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Promise of Organic Photonics Looms Large
Organic materials could supersede their inorganic cousins in many applications thanks to some unique and intriguing properties. From lasers, lighting and Li-Fi (light fidelity) to OLED TVs and solar cells, organic photonics offers a thin, flexible and easy-to-manufacture substance that is carving out new niches in some highly competitive markets. Materials composed of organic photonics are inexpensive, have low environmental impact and can be solution-processed, offering fast, simple and cheap...
Photonics Spectra, October 2017
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NIRS and Chemometrics Offer Insights Into Earth’s Surface
When applied to hyperspectral remote sensing images, the techniques of near-IR spectroscopy (NIRS) and multivariate chemometric calibrations, such as partial least squares regression, enable quantitative mapping of the properties of Earth’s...
Photonics Spectra, November 2017
Laser Light Source Delivers Superior Optical Control
Legacy light sources such as halogen and metal halide produce highly collimated directional beams, but with short life and lower efficiency than LED sources. LEDs are highly efficient and long lasting, but are poor at creating beam angles below 10...
Photonics Spectra, November 2017
Silicone Immersion Objectives Answer the Call for Higher Resolution
Refractive index mismatch, and resulting spherical aberration, has historically plagued researchers interested in long-term, live-cell imaging at high resolution. The use of silicone oil objectives helps mitigate this mismatch as the refractive...
Photonics Spectra, November 2017
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Wearables for Work
While consumer goods such as smart watches and glasses attract attention, demand for wearable computing devices for enterprise, industrial and professional applications is also growing. Because such devices are connected computers, they enable users...
Photonics Spectra, November 2017
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Hybrid Fiber Lasers Create New Capabilities for Micromachining
Micromachining of fine features has become an integral part of high-volume manufacturing in industries as diverse as automotive, consumer electronics and medical devices. Precision drills, saws, routers and, increasingly, lasers, are being used to...
Photonics.com, September 2017
In the Oil Industry, Lasers Make the Cut
Cutting or welding heavy metal requires higher laser output power than virtually any other type of materials processing application. In the oil industry, an important heavy metal cutting application is creating the slotted liners used to separate...
Photonics.com, September 2017
Laser Sintering Moves Into the Medical Market
Every patient is unique. Hence, nothing is more natural than providing each patient with a unique implant. Thanks to laser-based additive manufacturing, this is already possible. Patient-specific titanium implants manufactured by laser sintering,...
Photonics.com, September 2017
Shrinking FT-NIR Spectrometers Empower Consumers, Businesses
Chip-scale sensor integration has brought us to the edge of new market opportunities that are poised to transform business practices and consumer lifestyles. The ability to incorporate miniaturized sensors into small devices and broad networks means...
Photonics Spectra, October 2017
Peak Power on the Rise
For solid-state lasers, more power, along with increasingly robust systems and a wider variety of wavelengths, mean new applications in cutting, welding, precision manufacturing, marking and elsewhere. Together with falling prices, such advances are...
Photonics Spectra, October 2017
Optics, Imaging Software on the Ascent as Drone Use Expands
For decades, many of the most impactful commercial technologies to hit the market have had their development either started or aided by the military. Among the most notable examples are personal computers, the internet and wireless network...
Photonics Spectra, October 2017
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For Ultrafast Photonics, New Applications Emerge
Ultrafast lasers can do a lot, including create a room-temperature superconductor. That type of material transformation is just one emerging area of ultrafast photonics. Today, new ultrafast photonics applications found in lasers and sensors enable...
Photonics Spectra, September 2017
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Hybrid Fiber Lasers Raise the Bar for Precision Manufacturing
Micromachining of fine features has become an integral part of high-volume manufacturing in markets as diverse as consumer electronics, medical devices and automotive. Tiny holes, fine cuts and narrow scribes are created with precision drills, saws,...
Photonics Spectra, September 2017
Sensor Market Set to Soar
It is no secret that CMOS image sensor technology has undergone a rapid transformation. Driven by the consumer cellphone market’s insatiable demand for fast, high-quality images, there has been substantial investment in CMOS sensor technology,...
Photonics Spectra, September 2017
Military-Standard Lidar Driving Advances in Autonomous Vehicles
The defense industry, with its high performance and rugged environmental requirements, has long driven development of state-of-the-art technology platforms that have trickled down into commercial and consumer applications. The commercialization of...
Photonics Spectra, September 2017
Space Photonics: A Platform Technology for Satellite Systems
Photonics is rapidly transforming into an enabling space technology with potential to cross-fertilize multiple markets in the space domain. Among them: navigation, remote sensing and telecommunications, as well as ground-breaking scientific and...
Photonics.com, September 2017
2D Spectroscopy Simplified
The many forms of conventional or linear spectroscopy such as vibrational, electronic and terahertz all involve measuring light absorption or an emission signal as a function of wavelength to yield information about the structure of the sample being...
Photonics Spectra, September 2017
Ultrafast Optics Faces Challenges Outside of Research Labs
Ultrafast optics is currently a scientifically dominated area with a lot of dynamics in both research and development. Often, complex setups make it challenging to create compact devices that can be employed for applications outside of the...
Photonics.com, September 2017
Conquering the Silicon Photonics Production Bottleneck
The first computer link using optical fibers was commissioned four decades ago to safeguard communications at the Cheyenne Mountain strategic command center1. We have since seen broad adoption of photonic communications in an unfolding trend of...
Photonics Spectra, August 2017
Flat Surface Lens Overcomes Limitations of Conventional Optics
The telescope has been used for more than 400 years. Although there have been many designs created for looking at distant objects, there is a fundamental weakness with the lens system. By necessity, telescopes use curved lenses — which are...
Photonics Spectra, August 2017
Smart Perception is the Next Stage for Machine Vision
Intelligent robotics is one of the technological disruptions that will fundamentally alter society — both from an industrial and a social perspective. And “smart perception” is a key concept that will drive this evolution toward...
Photonics Spectra, August 2017
Portable Spectroscopy and the Fight Against Food Fraud
Food fraud and adulteration is a serious and increasing problem with significant health and economic impacts. Although robust and sophisticated laboratory methods have been developed to detect fraud, the question of how that experience can be...
Photonics Spectra, August 2017
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Via Photonics, Secure Communications
Much of the world’s communications travel by light. So, data carried on photons moving through free space or over fiber must be made as secure as possible. Quantum key distribution helps do that. Also, security improvements via temporal...
Photonics Spectra, August 2017
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Laser Beam Diagnostics Is a Critical Step in University Research
The scientific endeavors of our university systems are a vital part of the industrial R&D process that produces many of today’s leading-edge designs and manufacturing processes. Much of that development involves lasers of all sizes and...
Photonics Spectra, July 2017
Chalcogenide Glass Molding Advances Precision IR Optics
Today, infrared optics are mainly used in relatively high-priced technical devices. Thermal imaging cameras, for instance, help builders and surveyors identify leaks and thermal bridges in buildings, while night vision systems are used by police and...
Photonics Spectra, July 2017
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