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Designer molecules promise all-optical processing
ATLANTA – Supporters of all-optical switching say it will allow dramatic speed increases in data communications by eliminating the need to convert photonic signals to electronic signals – and back. All-optical processing – switching light using light – would also facilitate photonic computers, which promise much higher data throughput and speed than electronic processing. In another step toward all-optical switching, a team at Georgia Institute of Technology has synthesized a ma...
For fast communication, divide and conquer
DAVIS, Calif. – By splitting up one big, tough problem into many smaller and easier parts, researchers at the University of California, Davis, may have created the basis for ultrafast optical communications. Team leader S.J. Ben Yoo noted that the new approach...
Laser Welding Research Hall Opens
GEESTHACHT, Germany, May 10, 2010 — A new hall with a semi-industrial laser system has been built at the GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, in collaboration with Airbus Deutschland GmbH. GKSS invested roughly one million Euros in the hall, which officially opened on April 19, 2010. The...
Light moves in not-so-mysterious ways
ERLANGEN, Germany – How can we search the Internet more quickly? How will future quantum computer networks operate? What is happening during the fast energy transfer in photosynthesis? These and many other questions related to the dynamics of complex systems are now...
Liquid crystals: Size and shape matter
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – When it comes to liquid crystals, scientists at Texas A&M University have discovered that size and shape really matter. Dr. Zhengdong Cheng, an assistant professor of chemical engineering, and his colleagues oriented disk-shaped molecules of...
NIST Calibration Surpassed
CHINO, Calif., May 10, 2010 — General Photonics, manufacturer of dynamic polarization and timing management, has developed a calibration system for the PSGA-101A polarization measurement system and confirmed that the instrument’s accuracy exceeds that of NIST artifacts. It...
Novel systems detect explosives
May 10, 2010 — The need for technologies that can detect explosives with high sensitivity and from far away is as great as ever. A number of groups are working to develop such technologies. At the University of Málaga, researchers have demonstrated a novel...
Omni-Focus Camera Sees Near and Far
TORONTO, May 10, 2010 — Researchers at the University of Toronto have announced a breakthrough in video camera design dubbed the Omni-focus video camera. Based on an entirely new distance-mapping principle, the device delivers automatic real-time focus of both near- and...
Photothermal imaging detects nanorod orientation
HOUSTON – “Fluorescence vector probes and polarization-sensitive single-molecule spectroscopies have been widely used to explore the conformation dynamics of proteins in biological systems – and an ideal probe should yield high signal with low...
Stacking ‘Lego’ blocks of light
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada – Many of us enjoyed donning our construction hats and building little houses out of Lego blocks when we were young. Now, researchers at the University of Calgary are playing a similar game, but rather than using Legos, they are stacking light...
THz Control Could Mean X-Ray Vision
WASHINGTON, DC, May 10, 2010 — Boston University researchers are closing in on making x-ray vision a reality. Led by BU’s Richard Averitt, the team has developed a new way to detect and control terahertz (THz) radiation using optics and materials science. This type of...
Lensless Imaging of Whole Cells
BERKELEY, Calif. May 7, 2010 — Scientists working at beamline 9.0.1 of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have used x-ray diffraction microscopy to make images of whole yeast cells, achieving the highest...
Moth-Inspired Coating is Perfectly Nonreflective
FREIBURG, Germany, May 7, 2010 — new hybrid nanocoating that ensures a perfectly nonreflecting view on displays and other transparent surfaces has recently been unveiled. The nanocoating is applied during manufacturing, which removes a step in the process and reduces cost. The...
New Cell Phone App: Night Vision
GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 7, 2010 — A University of Florida engineer has crafted a nickel-sized imaging device for night vision that uses organic LED technology similar to that found in cell phone or laptop screens. But unlike night vision goggles, which are heavy and expensive, the...
Second X-Ray Laser Approved
MENLO PARK, Calif., May 7, 2010 — The US Department of Energy (DoE) has granted approval for SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory – home of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), the world’s first hard X-ray laser – to begin planning a second X-ray laser at the...
World Metrology Day Inches Closer
GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 6, 2010 — "Accurate measurement is at the heart of physics, and in my experience, new physics begins at the next decimal place," said Steven Chu, now the US Secretary of Energy, at the 125th anniversary of the Metre Convention in 2000. Those sentiments are...
Holographic Adaptive Optics Improve UAVs
ARLINGTON, Va., May 5, 2010 — Holographic adaptive optics could help transform software into computer-free electronics for more efficient unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), high-energy lasers and free-space optical communications. Air Force Office of Scientific Research-supported...
Plastic Filter to Boost Optical Communication
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 5, 2010 — A new nano-based technology that can make computers and the Internet hundreds of times faster could make its way to the nanophotonics market within the next 5 to 10 years. Dr. Koby Scheuer of Tel Aviv University's School of Electrical...
‘Pure’ Positronium Could Lead to Gamma Ray Lasers
RIVERSIDE, Calif., May 4, 2010 — ‘Positronium is a short-lived system in which an electron and its anti-particle are bound together. In 2007, physicists at the University of California, Riverside created molecular positronium, a brand-new substance, in the laboratory. Now...
Car Steered with Eyes Alone
BERLIN, May 4, 2010 — Scientists at Freie University, working under the direction of computer science professor Raúl Rojas, gave a completely new meaning to the standard rule for drivers, “Keep your eyes on the road!” Using software they developed,...
Technology Doubles Oscilloscope Bandwidth up to 60 GHz
CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y., May 3, 2010 — Serial data test solutions provider LeCroy Corp. announced that the sixth-generation of digital bandwidth interleave (DBI) technology has been demonstrated successfully in its design labs in New York. The latest generation of technology will...
Laservision to Hold Laser Safety Officers Workshop
BERKELEY, Calif., April 30, 2010 — Laservision announced that it will participate in the annual Laser Safety Officers Workshop July 27-29 at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The company will exhibit at the workshop, as well as conduct a mini-workshop on its EyePro software....
New Look at Bioactive Metal Complexes
BOCHUM, Germany, April 29, 2010 — Scientists at Ruhr University Bochum have accurately determined the location of metal complexes within living cancer cells using Raman microscopy. The technique provides new insights into the mechanism of action of metal-containing drugs, which may...
Revealing Cell Membrane Mechanics
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 29, 2010 — Thanks to an interdisciplinary team of researchers, scientists now have a more complete understanding of one of the human body’s most vital structures, the red blood cell. Led by University of Illinois electrical and computer engineering...
Virtually Invisible Rooftop Solar Panels
MADRID, Spain, April 29, 2010 — A Spanish-German partnership has developed a virtually invisible solar film for roofs for an accessible price. "You don’t see the film at all – it’s marvelous," said Francisco Ruiz Caballero, general manager and head of R&D...

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