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1. Raptor SWIR Cameras Improve Productivity For The Remote Sensing Of Vegetation 1/14/2021

   Forage Mass Monitoring (FFM) analysis has been traditionally done using biomass sampling to calculate biomass yield per hectare. Raptor Photonics has recently published an application note showing how reflectance spectroscopy methods using drone based remote sensing systems are now being used to derive well-established vegetation indices (VIs) more efficiently than biomass sampling.

2. Blue-Light Stride In Perovskite-Based LEDs 1/14/2021

   Researchers at Linköping University have developed efficient blue light-emitting diodes based on halide perovskites. “We are very excited about this breakthrough”, says Feng Gao, professor at Linköping University. The new LEDs may open the way to cheap and energy-efficient illumination.

3. Researchers Develop Laser-Based Process To 3D Print Detailed Glass Objects 1/12/2021

   Researchers have developed a new laser-based process for 3D printing intricate parts made of glass. With further development, the new method could be useful for making complex optics for vision, imaging, illumination or laser-based applications.

4. Edmund Optics® And UltraFast Innovations Partner To Provide Global Access To The Highest-Precision Laser Optics 1/11/2021

   UltraFast Innovations (UFI), a manufacturer of high-precision laser optics products, has partnered with Edmund Optics® (EO) to provide global access to industry-leading laser optics for the most demanding applications.

5. Using Light To Revolutionize Artificial Intelligence 1/11/2021

   Artificial neural networks, layers of interconnected artificial neurons, are of great interest for machine learning tasks such as speech recognition and medical diagnosis. Actually, electronic computing hardware are nearing the limit of their capabilities, yet the demand for greater computing power is constantly growing.

6. Light-Based Processors Boost Machine-Learning Processing 1/8/2021

   An international team of scientists have developed a photonic processor that uses rays of light inside silicon chips to process information much faster than conventional electronic chips. Published in Nature, the breakthrough study was carried out by scientists from EPFL, the Universities of Oxford, Münster, Exeter, Pittsburgh, and IBM Research – Zurich.

7. Affordable, High Performance Beam Collimators 1/7/2021

   Optical Surfaces Ltd. announce a new series of high-performance beam collimators designed for Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) testing of optical systems.

8. Printed Miniature Loudspeaker With A Future Perspective 1/7/2021

   It has six corners and is about the size of a 1-cent piece: In an additive manufacturing process, miniature loudspeakers as part of piezoelectric, microelectromechanical systems - so-called piezo-MEMS - can be efficiently and cost-effectively manufactured using a combination of inkjet printing and laser technology.

9. High-Flux Table-Top Source For Femtosecond Hard X-Ray Pulses 1/6/2021

   A novel laser-driven X-ray source provides femtosecond copper Kα pulses at a 1 kHz repetition rate with an unprecedented flux of some 10¹² X-ray photons per second.

10. Researchers Develop Broadband X-Ray Source Needed To Perform New Measurements At NIF 1/6/2021

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have developed an X-ray source that can diagnose temperature in experiments that probe conditions like those at the very center of planets.