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Masters of Light Garner Nobel
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 6, 2009 -- Three “masters of light” considered the fathers of fiber optics and digital imaging were honored Tuesday with the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Charles K. Kao received half of the $1.4 million prize for his discovery that led to a breakthrough in fiber optics, while the other half of the prize will be split between former Bell Laboratories colleagues Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith, inventors of the first successful imaging technology using a digital...
Femtolasers Aid Space Mission
MIDDLESEX, England, Oct. 5, 2009 – The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has helped to establish that femtosecond comb lasers can provide accurate measurement of absolute distance in formation flying space missions. The benefit of such missions is they can gather data in a...
Graphite Proves Ferromagnetic
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Oct. 5, 2009 – In what could be promising results for new applications in nanotechnology, such as biosensors and detectors, researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology showed for the first time why ordinary graphite is ferromagnetic, or a permanent magnet at...
NIST Using Optronic Light Source
Oct 5, 2009 — Optronic Laboratories, located in Orlando, Fla., has delivered a specially designed version of its popular OL 490 agile light source to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md. NIST commissioned the custom OL...
For lasers, small and thin are in
NORFOLK, Va. – Lasers just keep getting smaller and smaller: Recently, only a couple of months after the report of the world’s thinnest laser, the world’s smallest laser was announced. Both developments barely precede the 50th anniversary of the laser, which will...
Guiding light is not just a soap opera
BOSTON – Computers of the future may use light rather than electricity for logic functions. “There is this dream of the all-photonic circuit to guide light and perform functions,” commented Willie Padilla, a professor at Boston College. Such light-based...
Lasers light a better way to build a sub
ARLINGTON, Va. – By using laser projection instead of paper and string, an estimated half a million dollars could be saved on every Virginia-class submarine hull built by the General Dynamics Electric Boat Div. in Quonset Point, R.I. That adds up to tens of millions...
Satellite proves its worth
GREENBELT, Md. – The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system has been expanded by a new satellite, GOES-14. Designed and run by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the goes system provides forecasters with...
Single-photon converter expands IR spectrometry
GAITHERSBURG, Md. – A cleverly designed single-photon detector has enabled scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop a highly sensitive and low-cost spectrometer that operates in the infrared. The technique could be used in...
Small device prevents diode death
ORLANDO, Fla. – Electrostatic discharge (ESD), reverse bias and power surges are common causes for the malfunction or premature failure of laser diodes, LEDs and photodiodes. As a solution, William Benner, president of Pangolin Laser Systems, has devised a...
Stellar Jet Recreated in Lab
ROCHESTER, NY, Oct. 1, 2009 – Astronomers will tell you that the vast amounts of matter that certain stars stream into space create some of the most beautiful structures observed by telescopes, but they have a hard time explaining it. Adam Frank, professor of physics and...
Tunable light source reaches nanoscale milestone
SOUTHAMPTON, UK – In the race to develop ever-smaller and -faster optical devices, researchers have built the first tunable nanoscale light source driven by free electrons. Dubbed the “light-well” by its creators, the novel emitter could one day be used as an on-chip...
Dark Matter Detector Devised
HUESCA, Spain, Sept. 30, 2009 -- A scintillating bolometer containing a crystal comprised of bismuth, germinate and oxygen (BGO) has been developed to detect the dark matter of the universe. Researchers from the University of Zaragoza in Spain and France's Institut d'Astrophysique...
1st Atomic-scale QD Map Made
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 29, 2009 – The first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots was created by a team of physicists at the University of Michigan, who say it is a major step toward producing “designer dots” that can be tailored for specific applications.
Science Medalists Named
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2009 – Pioneers in the fields of astronomical telescope building, computer simulation, and medical imaging were chosen to receive the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the US government on scientists, engineers and inventors.
Atom-moving Marks 20 Years
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 28, 2009 -- Twenty years ago this week, IBM Fellow Don Eigler became the first person in history to move and control an individual atom, an ability that heralded the age of nanotechnology.
ICs Built at -234 ºF
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28, 2009 – Physicists at UC San Diego successfully created speedy integrated circuits with particles called “excitons,” which operate at commercially cold temperatures. This development brings closer to reality the possibility of a new type of extremely fast...
Light from the Dawn of Time
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 25, 2009 – The Planck, a European Space Agency mission with significant participation from NASA, has captured its first rough images of the sky, demonstrating that the observatory is working and ready to measure light from the dawn of time. Planck will survey...
QuantaSol Gains Tech to Boost PVs
Sep 25, 2009 — QuantaSol Ltd. of Kingston-upon-Thames, England, a maker of strain-balanced quantum well solar cells, said it has entered into its first major collaboration. By exclusively licensing advanced materials growth technology from the University of...
ILX Partners with Mirthe
Sep 24, 2009 — ILX Lightwave Corp., a photonics instrumentation and test systems component company located in Bozeman, Mont., announced that it is now an affiliate member of the Center for Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health and the Environment (Mirthe)....
Dazer Laser Retains Trademark
Sep 23, 2009 — Laser Energetics Inc., a laser technology company located in Mercerville, N.J., announced that its new Dazer Laser - Light Fighting Technologies has withstood a challenge to its trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office brought...
Implant Stimulates Sight
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept, 23, 2009 – Inspired by the success of cochlear implants that can restore hearing to some deaf people, researchers at MIT are developing a retinal implant that could one day help blind people regain a useful level of vision. The eye implant is designed for...
Physicist Wins 'Genius' Grant
CHICAGO, Sept. 22, 2009 – Applied physicist John A. Rogers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who develops flexible electronic devices using organic substrates instead of silicon, will receive $500,000 in “no strings attached” support over the next five...
Bling Boosts Raman Lasers
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2009 – Researchers in Australia demonstrated the first Raman laser built with man-made diamonds that has comparable efficiency to a laser built with other materials.
Light Links Graphene, Gallium
BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany, Sept. 18, 2009 – Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) scientists succeeded in making graphene visible on gallium arsenide – an achievement previously only possible on silicon oxide – by using a light optical microscope.

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