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Virginia Tech Professor Awarded CAREER Grant to Study Topological Materials
BLACKSBURG, Va., April 26, 2019 — Ed Barnes, of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) Department of Physics, will use a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant to create mathematical models that will help scientists better understand materials that possess exotic properties. The $494,000, five-year grant will allow Barnes, an assistant professor, to build a new mathematical framework to predict how currents induced by light or magnetic fields will flow in topological materials. New
New 30-Minute Blood Test Could Dramatically Reduce Sepsis Deaths
BARCELONA, Spain, April 26, 2019 — A new detector using photonics to identify E. coli bacteria from a tiny drop of blood in less than 30 minutes could reduce the mortality rate from sepsis by more than 70%. Programmed to detect proteins and E.coli, one of the deadly bacteria that can...
Nanomechanical Router Could Open Way for Scalable Quantum Networks
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 29, 2019 — University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits photons carrying quantum information. The component, called a nanomechanical router, emits quantum information carried by photons and routes the photons in different...
Irradiated Magnets Behave Like Fluids to Regain Magnetic Properties
BOULDER, Colo., April 25, 2019 — When an ultrathin magnet is hit with a laser, it demagnetizes and then recovers. Scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder) are investigating how magnets recover from demagnetization, regaining magnetic properties in a fraction...
Startup Accelerates Object Labeling of Image and Video Files for Machine Learning
KARLSRUHE, Germany, April 25, 2019 — The startup understand.ai improves labeling, also called annotation, of single-image elements such as a tree, a pedestrian, or a road sign to accelerate machine learning for autonomous vehicles. According to the company’s founders, objects on...
Semiconductor Homostructures Could Improve LED Design
MOSCOW, April 23, 2019 — Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have found that superinjection, an effect previously believed to be possible only in semiconductor heterostructures, can also occur in homostructures, that is, in structures made...
Study Investigates Ways to Achieve Invisibility Without Using Metamaterials
TOKYO, April 23, 2019 — Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered a way to make a submicron-size cylinder disappear without using any specialized coating. Their findings could enable invisibility of natural materials at optical frequency and...
Researchers Use 3D Printer to Print Chalcogenide Glass
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, April 23, 2019 — For the first time, researchers have successfully 3D-printed chalcogenide glass, a unique material used to make optical components that operate at mid-IR wavelengths. The ability to 3D print this glass could make it possible to manufacture complex...
Photon Sieve Used to Display Holographic Images with Wide Viewing Angle
DAEJEON, South Korea, April 22, 2019 — Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have designed an ultrathin display that can project dynamic, multicolored holographic images with a wide viewing angle. Key to the new approach is its use of an...
Ancient Material Shows High Degree of Birefringence for Use in Displays
SUITA, Japan, April 22, 2019 — When researchers at Osaka University measured the optical birefringence of highly aligned cellulose nanofibers, they found that cellulose’s intrinsic birefringence could be powerful enough to be used in optical displays. For its experiments,...
Lumicell Technology Assessed for Tumor Removal in First Surgery
NEWTON, Mass., April 19, 2019 — Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston are conducting a feasibility study to determine the initial safety and efficacy of its Lumicell System for in vivo imaging of metastases in the hopes of removing all cancer during a first...
Improved Optical Multiplexing with Temporal DNA Barcodes
DURHAM, N.C., April 18, 2019 — In a new imaging technique developed at Duke University in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, short strands of DNA were labeled with fluorescent, temporal “barcodes” for observing biochemical activity at the molecular...
CPI, LightOx Collaborate on Light Therapy for Skin and Oral Cancers
SEDGEFIELD, England, April 18, 2019 — The Center for Process Innovation (CPI) and LightOx are collaborating on a photonics project to advance the development of next-generation cancer treatments using phototherapeutic methods.
New Super-Accurate Optical Atomic Clocks Pass Critical Test
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 18, 2019 — Researchers have measured an optical clock’s ticking with record-breaking accuracy while also showing the clock can be operated with unprecedented consistency — achievements that represent a significant step toward demonstrating that the...
New Phonon Laser Could Be Applied to Investigation of Quantum Physics
ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 17, 2019 — A phonon laser based on the optical tweezing technique invented by Nobel Prize recipient Arthur Ashkin was developed by researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the University of Rochester. The researchers demonstrated a...
Laser Processing Method Could Increase Efficiency in Optoelectronic Devices
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 17, 2019 — A new way to passivate defects in next-generation optical materials could improve quality in optoelectronic applications and enable the miniaturization of LEDs and other optical elements. The advance uses a laser processing technique developed by...
Palomar Expands Southeast Asia Facility to Support Photonic Assembly
SINGAPORE, April 16, 2019 — Palomar Technologies has expanded its Innovation Center in Singapore to meet the demanding assembly needs of advanced photonics packages. Opened in November 2018 in partnership with the Lux Photonics Consortium and DenseLight Semiconductors, Palomar...
New Camera Used to Measure Mass and Radius of Old Star
SHEFFIELD, England, April 16, 2019 — Scientists at the University of Sheffield have used HiPERCAM, a high-speed, multicolor camera that is capable of taking more than 1000 images per second, to measure both the mass and the radius of an old star (also called a cool subdwarf star) for...
Biophotonic Therapy Decontaminates Organs Before Transplantation
SÃO PAULO, April 16, 2019 — A new technique for the decontamination of organs before transplantation using UV and red light irradiation has been developed by researchers at the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in partnership with the University of Toronto. The...
FLIR Awarded $48.1M for Sensor Upgrade
WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 15, 2019 — In an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense valued at $48.1 million, FLIR Systems Inc. will be the lead integrator in the modernization of the U.S. Army’s Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV) system. Under the...
Optical Sensor Based on Plasmonics Quickly Detects Hydrogen Gas
GÖTEBORG, Sweden, April 15, 2019 — An optical nanosensor that changes color when the amount of hydrogen in the environment changes could be used to quickly detect leaks when hydrogen mixes with air. Hydrogen, a clean and renewable energy carrier, could power vehicles in the future;...
Molecular Vibrations Imaged for First Time
IRVINE, Calif., April 15, 2019 — Scientists at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) focused light down to the size of an atom to produce the first images of a molecule’s normal modes of vibration. The images could provide a better understanding of the concept of...
AIM Photonics Summer Academy Will Immerse Students in Integrated Photonics
ALBANY, N.Y., April 12, 2019 — AIM Photonics is getting ready for its 2019 Summer Academy, a week of intensive short courses on integrated photonics. The academy will take place July 22-26, 2019, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass. The weeklong...
Single-Shot Spectrometer Offers Portability, High Resolution
MADISON, Wis., April 12, 2019 — Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a compact, single-shot, free-space-coupled spectrometer with hyperspectral imaging capabilities that can be integrated with a cellphone. The spectrometer is fabricated on top of and...
Robotic Machine Vision Solution Can Process Shiny Objects
SAN ANTONIO, April 12, 2019 — A solution that enables industrial robots to scan and manipulate metallic objects that have been too “shiny” for machine vision to process has been developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and ROS-Industrial, the industry...

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