Editor’s Picks

  1. Fiberguide's New FD-80 Laser Connectors Provide Unmatched Power Handling 8/21/2012

    Fiberguide Industries’ new FD-80 high power keyed connector delivers unprecedented power handling up to 750 watts. The new assembly is designed for the demanding power requirements of industrial laser systems used for cutting, drilling, marking and welding.

  2. Using Next-Generation Thin-Film Optical Filters For Fluorescence Imaging And Detection Systems 5/23/2016

    Within any fluorescence application, there are three basic filters that are needed for operation – the excitation filter, the emission filter, and the beamsplitter. This white paper further discusses the use of Alluxa’s thin-film optical filters in fluorescence imaging and detection systems.

  3. Leica Microsystems And NKT Photonics Sign Supercontinuum Laser Supply Contract 11/26/2015

    Leica Microsystems signed a 14-month supply contract with NKT Photonics to deliver significant numbers of its market leading SuperK EXTREME supercontinuum lasers.

  4. Lambda Research Previews Fluorescence Modeling Capability For TracePro Optical Design Software 8/15/2006
    With the capability to simulate fluorescence, TracePro addresses the rigorous design challenges inherent in fluorescence based optical systems across the breadth of life science applications including biosensing, in-vitro and in-vivo medical diagnostics, spectroscopy, microarrays, flow cytometry and microscopy.
  5. Dentin Nanostructures – A Super-Natural Phenomenon 6/2/2016

    Dentin is one of the most durable biological materials in the human body. Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to show that the reason for this can be traced to its nanostructures and specifically to the interactions between the organic and inorganic components.

  6. UCSB Physicists Mix Two Lasers To Create Light At Many Frequencies 3/30/2012
    A team of physicists at UC Santa Barbara has seen the light, and it comes in many different colors. By aiming high- and low-frequency laser beams at a semiconductor, the researchers caused electrons to be ripped from their cores, accelerated, and then smashed back into the cores they left behind.
  7. StockerYale Presents Six New Specialty Optical Fibers At OFC 2003 3/26/2003
    StockerYale, Inc., an independent leading designer and manufacturer of specialty optical fiber, presents its new line of Bend Insensitive and Polarization Maintaining Fibers at OFC...
  8. Axithra, A Spin-Off Of imec And Ghent University, Raises 10M Euro 9/5/2023

    Axithra, a new spin-off of imec and Ghent University, today announced a 10 million euro seed round, securing the first two years of R&D.

  9. The Path To Artificial Photosynthesis 1/21/2015

    Scientists at the Helmholtz Center for Materials and Energy (HZB) in collaboration with the School of Chemistry and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science at Monash University, Australia, have precisely characterized a manganese catalyst’s electronic states.

  10. Army Scientists Take New Spin On Quantum Research 8/26/2020

    Army researchers discovered a way to further enhance quantum systems to provide Soldiers with more reliable and secure capabilities on the battlefield.