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Electronic Chips Heal After Laser Blasts
Catastrophic failure in the "brains" of smartphones and other electronics could be a thing of the past, now that engineers at California Institute of Technology have demonstrated an integrated circuit that heals itself, even after half of its components are vaporized using a high-power laser. “It felt like we were witnessing the next step in the evolution of integrated circuits,” said Caltech's Ali Hajimiri of the first time the chip developed a work-around in less than a second. “We had literally just blasted half the amplifier and vaporized many of its components, such as transistors, and it was able to recover to nearly its ideal performance.” |
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Organic Phototransistors Made with Nanowires
High-performance organic phototransistors based on single-crystalline n-channel organic nanowires could miniaturize electronic and optoelectronic devices, yielding higher light sensitivity than their bulk counterparts, say researchers in California and South Korea. |
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Flexible CIGS Solar Cell Delivers 13% Efficiency
The CIGS solar cell, made using thin, flexible stainless steel and titanium substrates, was developed and produced by the US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s Solar Energy Development Center in Halfmoon, N.Y., and demonstrated by Magnolia Solar Inc. |
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In this edition of the industry's premier weekly newscast: Spectroscopy could lead to better optical devices, a laser test for breast cancer readies for human trials, an IR camera detects the main cause of acid rain, the UK backs funding photonics for health care, and the winner of a student prize as a lot to GRIN about. Hosted by Photonics Media's Melinda Rose and Laura Marshall. |
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Inrad Optics Trims Workforce by 9%
The optical component and crystalline device manufacturer trimmed its workforce by about nine percent by cutting eight employees at production facilities in Northvale, N.J., and Sarasota, Fla. |
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OSA Kicks Off ‘Enabled by Optics’ Campaign
The campaign emphasizes the extraordinary role optics has played in furthering innovation and its critical impact on everyday life. The first phase of the launch includes a contest that will promote optics as an enabling technology by featuring its lesser-known role in products widely used by the general public. |
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2013 Webinar Series - Expert Briefings
Techniques in Biophotonic Imaging
Thursday, March 21, 2013 – 1 p.m. EDT/10 a.m. PDT/5 p.m. GMT/UTC
Photonics Media will host:
Dr. Kimani C. Toussaint Jr.
Quantitative Imaging of Collagen Fibers Using Second-Harmonic Generation
University of Illinois, Photonics Research of Bio/Nano Environments (PROBE) lab group
Dr. Melissa Skala
Photothermal Optical Coherence Tomography of Nanoparticle Contrast Agents
Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Optical Imaging Laboratory
Dr. Ofer Levi
Multimodal Optical Neural Imaging with VCSEL Light Sources
University of Toronto, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
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Pittcon is the world's largest annual conference and exposition for laboratory science. It features the latest technology and instrumentation from over 900 exhibitors and more than 2000 technical presentations that cover topics such as life sciences, drug discovery, nanotechnology, biomedical, environmental, homeland security, food science, forensics, agriculture and biomass. The event will also include a keynote lecture by R. Michael Barnett of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, short courses in over 50 topics, poster and networking sessions, and the Waters Symposium, which will recognize the commercialization of chemical imaging. Nobel Laureate Sir Harold Kroto will be the Wallace H. Coulter Plenary Lecture speaker for Pittcon 2013.
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