Editor’s Picks

  1. Quantum Networks Advance With Entanglement Of Photons, Solid-State Qubits 8/11/2010
    A team of Harvard physicists led by Mikhail D. Lukin has achieved the first-ever quantum entanglement of photons and solid-state materials.
  2. Flexible Laser Technology The Key To A Mobile Future 11/6/2019

    The world of mobility is changing, the main focus being the electric drive. One thing is clear: electromobility will play a major role in the future. And we are not just talking about cars. Tractors, buses, boats, trains, motorbikes, scooters, bicycles and even planes are all riding the growing wave of electrification.

  3. StellarNet Announces New Line Of Low-Cost Thin Film Measurement Systems 7/23/2009
    StellarNet has announced a new line of surprisingly low cost Thin Film measurement systems. The non-contact thickness measurement systems come complete with the necessary instrumenta-tion and software which includes a large library of materials data to support multilayer (up to 5+), freestanding, rough, and both thick & thin layer structures. By StellarNet, Inc.
  4. New Kind Of Optical Fiber Developed 3/7/2011
    A team of scientists led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University, has developed the very first optical fiber made with a core of zinc selenide -- a light-yellow compound that can be used as a semiconductor.
  5. TRUMPF Venture To Invest In Startup For Optical Mini Microphones 4/26/2022

    Together with other investors, TRUMPF Venture GmbH is investing a total of 15 million euros in sensiBel, a Norwegian startup that has developed an optical MEMS microphone only a few millimeters in size.

  6. Painting With Light: Novel Nanopillars Precisely Control The Color And Intensity Of Transmitted Light 9/4/2020

    By shining white light on a glass slide stippled with millions of tiny titanium dioxide pillars, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have reproduced with astonishing fidelity the luminous hues and subtle shadings of “Girl With a Pearl Earring,” Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece.

  7. A Bathroom That Cleans Itself 2/7/2006
    Cleaning bathrooms may become a thing of the past with new coatings that will do the job for you. The particles work by absorbing ultraviolet light below a certain wavelength, exciting electrons and giving the particles an oxidizing quality stronger than any commercial bleach...
  8. Coherent Introduces New Laser Welding Head With Tactile Seam-Tracking Technology For Electric Vehicle Manufacturing 5/31/2023

    Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in advanced laser processing solutions, today introduced HIGHtactile, a new laser welding head with tactile seam-tracking technology ideal for electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing applications.

  9. TeraXion Introduces New Dispersion Compensation Products 3/30/2007
    TeraXion Inc., a technology leader in performance-defining OEM products used for the generation and conditioning of light signals in mission-critical applications in the Telecom, Defense & Aerospace and Industrial markets, recently introduced a series of innovative new dispersion products
  10. Making X-Ray Microscopy 10 Times Faster 11/19/2018

    Microscopes make the invisible visible. And compared to conventional light microscopes, transmission x-ray microscopes (TXM) can see into samples with much higher resolution, revealing extraordinary details