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Software Update with New Features and Trial Month for the AI Training Software

Users of the all-in-one embedded vision system IDS NXT ocean now have a whole range of new features at their disposal.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 23 Feb 2022

New Low-Cost Device Manipulates Light and Fluid for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers from ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences and IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, both in Spain, have demonstrated a new low-cost portable instrument that manipulates light and fluid for fast and reliable detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva samples.

23 Feb 2022

New UV Adhesives Improve the Integration of Holographic Films in Augmented Reality HUDs

DELO has developed DELO PHOTOBOND UV acrylates for optoelectronics that enable fast and true-color bonding of holographic films manufactured by Covestro, one of the leading suppliers of films for holographic applications.

From DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA 18 Feb 2022

Ultrahigh Performance Atomic Clock Could Pave the Way to Novel Physics Discoveries

Physicists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created one of the maximum performance atomic clocks ever. They report their development in the February 16th issue of the journal Nature.

17 Feb 2022

A Terahertz Metalens for Reversible Conversion Between Linear and Arbitrary Circular Polarization

In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, researchers from Tianjin University, China and Capital Normal University, China, discuss dynamic phase assembled terahertz metalens for reversible conversion between linear polarization and arbitrary circular polarization.

17 Feb 2022

Mirrorcle Technologies Concludes successful SPIE Photonics West 2022

The world leading manufacturer of MEMS-based optical beam-steering products and system solutions, Mirrorcle Technologies, announces the successful completion of the first live, in-person, Photonics West after the cancellation of the 2021 show.

From Mirrorcle Technologies 17 Feb 2022

Rice University Research Reveals a New Way of Controlling Phonons

Phonons are collective atomic vibrations, or quasiparticles, that act as the main heat carriers in a crystal lattice. Under certain circumstances, their properties can be modified by electric fields or light. But until now, nobody noticed they can respond to magnetic fields as well.

16 Feb 2022

Latest Advances in Photonics Focuses on Light–Matter Interactions in Time-Varying Media

At the interface between two media, light is partly reflected backwards into the medium where it came from and partly transmitted into the neighboring medium, like a light ray entering a sparkling pool of water.

15 Feb 2022

Hybrid Photoreceptors Could Lead to the Development of Efficient Artificial Retina Network

Tiny biomimetic devices are indispensable for human-inspired robotics and computing applications. A paradigm change from sensing to perception, aided by machine learning and deep neural networks, could revolutionize perceptive intelligence such as computer vision and voice processing.

15 Feb 2022

Study Reports a New Approach Towards the Fabrication of Inorganic Solar Cells

Displayed over roof tops and in solar farms, silicon-based solar cells are, so far, one of the most efficient systems in generating electricity from sunlight, but their fabrication can be expensive and energy demanding, aside from being heavy and bulky.

15 Feb 2022