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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Mid-IR Lens Incorporates Waste Sulfur
Mid-IR Lens Incorporates Waste Sulfur Thin, inexpensive plastic lenses for IR imaging devices could be manufactured from waste sulfur generated by refining fossil fuels. The lenses could be used for anything involving heat detection and infrared light, such as handheld cameras for home energy audits and night-vision goggles.
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Exciton Movement Observed Directly
For decades, scientists’ understanding of excitons has been theoretical at best. However, a recent breakthrough has changed the game.
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Metasurface Lens Could Transform Antennas
Traditional antennas could be in for a makeover following a discovery by researchers from Southeast University in broadband optics.
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4D Technology - AccuFiz Measurement System AccuFiz Measurement System
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4D Technology has introduced a suite of products for high quality, low cost measurement of 300mm diameter optics.
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Fiberguide Industries - New Shaped Tip Fiber Assemblies New Shaped Tip
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New shaped tip fibers and fiber assemblies from Fiberguide Industries provide optimum control over laser light during medical procedures.
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Meadowlark Optics - Bandpass Polarizer Bandpass Polarizer
Meadowlark Optics
Meadowlark Optics is pleased to present its new bandpass polarizer. Bandpass polarizers are reflective, reflecting away the undesired polarization.
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BMV Optical Technologies - Graded Reflectivity Mirrors (GRM) Graded Reflectivity Mirrors (GRM)
BMV Optical Technologies
Graded Reflectivity Mirrors (GRM), also known as Gaussian mirrors, are used as cavity optics within unstable laser resonators.
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Ghent University Offers Silicon Photonics Summer School
A Silicon Photonics Summer School will bring together next-generation scientists and industry leaders to learn more about key functionalities and potential applications.
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Hyperspectral Analysis Distinguishes Cells
A new label-free hyperspectral imaging technique can distinguish all types of cells using only the natural autofluorescence of biological tissue.
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Panels Redirect Sunlight into Shadowy Urban Areas
Corrugated, translucent panels mounted on rooftops could be used to bend sunlight into places it normally doesn't reach.
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Photonics Media's Weekly Newscast In this edition of the industry's premier weekly newscast: Adaptive optics enhances subcellular imaging, a two-stage laser could control rain and lightning, panels that redirect sunlight into shadowy urban areas, and Laura Marshall tells us about last week’s Vision Show in Boston.
Optical Society Names New Executive Editor
The Optical Society has named Dr. Alison Taylor its new executive editor.
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Long-Range 3-D Lidar May Enhance Military Operations
Advancement of 3-D imaging and lidar technologies could spell significant enhancement for target identification, tracking and surveillance, namely in military operations.
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Adaptive Optics Detect Early Diabetes Eye Damage
Researchers have developed a new technique and instrument for detecting early warning signs of diabetic retinopathy.
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Industry Events
SPIE DSS 2014 - May 5-9, 2014 · Baltimore, MD
SPIE DSS 2014 SPIE DSS 2014 brings together some of the industry's most important scientific conferences and exhibitions on optics, IR imaging, lasers and sensing for defense, security, industry, healthcare and the environment.

Session topics to be featured include hyperspectral imaging, imagery and pattern analysis, next-generation sensors and systems, and terahertz device and systems, as well as laser technologies, mine and chemical detection, and instrumentation and control.

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