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1. Colloidal Quantum Dot Laser Diodes Are Just Around The Corner 1/15/2020

   Los Alamos scientists have incorporated meticulously engineered colloidal quantum dots into a new type of light emitting diodes (LEDs) containing an integrated optical resonator, which allows them to function as lasers.

2. LASER COMPONENTS Takes The Initiative - Application For RoHS Exemption For PbX Detectors Completed 1/14/2020

   Together with customers at home and abroad, LASER COMPONENTS has taken a leading role in the industry and made every effort to ensure that the supply of PbX detectors remains secure. These companies have applied for exemption from the RoHS regulations in Brussels.

3. Tuning Optical Resonators Gives Researchers Control Over Transparency 1/14/2020

   In the quantum realm, under some circumstances and with the right interference patterns, light can pass through opaque media.

4. Divorce In A One-Dimensional World 1/14/2020

   Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics have experimentally confirmed a fifty year old prediction about the (in)separability of an electron's spin and electric charge using a specialised quantum simulator. The result is now published in "Science".

5. VadaTech Announces 1,344Gb/s Fiber FMC+ Module 1/14/2020

   VadaTech, a leading manufacturer of integrated systems, embedded boards, enabling software and application-ready platforms, announces the FMC259. The FMC259 is an FPGA Mezzanine Module per VITA 57.4 (FMC+) specification with dual Board-Mount Optical Assemblies, each providing 24 channel full-duplex transceivers capable of up to 28.1 Gb/s per channel (more than 1344Gb/s total bi-directional).

6. Nano-Objects Of Desire: Assembling Ordered Nanostructures In 3-D 1/13/2020

   Using shape-programmable DNA frames, scientists established a new nanofabrication platform for directing nanomaterial components of different natures (inorganic and biological) into 3-D arrays with prescribed organizations; they then demonstrated the enhanced optical and catalytic functionalities possible with this platform

7. At The Pulse Of A Light Wave 1/11/2020

   Physicists from the Attosecond Physics Laboratory at the LMU and the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics have developed a new type of detector with which the course of light waves can be precisely determined.

8. Princeton Infrared Technologies Introduces Megapixel SWIR MVCam 1/10/2020

   PIRT MVCam, ideal for high-resolution, high-speed machine vision and microscopy applications, will be showcased at SPIE BiOS booth #8051, February 1 - 2, 2020 and at Photonics West booth #3180 February 4 - 6, 2020, San Francisco, CA.

9. Quanta System SpA On The Way To Introduce Its New ‘UHPTDL’ Lithotripsy Technology In H2 2020 1/10/2020

   Quanta System SpA (El.En. Group – Mid Cap Star Segment of the Italian Stock Exchange – ELN.MI) announces today a very important milestone in developing a new laser technology, named UHPTDL, planned to be launched in the second half of 2020.

10. Unexpected Twist In A Quantum System 1/10/2020

    Physicists at ETH Zurich have observed a surprising twist in a quantum system caused by the interplay between energy dissipation and coherent quantum dynamics. To explain it, they found a concrete analogy to mechanics.