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Global Quantum Network Based on Optical Fibers
A technique for increasing the time that quantum information is stored in glass fiber-coupled atoms could yield a global optical fiber-based quantum communication network, researchers in Austria have found. MORE >>
Couder Steps Down as Oclaro CEO
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CLEO Presents Cutting-Edge Research on Optics, Lasers
Smartphone-based cancer detection, a telecom-based time cloak and UV-LEDs that slow food rot are just a few of the cutting-edge applications of optics and lasers that will be ...
PD-LD Adds 2 to Board
PD-LD Inc., a developer of Volume-Bragg Grating technology for photonic applications, has appointed Uri Abrams and Richard J. Capalbo to its board of directors, bringing the t...
Daylight Solutions Licenses Mid-IR Tech to Corning
Daylight Solutions Inc. has licensed its patented mid-infrared technology to specialty glass and ceramics manufacturer Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y. Terms of the agreement wer...
State of Industry Subject of Photonics North Keynote
The market for photonics in North America and the rest of the world, as well as projections for the rest of 2013 and 2014, will be the subject of a keynote address by the Opti...
CO2 Composite Cleaning Critical for Photonic Devices
Advanced CO2 composite spray cleaning is an efficient and adaptable process for build-clean and maintain-clean protocols. A common aspect of photonic devices is the presenc...
Collaborations
Iridex Corp. of Mountain View, Calif., has announced a partnership with the privately held Peregrine Surgical Ltd. of New Britain, Pa., to expand its ophthalmology product por...
Landmark Ireland research investment includes photonics
The largest-ever state/industry co-funded scientific research investment in Ireland – €300 million – includes millions to establish a large-scale research cen...
Flex-grid prevents network traffic jams
A flexible-grid system that controls connections in optical networks can also redirect traffic to other networks, avoiding gridlock. Similar to how services like Google Ma...
Alphanov, NKT Photonics Collaborate
Talence, France-based Alphanov, the optics and laser technology center of the Bordeaux region’s Route des Lasers cluster, and NKT Photonics of Birkerød, Denmark, ...
Open Photonics Joins Tricorder X Prize
Optics and photonics technology acceleration firm Open Photonics Inc. is partnering with X Prize to match photonics researchers with teams competing in the $10 million Qualcom...
Light Coupled in Fiber Oscillates Longitudinally
Lightwaves, which typically oscillate perpendicular to their propagation direction, have been seen oscillating longitudinally when coupled into glass fibers, suggesting that l...
Clemson’s Optical Center Builds on Nufern Partnership
Clemson University’s Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET) has opened the Nufern student office suite in the Advanced Materials Research L...
Photonics Societies Launch National Initiative
The National Photonics Initiative — an alliance seeking to unite experts from industry, academia and the government to advance photonics R&D, to grow the US economy, and to im...
Photonics Integrated with CMOS Under HELIOS Project
Europe is strongly positioned to design and manufacture silicon photonic devices, now that HELIOS, a four-year project to integrate photonics with electronics, has ended succe...
Teem Photonics Names Market Tech as US Distributor
Passively Q-switched microlaser maker Teem Photonics has appointed Market Tech of Scotts Valley, Calif., as its US distributor, Market Tech announced this week. Privately...
UK Photonics Group Elects New Leaders
The Photonics Leadership Group (PLG), which includes members from more than 50 UK photonics manufacturers, associations and research institutes, elected a new chairman and chi...


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Photoluminescence (PL) studies of lanthanide-doped semiconducting nanocrystals have become very common in materials science. The increased research...
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The Measurement of High Optical Densities (up to 8 Abs) in the Near-Infrared
The Measurement of High Optical Densities (up to 8 Abs) in the Near-Infrared
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