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M Squared Lasers partners with Fraunhofer on environmental monitoring research

05/24/2013 Glasgow, Scotland--M Squared Lasers launched a research partnership with the Glasgow hub of the Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics that could improve the way environmental bodies and industry monitors waste gas emissions.

Nanosystem "forest" from Berkeley Lab achieves artificial photosynthesis

05/23/2013 Berkeley, CA--Berkeley Lab scientists reported the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis--a breakthrough much welcomed considering that atmospheric carbon dioxide is at its highest levels in at least t...

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.

Stanford physicists develop very efficient electrically pumped polariton laser

05/21/2013

Palo Alto, CA--An international research team led by Stanford University's Yoshihisa Yamamoto has demonstrated an electrically driven polariton laser that could significantly improve the efficiency of lasers.

Two-photon optogenetic tool promising for brain mapping

05/17/2013 A researcher at the University of Texas at Arlington has developed a fiber-optic, two-photon optogenetic stimulator that could help scientists map and track the interactions between neurons inside different areas of the brain.

Nanostructures take the color out of thin-film interference between inner interfaces

05/16/2013 Raleigh, NC--Inspired (as are many photonics researchers) by the structure of moth eyes, researchers at North Carolina State University (NC State) have developed nanostructures that limit reflection at the interfaces where two ...

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.

Femtosecond lasers to replace trephine drills in cranial bone removal

05/14/2013

Dresden, Germany--Because a trephine drill can injure the outermost layer of the brain and lead to meningitis, researchers at several Fraunhofer Institutes intend to replace the trephine with a femtosecond laser.

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.

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.

Solid-state single-photon sources improve with temporal filtering

05/10/2013 Gaithersburg, MD--An international collaboration led by NIST researchers has demonstrated a temporal filtering approach that improves the performance of triggered single-photon sources based on solid-state quantum emitters.

Invisible photonic pattern could stop counterfeit clothing

05/09/2013

Gothenburg, Sweden--Chalmers University of Technology has found a way to differentiate between designer clothing and knockoffs: a photonic textile.

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.

For storing light in optical resonators, chaos proves superior to order

05/07/2013 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia--In a collaboration led by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), researchers have found that chaos (in other words, a hypersensitivity to initial conditions) can beat order when it...

Study supports tissue fluorescence visualization technology for oral cancer detection

05/07/2013 Tissue fluorescence visualization technology developer LED Medical Diagnostics is part of a recent clinical study documenting the ability of the company's VELscope Vx Enhanced Oral Assessment adjunctive technology to detect can...

Tunable deep-UV supercontinuum source launched by NKT Photonics

05/07/2013

Birkeroed, Denmark--NKT Photonics will demonstrate the world's first tunable deep-UV supercontinuum-powered light source at LASER World of Photonics 2013 in Munich.

NIST uses laser frequency combs to wirelessly transport ultraprecise time signals

05/06/2013

Boulder, CO--NIST researchers have transferred ultraprecise time signals through open air by bouncing eye-safe laser pulses off a mirror on a hillside.

Photonics21 releases roadmap to photonics research and innovation priorities

05/03/2013 Brussels, Belgium--At the Photonics21 Annual Meeting the group presented the Photonics Multiannual Strategic Roadmap Towards 2020 – Photonics Driving Economic Growth in Europe to Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Co...

NIR-fluorescing dye enables improved brain study

05/03/2013

A team of French researchers have developed a dye that fluoresces in the near-infrared (NIR) and can pass through the skin, enabling brain study with unprecedented detail.

MOSIS teams with imec, Tyndall, and ePIXfab on silicon photonics

05/03/2013

Leuven, Belgium--IC fabricator MOSIS has teamed with ePIXfab to enable collaboration with imec and the Tyndall National Institute on producing silicon photonics.

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