Detector Probes Beauty and the Big Bang
An outstanding problem ties the realms of the subatomic and the cosmic: The very existence of the...
Fluorescent Biosensor Is Sensitive, Fast
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- By using polymers as fluorescent sensors, a new device has demonstrated...
Chip-Scale Packaging Applied to CMOS Sensor
Photobit Corp. of Pasadena, Calif., and ShellCase Ltd. of Jerusalem have implemented wafer-level...
Deep Inversion Offers Fast Modulation
FREIBURG, Germany -- Electro-optic modulators need to have a fast response, high bandwidth, a low...
Laser-Excited Fiber Provides Highly Visible Escape Routes
An emergency onboard an offshore oil installation is too often fatal. Hundreds of yards of...
Researchers Approach Lab on a Chip
LONDON -- Scientists striving to miniaturize equipment used in analysis systems have gained ground...
Researchers Develop Mid-IR Room-Temperature Laser
WASHINGTON -- Researchers from the US Naval Research Laboratory and from Sarnoff Laboratories and...
Lucent Exhibits Free-Space Video
Lucent Technologies of Murray Hill, N.J., demonstrated its WaveStar OpticAir networking system for...
Masks Team Up to Beat Light's Limits
The wavelength of exposure light is an inherent limitation in optical lithography. Semiconductor...
Lasers Amplify Matter Waves
Two teams have independently reported the phase-coherent amplification of matter waves. The...
Simple Minigyro Achieves Accuracy
WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Measuring angular rotation is essential to the proper operation of missile...
Observatory Receives Fourth Mirror
Optics manufacturer REOSC of St.-Pierre-du-Perray, France, formally presented in December the last...
NASA Readies Microscope for Space Mission
BROOK PARK, Ohio -- Scientists at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Dynacs Engineering...
All-Optical Network Field-Tested
Qtera Corp. of Boca Raton, Fla., and Qwest Communications International Inc. of Denver have...
Photek Produces 150-mm Image Intensifier
Photek Ltd. of St. Leonards-on-Sea, UK, has announced that it has produced a prototype...
Polarized Laser Light Helps Reveal Porous Structures
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- As a rule, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging has relied on liquid probes...
IR Spectra Reveal Red Oxygen
At 100,000 times atmospheric pressure, solid oxygen turns red. Researchers have been aware of the...
Sharp Sensor Rivals 35-mm Film
Herman L. Peek and associates at Philips Semiconductors Image Sensors in Eindhoven, The...
Fiber Eases Single-Molecule Detection
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Several fluorescence techniques have emerged recently that meet the challenge...
Space Technology Comes Down to Earth
Researchers at the University of Leicester in the UK are developing an imaging system with...