Shack-Hartmann Challenges Interferometry
A team of researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., has...
Coatings Control Aberration in Optical Pickups
The demand for more-compact optical disk drives in laptops has created a problem: The shorter...
Smart Cameras Have Their Eye on Crime
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Don't look now, but Big Brother is just around the corner, say...
Diamonds Produce Single Photons
Two research teams from Germany and France have reported that nitrogen impurities in Ib synthetic...
Bigger Isn't Always Better for Molecular Light Funnels
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Researchers at the University of Rochester have determined the ideal size for a...
Pulse-Shaping Yields Efficient X-ray Generation
An international group of scientists has found that controlling the shape of laser pulses improves...
Lasers Tweaked to Catch Gravity Waves
ADELAIDE, Australia -- Researchers at Adelaide University had a bright idea: Develop a laser to...
Zeiss Building Giant Laser Gyro
Carl Zeiss of Oberkochen, Germany, has taken an important step in the completion of a mammoth ring...
Laser Altimetry Detects Thinning Ice
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- It's probably a good idea to hold off buying that beachfront cottage, at...
Bow Tie Is Key to New Blue Laser
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- For years, researchers have sought to generate long-wavelength blue laser light...
X-Rays Mark the Spot for Mines
PALE, Bosnia -- Finding land mines is slow, tedious and dangerous. Because today's mines are mostly...
Optics Firm, NASA Produce Lightweight Mirror for Space Telescope
San Diego-based Composite Optics Inc. has announced that it has completed construction and testing...
Color-Changing Array Identifies Odors
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- For years scientists have been attempting to emulate a pretty good chemical...
OPO Developed for Mid-IR Spectroscopy
Physicists at the University of St. Andrews in St. Andrews, UK, have reported the development of an...
Organic Lasers Go Electric
MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- Physicists at Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Bell Labs have developed the first...
Waveguides Show No Diffraction
Researchers from The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and the University of...
Silver Fiber Transmits IR Images
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Scientists at Tel Aviv University are developing an infrared endoscopy...
Simple Device Measures Film Thickness
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Film thickness between a liquid-vapor interface can reveal much about the...
Spy Photos Spot Invasion
LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Spy satellite photographs have documented a desert invasion.
But don't...
Crystal Yields Narrowband T-rays
A team from the University of Michigan and IMRA America, both of Ann Arbor, has generated...
Quantum-Well Infrared Photodetector Works
A research team from Georgia State University in Atlanta, the National Research Council's Institute...
Inverted Structure Yields Solar-Blind UV Detector
GOLETA, Calif. -- A team from Cree Lighting Co. has devised an AlGaN photodiode that may find...