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  1. Princeton Infrared Technologies Announces $1M Award 9/23/2021

    Princeton Infrared Technologies announces $1M award from Air Force Armament Directorate to develop uncooled SWIR camera integrated with BAE Systems’ open seeker architecture for advanced precision targeting.

  2. New Ophir® Laser Power Sensor Measures High Repetition Rate, Short Pulse Industrial Lasers 9/17/2021

    MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, has announced the Ophir® F80(120)A-CM-17, a state-of-the-art thermal sensor for measuring high repetition rate lasers with very short pulses in the nano, pico, and femto second ranges.

  3. Opto Diode Introduces 2-Stage, Cooled Infrared Detector 9/17/2021

    Opto Diode Corporation, an ITW company, introduces the BXT2S-68TE, a thermoelectrically-cooled (TEC), two-stage infrared (IR) detector developed for gas analysis, emissions monitoring, and process control.

  4. The Next Generation Of Glowing Plants 9/17/2021

    Using specialized nanoparticles embedded in plant leaves, MIT engineers have created a light-emitting plant that can be charged by an LED. After 10 seconds of charging, plants glow brightly for several minutes, and they can be recharged repeatedly.

  5. Bright Ideas: 9/15/21 — DoD Gives $7.5M To HBCU, Lasers Used To Zap Bugs & Bird Poop 9/15/2021

    Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, scientists invented a clock 30 times more precise than an atomic clock (and split a $3 million prize for the feat), three new photonics institutes opened up, and rainbow road signs could one day hit the streets.

     

  6. New Compact Xenoplan 1.3” C-Mount Lenses For High Resolution Sensors 9/14/2021

    Schneider-Kreuznach introduces new, compact Xenoplan lenses. The three lenses combine the optical design principle of the Componon lenses with the robust and stable mechanics of the Schneider-Kreuznach C-Mount lenses.

  7. NeoPhotonics Announces Tunable, High Power FMCW Laser And Semiconductor Optical Amplifier For Coherent Lidar In Autonomous Vehicle And Industrial Sensing Applications 9/14/2021

    NeoPhotonics Corporation, a leading developer of silicon photonics and advanced hybrid photonic integrated circuit-based lasers, modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high speed communications networks, today announced a new, tunable high power FMCW (frequency-modulated continuous-wave) laser module and high power semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) chips.

  8. Laser Loops Create Ultrafast Electric Currents In Materials 9/14/2021

    Theoreticians at the MPSD predict that a unique laser source could produce highly controllable electric currents in any bulk material. The team’s work, now published in PRL, yields new insights for the development of ultrafast opto-electronic devices, for more efficient photovoltaics, and for the study of electron behavior in solids.

  9. Accenture And IonQ Collaborate To Accelerate Quantum Computing Into The Enterprise 9/14/2021

    Accenture and IonQ are collaborating to accelerate quantum computing business experimentation in organizations globally and across industries.

  10. Spintronics: Physicists Develop Miniature Terahertz Sources 9/14/2021

    Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Freie Universität Berlin have developed a new, simple approach for generating terahertz radiation. Strong optical laser pulses enable terahertz electromagnetic fields to be generated directly at a specific point.