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For 17 years EuroPhotonics has reported on key enabling photonic technologies coming out of the vibrant European Industry.
Now, you can get the same great magazine delivered to your inbox four times a year. The digital edition lets you click on live web links, search topics of interest and share articles with friends. You can download and save the digital edition for easy reading - anytime, anywhere. View the new digital edition at www.europhotonics.com/digitalsample
The Summer 2014 issue of EuroPhotonics includes feature articles about producing LED lamps that are more attractive to consumers; speeding up industrial quality control; and taking Raman spectroscopy out of the lab and into the clinic.
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LEDs top almost every other illuminant in lifetime and performance, but also in production costs. This is where molded interconnect devices come in, offering considerable freedom for the arrangement of LEDs and more efficient production with cost-saving potential. LEDs provide the backlighting for LCDs, give cars their brand-specific lighting design, and illuminate, e.g., an outfield, without significant light pollution. What counts is long-term stability, low power requirements, low construction depth and a possible lifetime of some 10,000 hours.
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Raman spectroscopy’s molecular sensitivity makes it promising for clinical applications: It can identify pathogens much faster than current methods, investigate circulating tumor cells, help surgeons distinguish tumors from healthy tissue and identify the chemical nature of cardiovascular plaques and evaluate their severity.
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Ultrafast spectroscopy has allowed physicists, for the first time, to observe and capture the light-to-current conversion process in an organic solar cell as it happens.
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Crystals Set in Motion by UV Light
Tiny crystals of a cobalt coordination compound leap, twirl and burst apart like popcorn when exposed to UV light. A team led by researchers at the National University of Singapore suggests the microscopic phenomenon could find macroscopic applications turning sunlight into mechanical energy.
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LAOS Sapphire
GT Advanced Technologies
Low-Absorption Optical Sapphire (LAOS) begins with ultrahigh-purity starting material and is grown in a special process in order to reduce optical absorption seen in standard sapphire materials.
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Metallic-Coated Mirrors
Altechna, UAB
Cylindrical concave metallic-coated mirrors by Altechna serve as reflectors in the broadband spectral range, focusing light to a thin line without chromatic aberration for applications such as beam expansion or line generation.
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