Detectors & Imaging

The laserfocusworld.com Detectors & Imaging channel features articles and other content that discuss components, systems, and applications of detectors and imaging technology.

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Professor Hele Savin (left) and her group used the Micronova micro- and nanofabrication center at Aalto University to fabricate their germanium infrared photodiodes.
Detectors & Imaging

Black germanium boosts infrared photodiode responsivity

Feb. 19, 2025
Researchers create a germanium infrared photodiode that’s 35% more responsive at 1.55 µm—a common wavelength for telecommunications—than its other germanium and indium gallium...
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Detectors & Imaging

SWIR sensors cover the 400- to 2000-nm range

Feb. 17, 2025
Shortwave-infrared (SWIR) sensors combine quantum dot sensor technology with wafer-level packaging.
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Lead researchers Dr. Song Wang (left), a research scientist at SMART DiSTAP, and Dr. Yangyang Han (right), a senior postdoctoral associate at SMART DiSTAP.
Bio&Life Sciences

First-of-its-kind chromatic sensor detects plant distress

Feb. 17, 2025
It’s not always easy to tell if a plant is dehydrated, and sometimes it’s too late to save it. But a sensor designed by an international team of scientists detects distress in...
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Detectors & Imaging

SWIR camera delivers automatic image correction

Feb. 7, 2025
The Q.Cam SWIR camera features quantum-dot SWIR sensor technology, delivering VGA resolution across a spectral range of 400 to 1700 nm.
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Gii: A pure, porous three-dimensional carbon nanostructure poised to revolutionize sensing.
Detectors & Imaging

Breakthrough material for broadband photodetectors: Gii

Feb. 6, 2025
A sustainable carbon nanomaterial “Gii” is poised to revolutionize broadband photodetectors because it can absorb the full spectrum of light—from ultraviolet to infrared.
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Detectors & Imaging

Confocal Raman microscope supports multimodal imaging techniques

Dec. 21, 2024
The Apollo M confocal Raman microscope is designed for materials research, nanotechnology, and semiconductor analysis.
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Software & Accessories

AI image analysis software helps solve complex vision tasks

Dec. 13, 2024
pylon AI image analysis software includes the pylon AI Platform for Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) and four pylon AI vTools.
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Depiction of the adaptive sampling scheme, in which a laser beam patterned by a digital micromirror device selectively illuminates neurons and their activity in brain tissue.
Bio&Life Sciences

Two-photon microscope cracks neural networks code

Dec. 13, 2024
A novel fluorescence microscope offers enhanced insight into how different neurons in the brain communicate and interact.
FIGURE 1. Schematic of the HDSP setup (a), printed parts with line cross-section and different extrusion paths for parts 1-3 (b), and a complex object in 4 with the shown pressure pattern in the inset.
Detectors & Imaging

Holographic direct sound printing: Sound waves revolutionize 3D printing

Dec. 11, 2024
Holographic direct sound printing (HDSP) is an innovative advancement in sound-based 3D printing technology that uses a patterned acoustic field to create complex shapes with ...