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Physicists Unveil Novel Process that Promises to Kick-Start Quantum Technology Sector

For years, physicists have been heralding the revolutionary potential of using quantum mechanics to build a new generation of supercomputers, unbreakable codes, and ultra-fast and secure communication networks.

25 Sep 2008

Quantum Dots-Based Laser Technology Receives 2008 Frost + Sullivan Award

Innolume announced today that it received the 2008 Frost + Sullivan North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award. The Award was presented at the 2008 Growth Excellence Awards Banquet on September 16, 2008 in San Francisco, California.

24 Sep 2008

OmniVision Introduces World's First 1/3-inch 8 Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading independent supplier of CMOS image sensors, today introduced the world's first 1/3-inch, 8 megapixel CMOS image sensor. The new OV8810 is the company's first CameraChip product to use its recently launched 1.4 micron OmniBSI(TM) backside illumination technology.

23 Sep 2008

Paving the Way for Next Generation Optical Networks

A new EU-funded project to boost the capacity and efficiency of the next generation of optical networks has just got underway. The PHASORS ('Phase sensitive amplifier systems and optical regenerators and their applications') initiative is funded under the 'Information and communication technology' (ICT) Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to the tune of EUR 3.9 million.

21 Sep 2008

Company to Explore Novel Light Outcoupling Enhancement Technique to Improve Quantum Efficiency

Universal Display Corporation, an innovator behind today's and tomorrow's displays and lighting through its UniversalPHOLED(TM) phosphorescent OLED technology, today announced that it has been awarded a $99,919 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Department's Solid State Lighting program.

17 Sep 2008

Improved Efficiency Could Enable Research, Military and Medical Uses

A bizarre but well-established aspect of quantum physics could open up a new era of electronic detectors and imaging systems that would be far more efficient than any now in existence, according to new insights by an MIT leader in the field.

11 Sep 2008

Researchers Discovered Method for Destroying Tumor Cells Using Nanoparticles and Light

Researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered a method for destroying tumor cells by using nanoparticles and light. Wensha Yang's technique is actually dealing with quantum dots.

11 Sep 2008

Daylight Solutions Establishes New World Record for Broadly Tunable Solid State Mid-IR Laser

Daylight Solutions, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced molecular detection and imaging solutions, today announced that it has established a new world record for a broadly tunable solid state mid-infrared laser source in a commercial product. The company integrated a Quantum Cascade semiconductor gain chip from ALPES lasers (Switzerland) into its own patented tunable external-cavity laser (EC-QCL) system. The result was a single frequency source that tuned across 275 wavenumbers, or 24% of the laser's center wavelength at 8.8µm.

9 Sep 2008

Researchers Found Way to Overcome Key Barrier to the Advent of Super-Fast Quantum Computers

MIT researchers may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking. Ever since Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman first proposed the theory of quantum computing more than two decades ago, researchers have been working to build such a device.

3 Sep 2008

QD Vision Showcases Breakthroughs in Display and Lighting Technology at Conferences

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based solutions for displays and lighting, will address three major upcoming conferences on advances made in quantum dot technology that result in major improvements in color quality, brightness and efficiency for the solid state lighting and display industries.

2 Sep 2008