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This Week in Photonics: An Unprecedented View of Live Mitochondria, A Room-Temperature IR Detector, Securing Smart Light Bulbs, and More (10/31/2019)

This Week in Photonics: An Unprecedented View of Live Mitochondria, A Room-Temperature IR Detector, Securing Smart Light Bulbs, and More
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Thursday, October 31, 2019
       
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New Molecule Marker Enables ‘Unprecedented’ Study of Mitochondria
New Molecule Marker Enables ‘Unprecedented’ Study of Mitochondria
A team at Nagoya University’s Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules has developed a marker molecule that bypasses the problem of photobleaching in STED microscopy. It’s allowing an unprecedented view of live mitochondria, which could help researchers better understand, diagnose, and potentially cure human mitochondrial disease.
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Smart Light Bulbs Could Be Vulnerable to Hackers
Smart Light Bulbs Could Be Vulnerable to Hackers
Some smart bulbs can connect to a home network directly, without needing a smart home hub (a centralized hardware or software device that enables IoT products to communicate with each other). If these bulbs are IR-enabled, a hacker could send commands via the IR light that is emitted by the bulb to either steal data or spoof other IoT devices connected on the home network.
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Infrared Detector Improves Night-Vision Capabilities at Room Temperature
Infrared Detector Improves Night-Vision Capabilities at Room Temperature
Researchers at the University of Central Florida have devised a strategy for uncooled, tunable, multispectral infrared (IR) detection. The team showed that room-temperature photodetection using 2D monolayer graphene is possible through the interplay of tunable, enhanced IR absorption induced by localized Dirac plasmonic excitations, graphene mobility engineering, and excitation of asymmetric hot carriers.
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Optical Quantum Processor Is Scalable
Optical Quantum Processor Is Scalable
A prototype of a large-scale quantum processor made of laser light has been created by a team from Australia, Japan, and the U.S. The processor has built-in scalability that allows the number of quantum components to scale to extreme numbers.
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New Technique Enhances Superresolution Microscopy
New Technique Enhances Superresolution Microscopy
Researchers at Bielefeld University have demonstrated improvements in superresolution structured illumination microscopy (SR-SIM), demonstrating that the technique is possible in real time and at a very high imaging rate, which is enhancing observation of even the smallest cell particles.
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Sycamore vs. Summit: Google Claims Quantum Supremacy  Read Article 

Raytheon Delivers High-Energy Laser to US Air Force  Read Article 

Scientists Use Electrochemistry to Tune Nonlinear Optical Properties of Nanotubes  Read Article 

UAVenture Capital Fund Invests in New High-Power Laser Technologies  Read Article 

BluGlass Launches Laser Diode Business Unit  Read Article 

 
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Semicon Europa 2019
Semicon Europa 2019
November 12-15, 2019 - Munich
SEMICON Europa attracts a highly influential audience from every segment and sector of the European microelectronics industries including semiconductors, LEDs, MEMS, printed/organic/flexible, and adjacent markets. Exhibitors and attendees meet to enact change and address industry-shaping trends. This year SEMICON Europa will be co-located with productronica in Munich, creating the strongest single event for electronics manufacturing in Europe and broadening the range of attendees across the electronics chain.
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High-Yield Optimization: Streamlining the Path to More Easily Manufacturable Optical Designs
High-Yield Optimization: Streamlining the Path to More Easily Manufacturable Optical Designs
Wed, Nov 6, 2019 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
The conventional optical design approach results in designs that are very sensitive to manufacturing and alignment errors, which means the optical product is difficult to repeatedly manufacture successfully. In this webinar you will learn about a new method, called High-Yield Optimization, that produces designs that meet tight performance specifications, provide a higher manufacturing yield, and lower manufacturing costs through less waste. High-Yield Optimization will help you optimize for as-built performance, rather than nominal performance. Presented by the founder of Zemax, Kenneth Moore, Ph.D.
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