Editor’s Picks

41. Physicists Observe Amplification Of An Optical Signal Within Cubic Nonlinear Nanostructures For The First Time 9/3/2017

    The coherent amplification of a localized optical signal within a planar titanium nitride nanoantenna has been achieved by scientists of Kazan Federal University (under the leadership of Sergey Kharintsev) and physicists from Harvard University, Nazarbayev University, and Imperial College London. The results have been recently published in Nano Letters.

42. New Possibilities For Multiphoton Microscopy From Carl Zeiss 6/25/2012

    Multiphoton confocal microscopes from Carl Zeiss now permit the simultaneous use of two NLO lasers or one laser with an optical parametric oscillator (OPO). Both components are fully integrated and expand the functionality of the multiphoton systems.

43. Terahertz Light Put In Perspective 10/26/2015

    Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have succeeded in using commercially available camera technology to visualise terahertz light. In doing so, they are enabling a low-cost alternative to the procedure available to date, whilst simultaneously increasing the comparative image resolution by a factor of 25.

44. New Method Helps Make Orthotopic Brain-Tumor Imaging Clearer And Faster 6/6/2018

    Nowadays, tumors inside the complex central nervous system remain one of the most challenging cancers to diagnose.

45. Chemists Fabricate Novel Rewritable Paper 12/2/2014

    First developed in China in about the year A.D. 150, paper has many uses, the most common being for writing and printing upon. By Iqbal Pittalwala

46. Tiny Wireless Device Shines Light On Mouse Brain, Generating Reward 4/16/2013

    Using a miniature electronic device implanted in the brain, scientists have tapped into the internal reward system of mice, prodding neurons to release dopamine, a chemical associated with pleasure.

47. Scientists Closer To Making Invisibility Cloak A Reality 3/5/2009
    A paper published in the March 2009 issue of SIAM Review, "Cloaking Devices, Electromagnetic Wormholes, and Transformation Optics," presents an overview of the theoretical developments in cloaking from a mathematical perspective...
48. Cailabs Entrusts Optonyx To Expand Its Market Reach To Scandinavia 5/25/2021

    Cailabs, a French deep tech company that designs, manufactures and sells photonic solutions to fully exploit the industrial potential of beam shaping, has signed a distribution contract for the Scandinavian region with Optonyx, an optics and photonics distribution expert, dealing with components and systems in the field of optics and lasers.

49. Advanced Lighting Technologies Launches Telecom Business Unit 3/1/2000
    Jumping on the telecom bandwagon, Advanced Lighting Technologies Inc. (Cleveland) has formed a Fiber Optic Telecommunications Business Unit (Santa Rosa, CA) to produce passive optical telecommunications devices and components...
50. Russian Physicists Make Toy Asteroids And Blast Them With A Laser 3/13/2018

    A large team of Russian researchers from Rosatom, joined by three MIPT physicists, has modeled the impact of a nuclear explosion on an Earth-threatening asteroid. They manufactured miniature asteroids and blasted them with a laser.