Test and Measurement / Analysis News

1. Meet PicoQuant’s New MultiHarp 160 – A Scalable Multichannel Event Timer And TCSPC Unit 1/28/2021

   During this years virtual SPIE Photonics West exhibition (March 6–11, 2021), PicoQuant will unveil its latest multichannel event timer: The MultiHarp 160, a plug-and-play time tagger and Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) unit that is optimized for applications requiring up to 64 timing channels with an outstanding time resolution of 5 ps and ultra short dead time of less than 650 ps.

2. MKS Instruments Announces Ophir® Helios Plus Industrial Laser Power Meter For Measuring Blue, Green, And Infrared Wavelengths 1/21/2021

   MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), has announced the Ophir® Helios Plus, an expanded version of the Ophir Helios industrial laser power meter. The Helios Plus has all the features of the Helios for measuring a wide range of high power lasers in production operations, as well as the ability to measure additional wavelengths, such as blue and green lasers used in copper welding in the automotive industry.

3. Controlling Fully Integrated Nanodiamonds 11/23/2020

   Using modern nanotechnology, it is possible nowadays to produce structures which have a feature sizes of just a few nanometres. This world of the most minute particles – also known as quantum systems – makes possible a wide range of technological applications, in fields which include magnetic field sensing, information processing, secure communication or ultra-precise time keeping.

4. Expand Your Mind With Our New IR Series 11/3/2020

   LASER COMPONENTS is pleased to announce the launch of a new series of events – Infrared Sessions, December 1-2, 2020. LC Talks will address a worldwide audience in a virtual format that includes experts from research, industry, and students. Newcomers are more than welcome and we encourage all to attend. Individual sessions related to the company’s core technologies will be discussed with the following topics: laser optics, IR components, pulsed laser diodes, photodiodes, and fiber technology

5. An Electrical Trigger Fires Single, Identical Photons 10/8/2020

   Secure telecommunications networks and rapid information processing make much of modern life possible. To provide more secure, faster, and higher-performance information sharing than is currently possible, scientists and engineers are designing next-generation devices that harness the rules of quantum physics.

6. Nanoscale Machines Convert Light Into Work 10/8/2020

   Researchers have developed a tiny new machine that converts laser light into work. These optically powered machines self-assemble and could be used for nanoscale manipulation of tiny cargo for applications such as nanofluidics and particle sorting.

7. Kiel Physicist Demonstrates The Dynamics Of Electron-Light Interaction Originating From First Principle 8/31/2020

   With the highest possible spatial resolution of less than a millionth of a millimetre, electron microscopes make it possible to study the properties of materials at the atomic level and thus demonstrate the realm of quantum mechanics.

8. Photonics Researchers Report Breakthrough In Miniaturizing Light-Based Chips 8/26/2020

   Photonic integrated circuits that use light instead of electricity for computing and signal processing promise greater speed, increased bandwidth, and greater energy efficiency than traditional circuits using electricity.

9. Scientists Boost Stability And Efficiency Of Next-Gen Solar Tech 7/21/2020

   Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have created next-generation solar modules with high efficiency and good stability. Made using a type of material called perovskites, these solar modules can maintain a high performance for over 2000 hours.

10. Oxygen Breathes New Life Into Solar Cell Research 7/21/2020

    A world-first in light conversion has potential future implications for solar photovoltaics, biomedical imaging, drug delivery and photocatalysis.