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New Sol-Gel Inks Produce 3-D Metal Oxide Structures with Nanoscale Features

New sol-gel inks developed by researchers at the University of Illinois can be printed into patterns to produce three-dimensional structures of metal oxides with nanoscale features.

15 Oct 2007

Researchers Unveiled World's First High-Power Self-Mode-Locked Ceramic Laser

Researchers from Singapore, China and Japan have unveiled what they believe to be the first high-power self-mode-locked ceramic laser. The team says its simple approach can be applied to other high-power lasers, particularly those emitting at wavelengths where mode-locking elements such as semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) are not available. (Optics Letters 32 2741)

15 Oct 2007

Air Force Funding Research in Creation of Airborne Laser Weapons

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is funding research at the University of Notre Dame to advance the knowledge of near-field aero-optic deviations and their effect on directed energy.

15 Oct 2007

MRC Optics Awarded Precision Optical Components Contract from Lockheed Martin

Photonic Products Group, Inc. , announced today that its MRC Optics subsidiary was awarded a firm-fixed price contract for precision optical components from Lockheed Martin in Orlando, Fla. The components are high-precision aluminum, beryllium, and beryllium alloy optical mirrors for Lot 4 production requirements on the Arrowhead(R) electro-optical system.

15 Oct 2007

New Fiber Optics-Based Extender Delivers Multiple High-Speed USB 2 Peripherals

At the 123rd AES Convention in New York City, Gefen introduced a new fiber optics-based extender that delivers multiple high-speed USB 2 peripherals over long distances, enabling a remote workstation capable of accessing a computer from up to 1,640 feet away.

14 Oct 2007

Researchers Produced Material That Can Bend Light in Opposite Direction

A Princeton-led research team has created an easy-to-produce material from the stuff of computer chips that has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite direction from all naturally occurring materials. This startling property may contribute to significant advances in many areas, including high-speed communications, medical diagnostics and detection of terrorist threats.

14 Oct 2007

Optical Lase Improves Flow-Cytometery Experiments

The first application of optical supercontinuum lasers in flow-cytometry was reported in a recent Nature publication by researchers at National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the US National Institute of Health. The experiments were conducted using Fianium's SC450 white light source based on an ultrafast high power fiber laser integrated with photonic crystal fiber.

14 Oct 2007

Blue LED Offers Stronger Light Emission

Optical components could benefit from a blue LED which offers enhanced coupling efficiency, stronger light emission, and a more uniform optical power output.

12 Oct 2007

New Type of Electronic Ink Based on Photonic Crystals Under Development

The Toronto based Start-Up Company Opalux has developed a new type of electronic ink, based on photonic crystals called P-ink. The new crystal-based e-paper can display colors in a way that current technology has not enabled until now. This promising technology, which is just taking its first steps, could become commercial within the next two years, promising low power consuming, low cost, color rich, electronic paper displays.

11 Oct 2007

Fiber-optic Maker Received Research Grant to Develop Fiber That Can Transmit One terabit of Data per Second

An Upper Macungie Township maker of fiber-optic components is one of 69 companies to receive research grants from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

11 Oct 2007