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Parts of PCF Technology of NKT Photonics Licensed to GLphotonics

NKT Photonics has declared that certain parts of its Photonic Crystal Fiber technology have been licensed to GLOphotonics. Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Bath have developed this technology.

16 Dec 2011

MIT Researchers Design World’s Slowest Fastest Camera

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a novel imaging system that has the capability to make light look “slow”.

14 Dec 2011

Pittcon Announce Recipients of 2012 Awards for Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy

The Pittcon 2012 Program Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of 11 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy.

From Pittcon 13 Dec 2011

OxySense Release New Optical Oxygen Monitoring Systems

OxySense, Inc., the leading supplier of optical oxygen monitoring systems announced the release of a high temperature and low temperature version of its state of the art OxySense 5000.

12 Dec 2011

Researchers Develop Ultrasensitive Method by Coupling Atoms to Light in Glass Fiber

A research team led by Professor Arno Rauschenbeutel Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, in partnership with the researchers at the Johannes Gutenberg University has developed an ultrasensitive method by controllably coupling single atoms to light within ultra-thin fiber glass having a thickness of 500 nm, paving the way to develop detectors that are capable of sensing ultra-trace amounts of materials.

9 Dec 2011

Scientists Develop Optical Method to Analyze Toxicity of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles

In order to study the toxic effects on skin by zinc oxide nanoparticles, the commonly used ingredient in sunscreen products, a team of researchers from Switzerland and Australia has devised an optical method to quantitatively examine the zinc oxide nanoparticle concentration level at various skin depths.

3 Dec 2011

Surmet of Burlington Receives Phase I SBIR Program for ALON Optical Ceramic Research

The US Department of Energy presented Surmet of Burlington, with a Phase I SBIR program named Durable ALON Windows for High Power RF Accelerator Applications. ALON (Aluminum Oxynitride) is a synthetic ceramic which includes mechanical, electrical, physical, chemical and optical properties.

2 Dec 2011

Optical Lattice System Exhibits Topological Semimetal Quantum State

Laser light traps atoms, which enable simulation of solid state systems, which also serves as a base for discovering quantum matter and other new phenomena.

30 Nov 2011

Aurrion to Develop Electronic-Photonic Integration Through DARPA Contract

Aurrion, a silicon photonic device provider, has been granted a $13.9M defense advanced research projects agency (DARPA) R&D contract for several years, through the electronic-photonic heterogeneous integration (E-PHI) program.

30 Nov 2011

Strategic Partnership to Commercialize Advanced Silicon Photonic Devices for Optical Communications

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME) has inked a strategic partnership with Alcatel-Lucent Bell Laboratories and GLOBALFOUNDRIES to commercialize advanced silicon chips that were designed as part of its Silicon Photonics research platform to promote high-bandwidth and high-speed optical communications.

29 Nov 2011