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  1. Towards Ultra-Sensitive Diagnostic Chips 6/18/2020

    An international team, led by Swinburne researchers, has developed an ultra-thin nanostructure gold film – or metasurface – with the potential to revolutionise next-generation bio-sensing chips.

  2. Not All Lights Are the Same: High-Performance Disinfection - Made In USA – Sars2COV 6/17/2020

    When it comes to UVC products for surface disinfection, Blazar™ designed by Bolb Inc., is unmatched. The size of a handheld spotlight, this ready to protect solution emits 2.0 WOpt of virus inactivating light. Thanks to the combined powers of 25 high-power Germicidal LEDs, and a cone-shaped form factor, BLAZAR™ is superior to other products currently on the market. 

  3. Opto Diode Introduces An Ultraviolet-Enhanced Circular Photodetector 6/17/2020

    Opto Diode Corporation, an ITW company, introduces the UVG5S, an ultraviolet-enhanced photodiode with a 5 mm² circular active area. The new device is ideal for detection between 225 nm and 400 nm and features less than 2% response degradation after exposure to 7000J/cm2 at 254 nm. With 100% internal quantum efficiency from 200 nm to 365 nm, the UVG5S is ideal for laser power monitoring tasks and other high-energy detection applications.

  4. Better Together: Partnership Of Two Industry Leaders Provides Fast And Easy Access To Optical Filters 6/17/2020

    Edmund Optics® and SCHOTT have formed a strategic partnership to enable customers to have access to the highest of quality polished optical glass filters from SCHOTT, with the exceptional customer service and fast shipping of Edmund Optics.

  5. New Techniques Improve Quantum Communication, Entangle Phonons 6/17/2020

    Quantum communication—where information is sent through particles, typically entangled photons—has the potential to become the ultimate secure communication channel. Not only is it nearly impossible to eavesdrop on quantum communication, those who try will also leave evidence of their indiscretions.

  6. Photonics: From Custom-Built To Ready-Made 6/17/2020

    An international collaboration team of University California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and EPFL has developed an integrated technology that may revolutionize photonic systems.

  7. Quantum Rings In The Hold Of Laser Light 6/17/2020

    Ultracold atoms trapped in appropriately prepared optical traps can arrange themselves in surprisingly complex, hitherto unobserved structures, according to scientists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow. In line with their most recent predictions, matter in optical lattices should form tensile and inhomogeneous quantum rings in a controlled manner.

  8. Quantum-Inspired Approach Dramatically Lowers Light Power Needed For OCT 6/17/2020

    Researchers have shown that a detection technology borrowed from quantum optics can be used to perform optical coherence tomography (OCT) with much lower light power than previously possible.

  9. Edmund Optics And Cailabs Partner To Make Off-The-Shelf Reflective Laser Beam Shaping A Reality 6/16/2020

    Cailabs, a manufacturer of unique photonics products, has partnered with Edmund Optics® (EO) to make reflective laser beam shaping more accessible than ever before. The innovative Cailabs Canunda Reflective Axicons are now exclusively available online from EO and are in stock for immediate worldwide shipping.

  10. Ultraviolet Laser Induces Color Centers In Ytterbium-Doped Silica Glasses 6/16/2020

    Ytterbium-doped silica fiber (YDF) has important applications in material processing and scientific research. The photodarkening (PD) effect, which originates from the formation of color centers, can decrease the laser output power over 1,000 h by about 10% and will seriously restrict the power stability of the fiber laser.