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Tiny Terahertz Laser May Aid Industrial Imaging and Chemical Detection
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 11, 2017 — A new terahertz design that can be etched on microchips boosts the power output of chip-mounted terahertz lasers by eighty percent. The novel design shows promise for future industrial imaging and chemical detection applications. The standard method for producing power-efficient sources of terahertz rays involves a bulky, power-hungry, tabletop device. Researchers at MIT, Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Toronto have created a device that is a variation of a quantum
OCT System Could Improve Quality Assurance of Complex Car Paints
LIVERPOOL, England, Aug. 10, 2017 — An OCT-based technique could provide a practical solution to managing the number, size and orientation of small metallic flakes in the base coat layer of automotive paint, improving the efficiency of the automotive finishing process. To image the...
A Tabletop OCT Approach Utilizes Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation
JENA, Germany, Aug. 10, 2017 — 3D noninvasive imaging with nanoscale axial resolution has been demonstrated using a high-harmonic extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation source. Specifically, XUV radiation was used to perform optical coherence tomography (OCT) at laboratory scale....
53-Attosecond Light Pulse Sets a Record
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 9, 2017 — The demonstration of a 53-attosecond X-ray flash is the fastest light pulse recorded to date, and beats the research team’s own record of a 67-attosecond extreme UV light pulse, set in 2012. Soft X-ray pulse duration of 53 attoseconds and...
Microscopy Technique Images Thick, Multicellular Samples in 3D
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Aug. 8, 2017 — Gradient light interference microscopy (GLIM), an add-on module to a commercial differential interference contrast (DIC) microscope, provides a novel technique for extracting 3D information from thin and thick unlabeled specimens. Unlike other...
Fluorescent Sensor Detects Drug-Induced Protein Stress in Cells
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Aug. 8, 2017 — A fluorescent sensor that becomes activated in a cell when misfolded proteins begin to aggregate could be an effective way to detect protein aggregates caused by drug-induced proteome stress prior to cell death. Researchers designed an unstable...
2018 Prism Awards Now Accepting Applications
BELLINGHAM, Wash., and PITTSFIELD, Mass., Aug. 8, 2017 — Applications are currently being accepted for the 2018 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. The competition is sponsored by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Photonics Media to honor groundbreaking technology and...
Tunable Single-Photon Emitter Could Empower Quantum Info Processing
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 7, 2017 — Carbon nanotube quantum light emitters have been produced that are capable of single-photon emission at room temperature and at telecommunications wavelengths. These emitters could be used for optically-based quantum information processing and...
System Uses Quaternary Code to Optically Store Data
CLEVELAND, Aug. 7, 2017 — A space-saving method of storing digital data uses a quaternary (four-symbol) code to store the data, and uses heat and UV light to write and read fluorescence output from polymer film. This method could potentially require about half the space as...
Hybrid Materials Could Have Range of Optical Applications
LEIOA, Spain, Aug. 7, 2017 — Hybrid photoactive materials, created by incorporating fluorescent dyes that are used in solution into channeled inorganic structures, could be used for a range of applications including biomedicine. The materials were found to give the dye...
New Patterning Method Promises Easier Nanoscale Manufacturing
CHICAGO, Aug. 7, 2017 — A new method to precisely pattern nanomaterials could open a new path to manufacturing next generation electronic devices. Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory say their discovery could make building nanomaterials...
Photoacoustic Technique Can Detect Gases in Minute Amounts
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Aug. 4, 2017 — Using a photoacoustic technique scientists have demonstrated a way to detect trace gases down to concentrations at the parts-per-quadrillion level. Photoacoustic detectors work by zapping a material with a laser tuned to a wavelength that is...
Laser Ablation/Vacuum Boosts Fingerprint Analysis
BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 4, 2017 — Using IR laser ablation coupled with vacuum capture, a system of fingermark sampling has been developed that could be used for traditional fingerprint analysis and also to capture, filter and analyze biomolecules and trace substances such as DNA or...
Flat Microscope to be Used in Implantable Neural Interface
HOUSTON, Aug. 3, 2017 — A prototype of a flat microscope, called FlatScope, has been developed as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) project. The microscope will be designed to sit on the...
Escarda Technologies Develops Laser-Based Weeding
BONN, Germany, Aug. 3, 2017 — A smart system for controlling invasive weed growth uses multi-spectral sensors and computer vision algorithms to detect and classify all plants in a field. After weeds are identified, a laser beam is used to eliminate or seriously damage the weeds....
Near-Infrared Tumor Technology Identifies Cancerous Cells
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3, 2017 — Surgeons were able to identify and remove a greater number of cancerous nodules from lung cancer patients when combining intraoperative molecular imaging (IMI) — using of a contrast agent that makes tumor cells glow during surgery — with...
Imaging Tracer Allows Early Evaluation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 2, 2017 — A novel medical imaging technique using a newly developed tracer could potentially be used to assess a patient’s rupture risk for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), allowing better management of this disease. Researchers developed a...
Camera Detects 23 Clues to Cosmic Dawn
TEMPE, Ariz., July 31, 2017 — The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) has detected 23 young galaxies, seen as they were 800 million years after the Big Bang occurred. DECam was recently made even more powerful when it was equipped with a special narrowband filter, designed by researchers...
SERS-Based Sensor Detects Toxins at Ultralow Concentrations
TOMSK, Russia, and PRAGUE. July 31, 2017 — A chemical sensor equipped with organic chemical compounds could provide selective, reproducible detection of heavy metal ions quickly and in miniscule amounts. The sensor is based on a plasmon-polariton Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)...
Clemson Researchers Seek Improved Beam Quality for High-Power Industrial Diode Lasers
ANDERSON, S.C., July 31, 2017 — The military already has a few lasers in their arsenal they’ve been testing to shoot down drones and incoming missiles. Now, the Department of Defense has employed the help of two Clemson University researchers to help build and design a...
Raman Amplification in Plasma Leads to Ultra-High-Gain Amplifier
GLASGLOW, Scotland, July 28, 2017 — Using plasma, scientists have amplified short laser pulses of picojoule-level (pJ-level) energy up to 100 millijoules (mJ), a gain of more than eight orders of magnitude over existing capabilities. <br A large Raman backscattered energy of up to...
Plasmonics Key to Photon Upconversion
HOUSTON, July 27, 2017 — A method to efficiently upconvert light combines plasmonic metals and semiconducting quantum wells to boost wavelength frequency. The novel photon upconversion technique is mediated by hot carriers in plasmonic nanostructures. Hot holes and hot...
Image Colorization System Uses AI to Direct Its Choices
BERKELEY, Calif., July 26, 2017 — A data-driven image colorization technique uses AI and deep learning to colorize images in real-time, providing even novices with the ability to quickly colorize grayscale images with satisfactory results. The system is guided by a Convolutional...
New Polymer Material Goes for a Walk When Illuminated
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, July 26, 2017 — A new polymer material has been developed that can undulate and propel itself forward when exposed to light. Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology and Kent State University clamped a strip of the polymer material in a rectangular frame...
Better Materials Could Advance Design of Dielectric Nanophotonic Devices
MOSCOW and SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia, July 25, 2017 — A team of physicists has conducted a comparative analysis of available high-index materials and existing fabrication techniques, examining their performance as optical nanoresonators. The systematic study has produced results that could optimize the...

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