MUNICH – Two atoms 20 m apart have signaled their entanglement, a significant step forward for the study of quantum entanglement and the development of practical applications such as quantum computing and communications networks. In quantum entanglement – sometimes called “spooky action at a distance” – two particles’ quantum properties are so tightly linked, even when they are great distances apart, that one particle’s quantum state changes when its...

SEATTLE – Work over the past decade to harness the energy-generating mechanism of the sun has yielded bright high-energy light needed to etch smaller microchips. The microchip industry now uses 193-nm UV light, which cannot etch circuits any smaller than...

Sep 1, 2012 — Laser car ignition systems promise better fuel efficiency and lower pollution than conventional ones – as long as the technology continues to develop. As calls for improved energy efficiency and reduced auto emissions grow ever louder,...

Sep 1, 2012 — PC cameras are compact vision systems that can deliver up to 90 gigaflops of processing power to support full image-processing libraries and sensor resolutions of 5 megapixels or more. If the manufacturing industry of the 21st century had a bumper...

Sep 1, 2012 — Industrial laser glass processing holds promise for an increasing range of applications, including biomedical and solar panel manufacturing. Higher-power and higher-beam-quality lasers continue to emerge on the marketplace, and industry...

Sep 1, 2012 — Applying new diamondlike carbon multiple-layer coatings to front-surface forward-looking infrared lens assemblies drastically reduces the Narcissus effect without compromising durability. In Greek mythology, the hunter Narcissus was renowned...

Sep 1, 2012 — To win races through wind, waves and inclement weather, sailors need nerves of steel. But it turns out that their boats need “nerves of glass.” A new fiber optic sensor system for racing yachts could alert crew members when a craft...

Sep 1, 2012 — The most detailed images to date of airborne soot particles, generated with x-rays from the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), will have important implications for climate modeling and human health, among other areas. Aerosol particles such as...

Sep 1, 2012 — Coating photovoltaic cells with liquid silicone could yield more robust, sustainable solar cells at a fraction of the cost of traditional ones. If solar panels are to exceed life spans of 25 years, scientists must investigate various types of...

Sep 1, 2012 — Laser lab design can be tricky. Even when lab construction falls to a project manager, he/she often will rely on the laser user (many times a postdoc or grad student) and someone from the Environmental Health and Safety Division for design help....

BORDEAUX, France – For two days at the end of the year, venture capitalists and photonics investors will gather at the Place de la Bourse to network, learn, share and grow. The third biennial Invest in Photonics event, a business partnering convention that focuses on...

LINKÖPING, Sweden – Imagine a room with wallpaper that lights up with the touch of a hand. A zinc oxide and polymer solution could soon make this dream a reality by allowing LEDs to be grown directly onto the surface of paper, or even printed onto wallpaper like ink. ...

BRUSSELS – Europe should boost key enabling technologies (KETs), including photonics, to stimulate growth in the region and create jobs, the European Commission (EC) said recently. The commission tabled its strategy to boost the industrial production of...

MUNICH – Two atoms 20 m apart have signaled their entanglement, a significant step forward for the study of quantum entanglement and the development of practical applications such as quantum computing and communications networks. In quantum entanglement...

BRISTOL, UK – A three-decades-old formula for phase shifting has been used to accurately control quantum interference between atoms, paving the way for fault-tolerant circuits in photonic quantum simulators. Photonic quantum simulators, systems of photons...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Coating photo-voltaic (PV) cells with liquid silicone could yield more robust and sustainable solar cells at a fraction of the cost of traditional ones. Solar panels deliver power without risk to the environment and climate, but their...

L’AQUILA, VERONA and FLORENCE, Italy – A new imaging technique that works somewhat like thermography in reverse uses reflected mid-infrared light to further refine the restoration of old masters. The powerful yet safe imaging tool for artwork diagnostics, called thermal...

STOKE-ON-TRENT, UK – Engineering firm Midland Tool and Design (MTD) is producing components for use in a facility similar to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The company will manufacture the components for Switzerland’s Paul Scherrer Institute’s SwissFEL...

Sep 1, 2012 — Raptor Photonics Ltd. of Larne, Northern Ireland, has named Laser 2000 GmbH of Munich as its scientific camera distributor for Germany and Austria. Laser 2000 supplies lasers and light sources, optics and optomechanics, optical instrumentation and...

Sep 1, 2012 — Given Imaging Ltd.’s patent infringement lawsuit against Intromedic Co. Ltd. of Seoul, South Korea, has been upheld by the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). Given Imaging of Yokneam, Israel,...

Sep 1, 2012 — Soitec (Euronext) of Bernin, France, and Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (Silian) of China will jointly develop gallium nitride (GaN) template wafers to reduce LED manufacturing costs. The partnership agreement...

Sep 1, 2012 — Olympus America Inc. of Center Valley, Pa., and Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH of Jena, Germany, have signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement allowing the German company to access Olympus’ portfolio of digital pathology and virtual...

Sep 1, 2012 — Rudolph Technologies Inc. of Flanders, N.J., a maker of process control metrology systems used in semiconductor device manufacturing, has acquired NanoPhotonics GmbH of Mainz, Germany, to strengthen its presence in the high-growth advanced packaging...

Sep 1, 2012 — Aifotec Fiberoptics GmbH of Meiningen, Germany, has added customized assembly equipment to double its monthly output and to support its ongoing process and system design R&D efforts. The new equipment can support postbond accuracy within...