Spectroscopy News

  1. NASA, ESA, And Space Photonics 8/21/2023

    The history of photonics began in 1960 with the invention of the laser. Two years later the first laser echoes reflected off the moon. Thus began the field of space photonics, enhancing on-board data handling, high-resolution measurement systems, processing units, and more.

  2. 7 Spectroscopy-Related Discoveries You Need To Know About 6/28/2023

    ​Spectroscopy has played a part in several recent discoveries over the past couple of months, from discovering new, exotic states of matter to revealing the invisible. Let’s take a look at seven of these breakthroughs that are in the news.

  3. 4 Unique Uses Of Raman Spectroscopy 4/25/2023

    Spectroscopy began when Isaac Newton split light with a prism and today is used in countless ways in medicine, physics, chemistry, and astronomy. Here, we look at Raman spectroscopy and how it is being used in new and unique ways.

  4. Hamamatsu Photonics Has Developed A New Spectrometer With Ultra-High Dynamic Range 1/24/2023

    Hamamatsu Corporation has succeeded in developing a new spectrometer having an extremely high dynamic range * of 2,500,000 to 1 in the spectral range from 200 nm to 900 nm that allows simultaneous measurement of both strong and weak signals.

  5. How To Integrate High-Quality, Optimized OEM/ODM In Spectroscopic Devices 9/19/2022

    OEM/ODM services are ideal for organizations that require optics, spectroscopy, and/or photonics-related products and subsystems.

  6. Armadillo SIA Introduces Radiation-Resistant, Silica/Silica Optran® UV NSS Optical Fibers 8/16/2022

    The solarization-resistant optical Optran® UV NSS Fiber provides provide deep-UV (ultraviolet) solarization resistance and is ideal for spectroscopy, medical diagnostics, and laser delivery systems.

  7. Bright Ideas: 10/20/21 — NIR/MWIR Advance Medical Imaging Of Tumors, Deep Tissue 10/19/2021

    Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. In this week's edition, technicians no longer have to wait until nighttime to detect defects in solar panels, MOE lenses are making their case for replacement of refractive lenses, and robots with RF antennas and machine vision are finding lost things.

  8. Bright Ideas: 8/30/21 — NASA's MISR Analyzes Wildfire Smoke, LiDAR To Detect Pipeline Methane Leaks 8/26/2021

    Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, a 3D-printed microscope detects COVID-19 in a single drop of blood, and scientists use imaging and machine learning to identify drought-tolerant crops. 

  9. Alluxa's Optical Filters Landed On Mars 3/9/2021

    Alluxa’s optical filters, specially designed for the advanced fluorescence spectrometer on the Mars Perseverance Rover, landed safely on Mars, on February 18, 2021.

  10. How Big Is The Alpha Particle? Laser Spectroscopy Provides New Results With Record Precision 2/4/2021

    The size of the alpha particle, the nucleus of the helium atom, has been measured more accurately than ever before. Results now indicate a size 1.67824(83) femtometers, which is 4.8 times more precise than previous measurements.