Corning Delivers Mirror for Airborne Laser
The US Air Force's Airborne Laser Program has marked another milestone with the delivery of the...
Russian Researcher Proposes New Spectroscopy Excitation Source
One difficulty with Cr4+ and Ti3+ lasers is the delay between pumping and lasing pulses. This delay...
Photodynamic Therapy Targets Eyes
Doctors at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary recently began preclinical trials of photodynamic...
Ge-Doped Glass Produces Unique Light Polarization
Researchers led by Patrick Kazansky of the Optoelectronics Research Center at the University of...
Photonic Homes and Gardens
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The remodeling plans for the kitchen of Stephen Jacobs did not include this...
InGaN Quantum-Well Laser Diode Achieves CW Operation
Researchers from Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center in California have demonstrated continuous-wave...
Lidar Helps Researchers Analyze
Researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., are using an...
Method Speeds Superconductor Lithography
Superconducting materials have a number of potential applications, including high-performance...
Quantum Onions Add Zing to Nanoscience
Development of quantum onions could signal the onset of salad days for nanoscientists at the...
Lasers to Bring Order to Construction Site
GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Keeping track of personal items is a challenge familiar to many of us. The...
A Photon for Your Thoughts
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Photonics is still a long way away from reading your thoughts, but a new optical...
Researcher Explains Physics Behind Sonoluminescence
For 10 years scientists have struggled to explain the physics behind sonoluminescence, a phenomenon...
Optical Sensor Promises Safer Air Travel
An optical sensor could offer added security to pilots and passengers flying on commercial...
Robotic System Models Human Vision
A major step toward making science fiction a reality -- developing robots that can see like humans...
Laser Sampler Takes Aim at Mars
In a bid to improve on the soil sampling methods used in planetary exploration, researchers at Los...
'Sandpaper' Alloy Eyed as Potential Semiconductor
Silicon carbide, a close cousin of sandpaper, may be used for a rugged new type of semiconductor,...
Laser Scoring Improves Glass
CORNING, N.Y. -- Three decades ago it was proposed that a CO2 laser could be used to draw a crack...
Sensor Exhibits Long Luminescence Decay Time
Researchers have proposed decay-time-based schemes to sense oxygen, pH and CO2, although only...
Study Assesses Needle Heat
Industrial sewing is one of the most common manufacturing operations in the automotive industry,...
Microscopic Bundle Lases Like a Sieve
A recent innovation in lasers might make a bundle -- a microscopic bundle, anyway. Researchers at...
Stone-Cold Telescope Will Spot Cosmic Neutrinos
Antarctica is stone cold, covered by a miles-deep sheet of ice. But that ice makes the South Pole...
Spectroscopies Offer Integrated View
Two scientists who integrated data from four spectroscopy methods have found an innovative way to...
American Xtal Technology Grows Silicon Carbide Crystals
Companies have eyed silicon carbide for its potential use in a wide range of electronic and...
ZrW2O8 Could Help Fiber Optics
More than three decades have passed since the unique properties of zirconium tungstate were first...