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Optical Technique Better Measures Blood Coagulation
BOSTON, Feb. 25, 2014 — A new optical approach could help doctors quickly determine a patient’s blood coagulation (clotting) status in near real time.
QD Lasers Grown on Silicon Show Record Performance
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., and BETHLEHEM, Pa., Feb. 25, 2014 — A new study shows that direct growth of III-V lasers on silicon (Si) with quantum dot (QD) active regions is a competitive alternative to wafer bonding lasers grown on native substrates. The 1.3-µm wavelength indium arsenide (InAs) QD lasers...
SPIE Honors Palanker
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 25, 2014 — Dr. Daniel Palanker is the 2014 recipient of the SPIE Translational Research Award. An associate professor of ophthalmology at Stanford University, Palanker received the award for his study titled “Non-damaging laser therapy of the macula:...
Fast Phase Modulator Is World's Most Compact
KARLSRUHE, Germany, Feb. 24, 2014 — Using electro-optical signals rather than traditional electrical signals could make the exchange of digital information more efficient.
New Approach to Creating Flexible Waveguides
AMES, Iowa, Feb. 24, 2014 — Creating flexible optical waveguides has long been a challenge, as it requires the self-contradicting task of shaping a highly soft material into thin and long structures that are also self-sustaining. A new fabrication technique developed by...
PHOQUS to Focus on Cells and Disease
DUNDEE, Scotland, Feb. 24, 2014 — The European Commission (EU) has awarded nearly €4 million in funding for investigations on the relationships between cellular processes and disease. The EU has awarded the University of Dundee a €3.8 million (about $5.2 million) grant,...
BSI, ICFO Technologies Study Photosynthesis
EAST LANSING, Mich., and BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 21, 2014 — Studying photosynthesis at the single-molecule level could lay the groundwork for better understanding of quantum physics’ role in nature. Researchers from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona are using their advanced laser...
Mitsubishi Electric Develops Laser Technology
TOYKO, Feb. 21, 2014 — Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is set to unveil laser technology that ultimately will improve the performance of electronic devices. The company has developed a micro glass processing technology that uses a pulsed far-IR CO2 laser to drill the world's...
Royal Academy Names First Fraunhofer UK Research Chair
LONDON, Feb. 21, 2014 — The Royal Academy of Engineering has appointed the first Fraunhofer UK research chair at the University of Strathclyde. Alan Kemp, a professor at the university and team leader at its Institute of Photonics, will work to keep the UK at the forefront...
Superbright X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers Find Missing Proteins
RICHLAND, Wash., and LIVERMORE, Calif., Feb. 21, 2014 — A protein's shape is key to understanding how it causes disease or toxicity. Traditionally, capturing quality x-ray snapshots of a protein has required as many as 1 billion copies of the same protein, stacked into a neat crystal. This is no longer...
Goetz Instrument Support Awards Announced
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 20, 2014— Innovative research projects based on spectroscopy and remote sensing have been recognized by the Alexander Goetz Instrument Support Program awards for 2014. The awards program, now in its eighth year and supported by PANalytical Boulder (formerly...
New Devices Could Realize Optical Microprocessing
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2014 — The future of computing may lie in photonic devices, specifically microprocessors that use light rather than electric signals.
Optical Circuit Uses Stretchable Interconnections
GHENT, Belgium, Feb. 20, 2014 — The first optical circuit to use stretchable, bendable interconnections could be in the pipeline, following years of difficulty with such applications.
European Organizations Join Forces on BabyLux Project
BERLIN, BARCELONA, Spain, and MILAN, Feb. 19, 2014 — Several organizations from Italy, Spain, Germany and Denmark have come together with the common goal of reducing the risk of brain damage in premature babies from 25 to 20 percent.
Ocean Optics Names 2014 Young Investigator Award Winner
DUNEDIN, Fla., Feb. 18, 2014 — Ocean Optics has named Gabriel Orsinger the 2014 recipient of the Young Investigator Award. Orsinger, a graduate student at the University of Arizona, was honored for his research of the use of gold-coated liposomes as a tool for studying cellular...
Scientific Digital Imaging Acquires Opus Instruments
CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 19, 2014 — Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI) plans to expand and enhance its digital imaging technology through the recent acquisition of Opus Instruments for £1.33 million (about $2.2 million) in cash and shares. SDI cites in particular Opus’...
THz Laser Chip Sets Power Records
LEEDS, England, Feb. 19, 2014 — A newly developed terahertz laser chip is already setting records as the most powerful in the world.
Graphene Sandwich Improves Biomolecule Imaging
CHICAGO, Feb. 18, 2014 — Atomic-level images of a biological molecule in its natural environment can now be obtained by sandwiching the wet sample between sheets of graphene.
Laser Technique Diagnoses Meningitis
GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 14, 2014 — A new laser-based test uses nanoparticles to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis, a disease that can lead to blood poisoning and brain damage if not discovered quickly.
MALS Detector Improves Polymer Research
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 14, 2014 — Wyatt Technology Corp. has discovered that quantitative branching topology information is crucial in the development of novel polymer-based materials and for understanding polymerization processes. A study by Wyatt scientists characterizes molecular...
Needle Microscope Wins SPIE Startup Challenge
CRAWLEY, Australia, and BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 14, 2014 — A new needle microscope that will assist in breast cancer treatment has earned SPIE’s annual Startup Challenge. The “Microscope in a Needle” project, developed by a team from western Australia and led by Robert McLaughlin, an...
Better Lasers, Better Computing
Feb 13, 2014 — To take communications to the next level, laser technologies must improve in terms of cost, efficiency and robustness. Fortunately, those improvements are in the works. Whether traveling through free space or over a fiber, lasers power data delivery...
How Fibers Really Work
Feb 13, 2014 — Basic knowledge of fiber optics is widespread – but often infected by certain misconceptions. The basics of fiber optics are seemingly quite simple. Guidance of light in a fiber core can be explained with the physics of total internal...
Hyperspectral Imaging Reduces Threat of Amputation
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2014 — Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) can help surgeons make quick decisions in the operating room, as it detects issues not visible to the naked eye.
Laser Sensor Speeds Up Salmonella Detection
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 13, 2014 — A new laser sensor can identify salmonella bacteria in food samples as much as three times faster than conventional detection methods.

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