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Nanoantennas improve optomechanical thermal IR sensing
05/22/2013
Philadelphia, PA--A team of University of Pennsylvania engineers has created a pattern of nanoantennas that turn infrared light into mechanical action, which could lead to more-sensitive infrared (IR) cameras. |
Boston Micromachines awarded NASA grant for exoplanet imaging
05/22/2013
Cambridge, MA--BMC was awarded a contract for more than $500K from NASA's ROSES Technology Development for Exoplanet Missions towards detection and characterization of Earth-like planets around nearby stars. |
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Quantum Dot Enhancement Film (QDEF) brings 50% more color to LCD displays
05/21/2013
St. Paul, MN--A new display film from 3M allows up to 50% more color than current levels in liquid crystal display (LCD) devices. |
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Computer-aided rifle with optical systems aboard begins shipping
05/20/2013
Austin, TX--An optically advanced rifle made by TrackingPoint has begun shipping to invited customers; the first units were delivered at the company's board meeting in Mason, Texas on May 15, 2013. |
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University of Glasgow scientists create 3D images with single-pixel detector
05/17/2013
Glasgow, Scotland--A group at the University of Glasgow has created a single-pixel imaging setup that captures 3D images. |
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Silicon/CNT substrate from NASA JPL improves photocatalytic hydrogen production
05/16/2013
Pasadena, CA--NASA JPL is developing a device for hydrogen gas production based on water-splitting redox reactions facilitated by catalysts stacked on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown on silicon substrates. |
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Sony to commercialize its own form of digital paper
05/15/2013
Tokyo, Japan--Sony has developed a digital-paper device based on electrophoretic technology (the same basic approach as found in the Amazon Kindle reader, whose display is made by E-Ink of Cambridge, MA, the company that first ...
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Doped quantum dots yield amazing dye colors
05/13/2013
Chicago, IL--UIC researchers have developed a way to introduce precisely four copper "guest" ions into each and every quantum dot to produce spectacular colors. |
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Plasmonics could lead to paint-on organic photovoltaics
05/13/2013
Buffalo, NY--Qiaoqiang Gan, University at Buffalo assistant professor of electrical engineering, and his team are developing photovoltaic (PV) cells that cost less to manufacture than existing devices. |
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Insect eyes inspire hemispherical digital camera
05/08/2013
Evanston, IL--An interdisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University has developed a hemispherical digital camera inspired by the complex fly eye. |
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OPTICS MANUFACTURING: Turning design into reality
04/26/2013
The creation of a functional and economical optical component or system arises not just from good optical design, but also from the vast store of accumulated knowledge gained from manufac...
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Green Lasers
An area of the visible spectrum traditionally filled by argon-ion, helium-neon, and dye lasers, the green region is now being served by a number of compact, ...
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Optical Coating Design
We cover basic structures, conventions and techniques in optical coating design. Optical interference effects in thin layers, together with the optical prope...
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Laser Diode Technology and ApplicationsThis webcast provides participants with an overview of laser diode technology and applications. Speakers
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Assessing Camera Image Quality using the Imaging Gauge Quality Test System
This webcast will cover the IMAGING GAUGE™ quality test system was developed by APPLIED IMAGE, Inc. to address the growing need to standardize the asses...
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How to Use the Zemax Black Box Surface
The Zemax Black Box surface solves the problem of how to share optical design data without revealing design secrets. Sharing optical design data has previous...
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Life Sciences - Zemax Models of the Human Eye
There have been literally dozens of eye models published over more than 150 years,
from very simple “reduced” eyes consisting of a single refracting surface ...
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How to Reduce Motor Size by Integrating Accurate, Low Cost Piezo Motors
Today’s challenge is to make electronic applications smaller, cheaper and more accurate. PCBMotor builds accurate and high resolution, motors directly onto t...
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OPTICS MANUFACTURING: Turning design into reality
The creation of a functional and economical optical component or system arises not just from good optical design, but also from the vast store of accumulated...
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BIOMEDICAL IMAGING: Multiphoton microscopy conquers the limitations of traditional live cell imaging
Although confocal microscopy is well established as the most accessible way to image live cells in high resolution, multiphoton microscopy is emerging as the...
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Laser beam measurement: the key to optimum system design and operation
The laser is a precision tool -- and thus its potential can only truly be unlocked when its beam characteristics are precisely known. Selecting the instrumen...
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