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Nanoantennas Improve Infrared Sensing
Patterning nanoantennas with “slots” that correspond to wavelengths in the mid-IR has yielded a new way to tune IR light into mechanical action, paving the way for more sensitive IR cameras and more compact chemical-analysis techniques. Detecting light in the mid-IR range is importa... MORE >>
New Endoscopy System Offers 330-Degree View of Colon
A new full-spectrum endoscopy system that gives doctors a 330-degree view during colonoscopies may help them miss fewer adenomas during exams, according to a new study presented this week at Digestive Disease Week in Orlando, Fla. MORE >>

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Photonics Growth in Europe Outpaces GDP
With a worldwide market value projected to hit €615 billion (about $791 billion) in 2020 and to remain stronger than the gross domestic product (GDP), photonics has moved from...
Optical Gratings Could Make Quantum Tech Portable
A microfabricated chip that produces ultracold atoms could lead to portable, ultraprecise clocks and quantum sensors. Many of the most accurate measurement devices, inclu...
ABB Adds Laser-Based Gas Analyzers by Acquiring Los Gatos Research
Power and automation technology supplier ABB is acquiring Los Gatos Research of Mountain View, Calif., to add gas analyzers to its measurement business, the company said last ...
National Instruments Promotes Starkloff
Test, measurement and embedded systems provider National Instruments has promoted 16-year company veteran Eric Starkloff to senior vice president of marketing. Since Star...
Laser Pulses Wirelessly Link Atomic Clocks
Laser pulses were transferred through open air with an unprecedented precision equivalent to the “ticking” of the world’s best next-generation atomic clocks. The demonstration...
Spectroscopy method could lead to better optical devices
A new spectroscopy method takes advantage of a fundamental property of thin films – interference – and could help optical devices like LEDs and solar cells make be...
Laser-based breast cancer test faces human trials
A laser diagnostic test that could lead to an instant diagnosis of breast cancer at the time of a mammogram will for the first time be evaluated using excised human breast tis...
Thermal Imaging Helps Nab Bombing Suspect
The photonic technology of thermal imaging was literally in the spotlight on the evening of April 19 as law enforcement officials used it to monitor and capture suspected Bost...
BugLab Awarded Optical Monitoring Patent
BugLab LLC has received a US patent for noninvasive optical monitoring technology that measures biomass in small fluid volumes, eliminating the time, labor, contamination risk...
ESI to Acquire Semiconductor Systems from GSI Group
Electro Scientific Industries Inc. is acquiring the Semiconductor Systems unit of precision photonics supplier GSI Group Inc., ESI announced Wednesday. The transaction will br...
PI Names Culpi Engineering Chief of PI miCos Products
PI (Physik Instrumente) USA has extended support for the PI miCos precision positioning product lines with the appointment of William Culpi as engineering chief.
Imaging Tech Could Lower Heart Disease Deaths
Patients undergoing angioplasty or other heart-related medical procedures could benefit from a new optical imaging technology that creates detailed images of coronary artery w...
Ophir Photonics Opens New Office in Germany
Laser measurement equipment maker Ophir Photonics announced Tuesday that it has opened a new office in Darmstadt and has hired former Synrad executive Christian Dini to serve ...
Open Photonics, VTT to Commercialize Imaging Tech
Photonic technology acceleration company Open Photonics Inc. and VTT Technical Research Center of Finland have partnered to commercialize VTT’s Fabry-Perot visible and infrare...
Building a Workforce Excited About Light
As business leaders, educators and politicians around the world continue to debate how best to fill jobs with well-trained engineers to stay competitive, one widespread effort...
Collaborations
DRS Technologies Inc. of Arlington, Va., will transfer its microbolometer technology for uncooled infrared detectors to Cypress Semiconductor Corp. of San Jose, Calif., for hi...


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Asylum Research’s new MFP-3D Origin atomic force microscope (AFM) has full upgrade potential to the MFP-3D and its complete range of environmental and advanced applicati...
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TechSpec Broadband-Coated First Surface Mirrors
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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
The optical densities of various materials used in the manufacture of laser safety eyewear have been determined in the NIR. The lens materials were...
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Hollow Silica Waveguides for Mid-Infrared Power Transmission and Spectroscopy
Hollow Silica Waveguides for Mid-Infrared Power Transmission and Spectroscopy
Applications in the Mid-Infrared often require a flexible conduit for transmitting light from source to destination. Hollow Silica Waveguides with...
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As technology in the optics industry continues to advance and improve, careful consideration of the properties of epoxies must be evaluated. When...
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