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NASA to Build Integrated Photonics Modem for Laser Communications
An integrated photonics modem will be tested aboard the International Space Station beginning in 2020 as part of NASA’s multiyear Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD). The cell phone-sized device incorporates optics-based functions, such as lasers, switches and wires, onto a microchip.
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LZH Launches 3 Hybrid Numerical Optics Research Projects
Nonprofit research institute Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) is working on three subprojects in the new research priority, Hybrid Numerical Optics, of the Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies (HOT) at Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover. Working in a new competence center for optical simulation, LZH will address three subprojects in the areas of high-power glass fiber amplifiers, dielectric coatings and light propagation in fluid columns.
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Triplet Exciton Energy Transfer Extends Lifetime
Transferring triplet exciton energy from semiconductor nanocrystals to surface-bound molecular acceptors has extended the lifetime of the originally prepared excited state by six orders of magnitude. The finding has implications for fields ranging from solar energy conversion to photochemical synthesis to optoelectronics to light therapy for cancer treatment.
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Seth Coe-Sullivan Appointed Luminit VP of Technology
Light technology developer Luminit LLC has appointed Seth Coe-Sullivan as its vice president of technology. Coe-Sullivan will be in charge of transitioning Luminit’s existing holographic technologies into commercial products and developing new technologies for commercial and government applications.
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UV, NIR Light Enable Targeted Drug Delivery
A nanotherapy that converts near-infrared light to UV light may mitigate side effects caused by drug regimens that can damage healthy cells. Canadian researchers demonstrated the technique using nanoparticles that converted near-infrared (NIR) light into UV light, coating the particles in a UV-sensitive hydrogel shell infused with a fluorescent protein as a stand-in for drug molecules.
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OSA Centennial – Adam Wax, Duke University
The Optical Society members share their reflections on 100 years of optics innovation, what inspired their interest in the field and how OSA has impacted their career.
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Glass Material Could Protect Electronics from UV Damage in Space Read Article
Jenoptik Announces Fiscal 2015 Earnings Read Article
Mauna Kea Reports Sales Decline in Fiscal 2015 Read Article
Laser 2000 CEO Armin Luft Appointed to German Senate of Economy Read Article
Self-Assembling Fabrication Method Offers Alternative to Photolithography Read Article
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Laser Safety Curtain Systems
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Corporate Capabilities
Optometrics Corporation
Optometrics is an ISO 9001:2008 certified, Lean optical component and sub-assembly manufacturer of high quality, cost competitive reflective coatings, holographic gratings, interference filters and more. More Info
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SPIE Photonics West 2016
Feb. 13-15 – The Moscone Center, San Francisco
Photonics Media Booth: 904-905
Photonics West offers the opportunity to learn about and purchase photonics devices, components, and systems that enable emerging medical technologies, the Internet of Things, smart manufacturing, autonomous vehicles, miniaturization and more.
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CALL FOR ARTICLES!
Photonics Media is currently seeking technical feature articles on a variety of topics for publication in our magazines (Photonics Spectra, Industrial Photonics, BioPhotonics and EuroPhotonics). Please submit an informal 100-word abstract to Managing Editor Michael Wheeler at [email protected]
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