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Photonics Spectra - January 2015
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Photonics Innovators Named 2015 Prism Awards Finalists
Finalists include tools for 3-D printing, water analysis and laser-engineered surfaces. Innovative products, inventions and companies will take center stage Feb. 11, as the winners of the 2015 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation are honored during SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco. Presented by SPIE and Photonics Media, the annual international awards competition recognizes the best...
Trends in Sustainability
The global “green revolution” is pushing the boundaries of photonics as governments, companies and citizens work to preserve our world and its resources. From individual citizens and...
Trends in Miniaturization
Exploiting the unusual optical properties of very small objects, quantum-based technologies are starting to revolutionize lasers, solar cells, communications and more. Smaller is often better, as it...
Trends in New Materials
Scientists are developing an entirely new generation of ultrathin materials such as graphene and germanene, whose photonic properties promise a new frontier of components and devices. Graphene is a...
Trends in Modularity
Step by step, piece by piece, modularity is finding a home in optics, and microscopy and spectrometry applications are benefiting from the availability of modular systems. Furniture. Spacecraft....
Trends in The Economy
Advancing technologies, broader applications and societal trends are impacting both the industry and the economy. No trends issue would be complete without a discussion about the global economy and...
Silicon Photonics: A Field that Is Constantly Changing
In this active, exciting area of development, new devices, techniques and studies are presented at every turn. Electronics and photonics have been two worlds apart for many years: Electronics had an...
Editorial
Which Way From Here?
Welcome to the annual Photonics Spectra trends issue. In years past, we have explored industry direction by looking at developments in specific technologies, and by delving into societal impacts on the photonics industry and its technologies. For this issue, managing editor Laura Marshall envisioned a report on prevailing directions in photonics in the context of innovation – the...
Workforce of Tomorrow
Original Optical Systems Technology Program Focuses on Growth, Expansion
The success of the Monroe Community College optics program is a stellar example of industry support and involvement, including cash and material donations and direct student support. While some companies just wring their hands and complain that colleges aren’t producing the workforce they need, the Rochester-area employers offer a shining example of how industry and education can –...
Tech Pulse
Subwavelength Optical Fiber Sensitive to Sound
Subwavelength optical fibers that produce a newly identified type of Brillouin light scattering could guide the development of highly sensitive sensors.
Laser Tractor Beam Operates on Centimeter Scale
A new laser tractor beam has the ability to attract and repel millimeter-scale objects over longer distances than previously possible.
Laser Ablation Could Boost Jet, Rocket Fuel Efficiency
A new approach to the concept of laser propulsion could launch satellites into orbit and push aircraft past Mach 10 with enhanced fuel efficiency. By ablating solid fuel inside a jet nozzle, laser...
Algae Carbon Flow Controlled by Changing Light Colors
Blue and red light-sensing photoreceptors can be used to control the carbon flow in diatoms, a major group of algae that generates about one-fourth of the Earth’s oxygen and perform around a...
Video Captures Laser Pulses at ‘1 Billion FPS’
Hollywood laser blasts give off bright colors and are easy to track with the eye. In real life, laser pulses flash by faster than the eye — or even the fastest camera — can follow. To...
Laser Combiner a Compact Solution for Wearable Displays
A laser beam combiner no larger than a grain of rice can enable laser-scanning displays in wearable computer systems. A team from the University of Fukui developed the new device. It could offer...
Laser Scanner Captures 3-D Info in Real Time
A 3-D laser scanner based on the human eye can focus on key sections of an image, capturing it with correspondingly higher resolution.
Rare-Earth Substitute Found for LEDs
An abundant copper compound could replace rare-earth metals in household LEDs, making them more environmentally friendly. Most commercially available white LEDS are phosphor-based but incorporate...
Magnetic Mirror Reflects Light in New Ways
A new magnetic mirror uses non-metallic metamaterial properties to reflect IR light.
Imaging Digs Deep to Improve Crops
Boosting the output of important food crops such as rice and maize to meet the needs of the world’s growing population requires improvements both above and below the soil. A new imaging...
Frequency Combs Enable Remote 3-D Mapping
A laser-based imaging system can now create high-definition 3-D maps remotely, with the ranging accuracy made possible by frequency combs.
Optical Switch Turns Polarization Into Direction of Propagation
A single gold nanoparticle can translate light polarization into direction of propagation within ultrathin glass fiber.
Nanocavities Increase LED Display Output, Contrast
Nanocavities can help light escape from LEDs to produce brighter, clearer and more efficient displays. Researchers at Princeton University reported increasing the efficiency of green organic LEDs...
Ultrathin Films Color Rough, Flexible Surfaces
Researchers can now “paint” rough, flexible surfaces through the phenomenon of thin-film interference. A team at Harvard University demonstrated that ultrathin optical coatings can...
Technology News
Laser Scanner Captures 3-D Info in Real Time
A 3-D laser scanner based on the human eye can focus on key sections of an image, capturing it with correspondingly higher resolution.
light speed
Esco Optics Eyes New Manufacturing Plant After Fire
After a devastating fire, Esco Optics is eyeing a new manufacturing plant it says will double its production capacity. No one was hurt in the Aug. 10 blaze, and the company has been operating...
Photonfocus Wins Product Award
Photonfocus has received the Swiss Excellence Product Award for its series of CMOS cameras. This line of cameras can shoot up to 500 fps and transmit over a small bandwidth in real time. Among other...
Trade Group Recognizes Olmec-UK Machine Vision Project
A 8-camera inspection system developed by Olmec-UK has garnered the Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) award for Most Innovative Machine Vision Project. The system, used for...
LME Summit Offers In-Depth Look at Laser Industry
The fourth annual Lasers for Manufacturing Event and Summit (LME), presented by the Laser Institute of America in September, offered laser experts and representatives of the industry a forum in which...
OSA Elects 2015 Vice President
Professor Dr. Eric Mazur of Harvard University has been named the 2015 vice president of The Optical Society (OSA). Mazur’s appointment to this position enlists him into future roles within the...
Berthold Leibinger Foundation Names 2014 Prize Winners
Dr. Alexander Oraevsky has received first prize in the 2014 Berthold Leibinger Innovations award program, presented by the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung Foundation. Oraevsky received the award for his...
GreenLight
Sunlight, Nanoparticles Break Down Pollutants
Endocrine disruptors mimic or block hormones, interfering with humans’ and animals’ reproductive organs, and causing other health problems. A class of pollutants that negatively affects hormones can be broken down using nanoparticles and sunlight. The method, developed at the Center for Advanced Materials at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in Kolkata, India,...
Lighter Side
All Along The Watchtower
In today’s society, it’s safe to assume that we’re always being watched. Whether through human eyes, computer software or camera lenses, surveillance is ubiquitous. And although there will never be a consensus on its merit or appropriate role, technology is expanding at a rapid rate – and researchers are taking notice. Coming to terms with our age of monitoring will not be...
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