develop such a method have been underway for decades with varying degrees of success.

28 Feb 2019

Model for Predicting Color that May be Produced When Light Interacts with Structure of Droplets

Model for Predicting Color that May be Produced When Light Interacts with Structure of Droplets

A study by engineers from MIT and Penn State University has revealed that under ideal conditions, normal droplets of clear water can produce vibrant colors on a transparent surface, without the need to add dyes or inks.

28 Feb 2019

OSI Laser Diode’s New 1650 nm High-Power, Fiber Bragg Grating, Pulsed Laser Diode Module

OSI Laser Diode’s New 1650 nm High-Power, Fiber Bragg Grating, Pulsed Laser Diode Module

OSI Laser Diode, Inc. (LDI), an OSI Systems Company, will introduce a high power 1650 nm RWG F/P laser diode module, the SCW 1732-BGR, at OFC trade show, March 5 - 7, 2019, in booth #4700 at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California.

From OSI Laser Diode, Inc. 27 Feb 2019

A New World Record Established in Laser-Based Electron Acceleration

A New World Record Established in Laser-Based Electron Acceleration

Merging a first laser pulse to heat up and “drill” into a plasma, and another to speed up electrons to extremely high energies in just tens of centimeters, researchers have virtually doubled the earlier record for laser-based particle acceleration.

26 Feb 2019

New Thin-Film Perfect Light Absorbers Could Be Useful for High-Tech Applications

New Thin-Film Perfect Light Absorbers Could Be Useful for High-Tech Applications

Scientists have learned that the early method of heating metal to produce vibrant colors forms a nanostructured surface that acts as a perfect light absorber.

21 Feb 2019

Researchers Exploit PEC Cells for Production of High Added-Value Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals

Researchers Exploit PEC Cells for Production of High Added-Value Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells are extensively researched for the transformation of solar energy into chemical fuels. They use photoanodes and photocathodes to “split” water into oxygen and hydrogen, respectively.

19 Feb 2019

AccuFiz Infrared Interferometers for IR Optics and Precision Surfaces

AccuFiz Infrared Interferometers for IR Optics and Precision Surfaces

AccuFiz infrared interferometers provide accurate measurement of IR optics and precision surfaces.

From 4D Technology

Why CRDS Gas Analyzers are Critical for High Purity Gas

Why CRDS Gas Analyzers are Critical for High Purity Gas

CRDS gas analyzers are key to analyzing trace and high purity gases.

From TIGER OPTICS™

OptiCool® - Magneto-optical cryostat

OptiCool® - Magneto-optical cryostat

OptiCool® offers 360-degree optical access with a 7 Tesla cryostat design.

From Quantum Design

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