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New Fabrication Method for Miniaturizing Interference-Based Devices

A microchip to map the back of the eye for disease diagnosis has been used by researchers in Christine Hendon’s and Michal Lipson’s study groups at Columbia University, New York.

18 Sep 2019

Light and Sound Waves Combined in Silicon Chips for Novel Signal Processing

The digital era is enabled by integrated circuits in silicon. Now, with the advent of photonics—components used for producing, guiding, and detecting light—the abilities of electronic circuits have been expanded even more.

17 Sep 2019

Creation and Control of Light Crystals

Optical microresonators turn laser light into ultrashort pulses moving around the resonator’s circumference. These pulses, known as “dissipative Kerr solitons,” can propagate in the microresonator keeping their shape.

10 Sep 2019

Novel Optical Ruler can Compute Down to the Nanoscale

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have formulated a novel way to compute distances at the nanoscale—one nanometer is one-billionth of a meter—with the use of light.

6 Sep 2019

Inhibition of Light Scattering Could Improve Fiber Optic Communication

A technique for redirecting misfit light waves to minimize energy loss in the process of optical data transmission has been developed by engineers from the University of Illinois.

13 Aug 2019

Innovative Camera can Reconstruct Moving Objects Hidden Around Corners

David Lindell, a graduate student in electrical engineering at Stanford University, wore a high visibility tracksuit and began to work, stretching, hopping, and walking across an empty room. Through a camera pointed away from Lindell—at what seemed to be a blank wall—his co-workers could observe all his actions.

30 Jul 2019

Best Assembly Idea 2019 for VERPOSE

A.R.T. GmbH's solution VERPOSE® wins the 1st prize at the German Assembly Congress.

From Advanced Realtime Tracking GmbH 26 Jul 2019

Design and Control Software Update: Meet Updated PHAROS

Today the largest manufacturer of femtosecond Optical Parametric Amplifiers (OPAs) and Non-Collinear OPAs (NOPAs) Lithuania based company LIGHT CONVERSION is releasing update for femtosecond lasers PHAROS with new software interface and integrated power supply.

From Light Conversion 29 Jun 2019

ART Announces New SMARTTRACK Model

A.R.T. GmbH (ART), a leading manufacturer of high-end optical tracking systems for Virtual and Augmented Reality, announces a new version of their bestseller for small tracking areas SMARTTRACK3.

From Advanced Realtime Tracking GmbH 29 Jun 2019

Acacia Communications and Lumentum Demonstrate 200G Interoperability in CFP2-DCO Form Factor

Acacia Communications, Inc., a leading provider of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products, and Lumentum Holdings Inc., a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, today jointly announced that they have successfully demonstrated interoperability between their respective CFP2-DCO modules operating at 200G.

From Lumentum Operations LLC 26 Jun 2019