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31. Advanced Atomic Clock Makes A Better Dark Matter Detector 11/12/2020

    JILA researchers have used a state-of-the-art atomic clock to narrow the search for elusive dark matter, an example of how continual improvements in clocks have value beyond timekeeping.

32. Research Produces Intense Light Beams With Quantum Correlations 11/12/2020

    The properties of quantum states of light are already leveraged by such highly sophisticated leading-edge technologies as those of the latest sensitivity upgrades to LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, deployed to detect gravitational waves since September 2015, or the encryption keys used for satellite on-board security.

33. Raptor Appoints A New Sales Manager 11/12/2020

    Raptor Photonics Ltd, a global manufacturer of SWIR, CCD, EMCCD and CMOS cameras, has announced that Peter Hagen has joined the company as Sales Manager.

34. KYOCERA To Acquire 100% Ownership Of California-Based SLD Laser 11/12/2020

    Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo Tanimoto, hereafter “Kyocera”) today announced that it has concluded an agreement with California, U.S.-based SLD Laser (formally named Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.) to acquire 100% ownership of SLD Laser.

35. Southampton Researchers Develop World's First All-Silicon Optical Transmitter At 100Gbps 11/12/2020

    Silicon photonics researchers from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have demonstrated the first all-silicon optical transmitter at 100Gbps and beyond without the use of digital signal processing.

36. New Laser Annealing Technology Used To Tailor Optoelectrical Properties Of Indium Tin Oxide Thin Films 11/12/2020

    Recently, researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) used a high-efficiency and selective quasi-continuous (QCW) laser annealing technology to tailor the carriers of the indium tin oxide (ITO) film and achieved a significant transmittance improvement of the ITO film in the near-infrared (NIR) band while maintaining its original conductivity.

37. Highly Sensitive Detection Of Circularly Polarized Light Without A Filter 11/12/2020

    Under JST Strategic Basic Research Programs, PRESTO researcher Ayumi Ishii, (Toin University of Yokohama, specially appointed lecturer) has developed a photodiode using a crystalline film composed of lead perovskite compounds with organic chiral molecules to detect circularly polarized light without a filter.

38. Attosecond Boost For Electron Microscopy 11/11/2020

    Electron microscopes provide deep insight into the smallest details of matter and can reveal, for example, the atomic configuration of materials, the structure of proteins or the shape of virus particles.

39. ‘Bending’ Light To Engineer Improved Optical Devices And Circuits 11/11/2020

    Rainbows are formed when light bends — or refracts — as it enters and exits a water droplet. The amount that the light bends depends on the color of the light, resulting in white light being separated into a beautiful spectrum of colors.

40. Easy Monochromator For Ultraviolet Light 11/10/2020

    McPherson is excited to launch the improved compact Model 234/302 monochromator. A monochromator separates light into constituent wavelengths, usually with narrow spectral bandwidth. The Model 234/302 does that very well, hundreds are installed around the world.