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Prism sheet lets in more sunlight in winter, less in summer
06/19/2013
Tokyo, Japan--Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. have developed an optical sheet that blocks sunlight in summer and lets it through in winter. |
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Microphone listens and locates sound sources with optical position sensors
06/18/2013
Oslo, Norway--A millimeter-sized optical position detector developed by scientists at SINTEF’s Micro and Nano Fabrication Facility(MiNaLab) is aimed at making microphones hypersensitive. |
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Laser tweezers manipulate protein nanocrystals
06/17/2013
Didcot, England--A new process for using laser tweezers developed at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC's) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory will help streamline protein microcrystal selection for biosciences re...
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Infinera PICs exceed one billion failure-free hours
06/17/2013
Sunnyvale, CA--Infinera announced that its photonic integrated circuits (PICs) recently surpassed one billion hours of failure-free operation in live networks worldwide. |
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UPC researchers create inexpensive ultra thin silicon wafers
06/12/2013
Barcelona, Spain--A group at the Nanoengineering Research Centre (CRNE) and the Department of Electronic Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) has found a way to make the manufacture of silicon-based dev...
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Lightwave Logic and UCB complete first optical structures for integrated optical devices
06/10/2013
Newark, DE and Boulder, CO--Lightwave Logic, Inc. (otcqb:LWLG), along with Alan Mickelson and his colleagues at the University of Colorado, Boulder (UCB), have completed the first set of optical structures to be used as the bas...
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OPTICS FOR BIOPHOTONICS: Multivariate optical elements beat bandpass filters in fluorescence analysis
06/10/2013
For cytometry and pathology assays, multivariate optical elements (MOEs) can detect and measure a complex chemical signature in the presence of a strongly interfering fluorescent matrix with high sensitivity and specificity.
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PHOTONIC FRONTIERS: METAMATERIALS AND TRANSFORMATION OPTICS: Will transformation optics be the next optical revolution?
06/10/2013
Transformation optics and metamaterials can make science-fictional invisibility cloaks in the laboratory and promise many other hitherto impossible optical feats-the big challenge now is converting elegant new concepts into pra...
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PHOTOVOLTAICS: Raman spectroscopy monitors thin-film Si PV cell manufacture
06/10/2013
Thin-film silicon (Si) photovoltaics are a combination of amorphous and microcrystalline Si; monitoring the proportions via Raman spectroscopy and high-performance optical filters allows the cells to be optimized during manufac...
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CLEO/Laser Focus World 2013 Innovation Awards
06/10/2013
The 2013 CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Awards program honors the most timely, groundbreaking products in the field of photonics and laser science. |
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Making photonics a priority
06/10/2013
The recent, highly successful LASER World of Photonics tradeshow in Munich makes very clear the international nature of photonics products and applications, and the success of related businesses. |
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'Temporal cloaking' could bring more secure optical communications
06/10/2013
West Lafayette, IN--Researchers at Purdue University have demonstrated a method for "temporal cloaking" of optical communications. |
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