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OSA Publishing Remains Market Leader in Field of Optics and Photonics

The Optical Society (OSA) announced today that OSA Publishing remains the market leader in the field of optics and photonics. Its portfolio of 17 prestigious subscription-based and open access titles received the most citations (40% of the total) across the 90 titles in the Optics category in the 2015 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2016).

16 Jun 2016

Study Reports First Patient Results Obtained with Hybrid Optical-Gamma Camera

Bigger isn't always better, especially when it comes to a new and surprisingly portable molecular imaging system that combines optical imaging at the surface level and scintigraphy, which captures the physiological function of what lies beneath, announced developers at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).

15 Jun 2016

Reasearchers Describe New Way to Build Terahertz Lasers

Terahertz radiation — the band of electromagnetic radiation between microwaves and visible light — has promising applications in security and medical diagnostics, but such devices will require the development of compact, low-power, high-quality terahertz lasers.

14 Jun 2016

Yale Scientists Find New Way to Amplify Light Waves on Silicon Microchip Using Sound

Yale scientists have found a way to greatly boost the intensity of light waves on a silicon microchip using the power of sound.

14 Jun 2016

MIT Researchers Explore New Mechanism to Modify Diffusivity of Optical Devices

A team of researchers from the Media Lab of MIT and Harvard University is looking at a novel mechanism that can alter the diffusivity of an optical device or the extent to which it disperses light by immersing particles of glass in a fluid.

13 Jun 2016

IXYS’ New High-Power Laser Diode Driver Provides Precision Pulsed Current

IXYS Corporation, a specialist in power semiconductors, mixed-signal and digital ICs for power conversion and motion control applications, announced today the introduction of the PCX-7500-EX high-power laser diode driver/current source by its IXYS Colorado division.

10 Jun 2016

Breakthrough qPAINT Technology Provides Super-Vision to Microscopes

Knowing the exact number of molecules located at specific junctures in cells can be a critical measure of health as well as disease. For example, abnormally high numbers of growth factor receptors on cells can be an indication of cancerous and precancerous states; specific proteins located at the junction where neurons connect in the brain may affect brain function as they accumulate or disperse.

10 Jun 2016

Kanas State University Physicists Develop New Class of Fiber-Based Lasers

A new class of lasers developed by a team that included physics researchers at Kansas State University could help scientists measure distances to faraway targets, identify the presence of certain gases in the atmosphere and send images of the earth from space.

9 Jun 2016

New Flat Lens Could Help Create Exceptionally Small Optical Devices

Researchers have created a new optical lens that is flat, rather than curved like traditional glass lenses. The unique optical properties available from the flat lens could help reduce the size of computer hard drives and create exceptionally small microscopes, among other applications.

8 Jun 2016

Breakthrough Method Could Produce Purer, More Stable Pulses in X-ray Lasers

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have developed a method that could open up new scientific avenues by making the light from powerful X-ray lasers much more stable and its color more pure.

7 Jun 2016