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Scientists Demonstrate First Chemically Synthesized Optical Switch

Today, scientists from all over the world face the task of creating optical switches. These devices will allow for transmitting information in binary code with the help of light, which in the future will be useful for the development of ultrafast optical memory cells.

19 May 2020

Alluxa Announces New Online Catalog for Fluorescence Filter Sets

Alluxa, Inc.,a global leader in high-performance optical coatings and filters and thin-film deposition technologies,announces an online catalog of fluorescencefilters developed for use in COVID-19 testing devices.

From Alluxa 14 May 2020

Using Phonons to Store, Transfer Information Received from Fiber-Optic Cables

Scientists in Australia and Europe have taken an important step towards removing 'hot' electrons from the data chips that are a driving force in global telecommunications.

8 May 2020

Top 10 Facts from Luxinar to Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Laser Invention

In May 1960, Theodore Maiman first fired his revolutionary ruby laser design which, at the time, was described as “a solution looking for a problem”. Today, we are never far away from lasers, whether they are creating patterns on jeans, scanning our supermarket shopping, powering the internet or performing surgery; lasers are an integral part of our daily lives.

From Luxinar Ltd 6 May 2020

ETRI Develops Ultra-Fast Transmitting/Receiving Optical Engine

Researchers in South Korea have developed ultra-fast transmitting/receiving optical engine that can provide stable and improved data transfer speed for data centers.

30 Apr 2020

Radiant Hosts Webinar with IEEE GlobalSpec Presenting Optical Metrology Systems for Head-Up Display Measurement

Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of test and measurement solutions for lighting and displays, announces that it will host a webinar with IEEE GlobalSpec (Engineering 360) presenting the latest trends in automotive head-up display (HUD) technology, from conventional to augmented reality (AR) HUD.

From Radiant Vision Systems 30 Apr 2020

New Optical Design can Lead to More Energy-Efficient Fiber Communications

According to scientists, optical fiber communications may soon become more energy efficient, thanks to a recent discovery made by a U.S. Army study on optoelectronic devices.

23 Apr 2020

Scientists Demonstrate Laser-Based Microwave Generators

Researchers have recently demonstrated laser-based microwave generators using built-in photonic chips developed at EPFL.

21 Apr 2020

Eindhoven Researchers Present Revolutionary Light-Emitting Silicon

Emitting light from silicon has been the 'Holy Grail' in the microelectronics industry for decades. Solving this puzzle would revolutionize computing, as chips will become faster than ever. Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology now succeeded: they have developed an alloy with silicon that can emit light. The results have been published in the journal Nature. The team will now start creating a silicon laser to be integrated into current chips.

9 Apr 2020