Editor’s Picks

  1. Physicists Squeeze Light To The Fundamental Quantum Limit 1/12/2009
    A team of University of Toronto physicists have demonstrated a new technique to squeeze light to the fundamental quantum limit, a finding that has potential applications for high-precision measurement, next-generation atomic clocks, novel quantum computing and our most fundamental understanding of the universe.
  2. SPIE and CLP Publish Inaugural Issue Of Advanced Photonics Nexus 9/23/2022

    Advanced Photonics Nexus, a new international, Gold Open Access journal co-published by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Chinese Laser Press (CLP), has published its inaugural issue.

  3. Down To The Wire: Berkeley Lab Researchers Develop Inexpensive Technique For Making High Quality Nanowire Solar Cells 9/2/2011
    Solar or photovoltaic cells represent one of the best possible technologies for providing an absolutely clean and virtually inexhaustible source of energy to power our civilization.
  4. Spectrocam Multispectral Camera To Appear In ABC's "Zero Hour" 2/13/2013

    PIXELTEQ’s SpectroCam™ multispectral camera will be used in an upcoming episode of ABC’s new "Zero Hour" television series. "Zero Hour," an adventure thriller, premieres tomorrow, Feb.14, and the SpectroCam is expected to appear in the third episode, “Pendulum,” on Thursday, February 28 at 8 p.m. EST / 7 p.m. CST.

  5. Nanotechnology At TU Ilmenau Boosted By AIXTRON Dual Reactor 6/29/2005
    AIXTRON AG announced the delivery of an AIXTRON system to the Center for Micro- and Nanotechnologies at the Technical University of Ilmenau (TU Ilmenau), Germany. The new AIXTRON system featuring a dual reactor 200/200 RF will be used for research in the field of nanotechnology which aims at the growth of hetero and nanostructures based on silicon carbide, metal oxides and group-III-nitrides for novel nanoelectronic devices and sensor technology...
  6. Light-Induced Magnetic Waves In Materials Engineered At The Atomic Scale 7/6/2015

    A new study discovers how the sudden excitation of lattice vibrations in a crystal can trigger a change of the magnetic properties of an atomically-thin layer that lies on its surface.

  7. UV Solutions Beyond Disinfection 7/27/2021

    LASER COMPONENTS is expanding its portfolio of UV LEDs with products from the South Korean manufacturer Photon Wave. Founded in 2016, the company specialises in the production of UVB and UVC LED chips with and without SMD housings.

  8. White Paper: Performance Improvements In Back Panel Display Lighting Using Near-Lambertian Diffuse High-Reflectance Materials 7/10/2008
    LCD backlighting applications require diffuse illumination over an extended area of a display unit while maintaining high luminance levels. Since such applications involve multiple reflections within a reflective cavity, the efficiency of the cavity can be affected significantly by relatively small changes in the reflectance of the cavity material. This paper describes a method for measuring the specular component of such materials, and presents a simple approach to evaluating the effect of such secondary specular behavior on the performance of a backlight cavity.
  9. New PixelCam™ Cameras Capture Real-Time SWIR Multispectral Images 12/5/2012

    PIXELTEQ has introduced PixelCam™, the first commercially available “snapshot” multispectral cameras for shortwave infrared (SWIR) analysis up to 1700 nm. The cameras harness SWIR’s powerful imaging by simultaneously acquiring four or more standard and custom spectral bands with a single camera, enabling extraction of spectral information not noticeable with panchromatic SWIR devices. This feature makes the PixelCam especially useful for applications in biomedical imaging, process control and high-contrast security and surveillance environments.

  10. Academics At Royal Holloway Establish UK's First Superconducting Quantum Bit Foundry 5/12/2015

    Professor Oleg Astafiev, jointly appointed Professor at Royal Holloway and Visiting Professor at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), and his team of researchers, have designed, built and operated the first working superconducting qubit devices in the UK.