http://www.photonics.com/Splash.aspx?TID=38 This is the syndication feed for photonics.com. A new spectroscopy method takes advantage of a fundamental property of thin films – interference – and could help optical devices like LED http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53758 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT There may be a way around Heisenberg’s famous Uncertainty Principle, a law of the quantum world that says precise measurement is impossible. Th http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53754 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Graphene is even more efficient at converting light to electricity than was previously known, making it an ideal building block for any device that re http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53750 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT By changing the position of a mirror inside a vacuum, virtual particles can be transformed into real photons that can be experimentally observed. http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53749 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The largest fiber optic local area network (LAN) in the world, pioneered by Sandia National Laboratories, is expected to reduce energy costs by 65 per http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53748 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A photodetector that uses carbon nanotube films of varying widths can gather light in and beyond visible wavelengths, a finding that promises to make http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53747 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A proof-of-principle test has demonstrated that an electron beam can be accelerated by a laser in free space, a feat never before accomplished at such http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53746 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Firefighters may have a new tool when it comes to finding a person hidden in a thick veil of smoke and intense flames: lensless infrared digital holog http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53745 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A novel nanohybrid structure synthesized using a pulsed laser ablation technique could yield a new generation of optoelectronic switches, fast photode http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53479 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT A DNA template that controls the distance between gold nanoparticles and quantum dots can predictably increase or decrease the intensity of a quantum http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53478 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Combining nanophotonics technology with traditional optical spectroscopy has yielded a new kind of optical spectrometer with sensing and spectral meas http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53477 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT A chip-scale instrument made of carbon nanotubes may simplify absolute measurements of laser power, especially the light signals transmitted by optica http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53476 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Optical fibers, which transport data around the world, now may be able to carry quantum information, according to new research. Rainer Blatt and Tr http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53475 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT A rare mineral formed into single sheets produces triangular structures with unusual light-emitting properties that could be used in optical technolog http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53474 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT A novel laser system combining the output of thousands of pulsed fiber lasers could be the solution to two main issues affecting current laser particl http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53473 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Single photons can be reliably detected for data transmission and quantum computing by integrating detectors with nanophotonic chips, an international http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53472 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Progressive adaptive optics technology used in bi- and trifocal vision correction has been applied to a prototype automobile side mirror that has no b http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53471 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Silica, a rugged compound with unbeatable optical transparency over long distances, is about as easy to combine with other materials as oil is with wa http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53470 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Photons can “sense” each other and coordinate their separate paths through a complex material, new research from the Niels Bohr Institute http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53260 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT A microscale actuator that flexes like a tiny beckoning finger under a burst of laser light may point toward practical applications in artificial musc http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=53259 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT