Editor’s Picks

11. New Fabrication Technique Yields Nanoscale UV LEDs 6/12/2007
    Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with scientists from the University of Maryland and Howard University, have developed a technique to create tiny, highly efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from nanowires
12. Basler Launches Fastest Four Megapixel Camera Link Camera 2/19/2009
    Basler Vision Technologies is launching its new A406k camera, which is currently the fastest four megapixel camera with a Camera Link interface.
13. Newport Introduces XPS Optimized G-Code Conversion Software 8/14/2012

    Newport Corporation, a worldwide leader in laser and photonic solutions that Make, Manage and Measure Light, introduces the XPS-GCODE Conversion Software,  a simple and intuitive new interface that works with Newport’s XPS Universal Motion Controller. 

14. IRphotonics Introduces Optical Fiber To Extend MID-IR Transmission Window 3/28/2005
    IRphotonics has introduced a new extended window multimode fiber that stretches the useful optical window well into the 5 µm region
15. Electro-Optical Switch Transmits Data At Record-Low Temperatures 3/16/2017

    A silicon optical switch newly developed at Sandia National Laboratories is the first to transmit up to 10 gigabits per second of data at temperatures just a few degrees above absolute zero. The device could enable data transmission for next-generation superconducting computers that store and process data at cryogenic temperatures.

16. UAH Professor’s Laser Space Energy System Generates a Patent 6/8/2015

    A space-based system that relies on lasers to generate and deliver energy to spacecraft has won a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) professor a U.S. patent and could become a first-line defense against asteroids on a collision course with Earth.

17. New Photonic Material May Facilitate All-Optical Switching And Computing 2/25/2010
    A class of molecules whose size, structure and chemical composition have been optimized for photonic use could provide the demanding combination of properties needed to serve as the foundation for low-power, high-speed all-optical signal processing.
18. EMCORE Consolidates Terrestrial Concentrating Photovoltaics (CPV) Business Into Its Joint Venture, Suncore Photovoltaics 8/6/2012

    EMCORE Corporation (Nasdaq:EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement, subject to closing conditions, to consolidate its terrestrial concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) system engineering and development efforts into its joint venture, Suncore Photovoltaics.

19. Terahertz Technology Enters The Mainstream, Enabling Better Performance In A Wide Range Of Applications 10/13/2015

    A solid state technology platform developed by scientists in Italy and France is said to open the door to the use of THz photonics in a range of applications.

20. Physicist Sees Terahertz Imaging As Ultimate Defense Against Terrorism 4/14/2010
    John Federici, a physics professor at NJIT, sees the use of terahertz rays as a critical technology in the defense against suicide bombers and other terrorist activities. Federici and his research team recently described experimental results from a digital video camera invented in their laboratory that uses a terahertz imaging system.