Multiplexer Delivers 1600 Channels
COLUMBIA, Md. -- The tighter bit density of 40-Gb/s signals makes them more vulnerable to chromatic...
Laser Cooling of Solids Advances
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Since 1995, when a group of scientists discovered how to cool solids with...
Laser Tested for Antimissile System
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space of Sunnyvale, Calif., announced that Raytheon Co. Electronic...
Blue LEDs Open Door to Microdisplays
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Physicists at Kansas State University have created a microdisplay based on...
Undercut Structure Boosts VCSEL Performance
A double intracavity contacted structure developed at the University of California in Santa Barbara...
Chirped Bragg Grating Covers the C-Band
AUSTIN, Texas -- Twice in as many years, researchers at 3M have claimed breakthroughs in their...
Bubbly Polymer Promises Photonic Crystals
Scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, North Carolina State University in...
Spectrometry Samples Crude Oil
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Oil exploration requires an investment of time, money and material. But even...
Sensor Classifies Demolition Waste
Researchers at the University of Nijmegen in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, have reported that...
Dimension-Reduction Sensing Demonstrated
A dimension-reduction technique demonstrated by researchers at the University of South Carolina in...
Epoxy Mirrors Are Strong and Light
MOSCOW, Idaho -- When Univer-sity of Idaho researchers contemplated designing a 300-m, open-path...
System Detects 'Evil Twins'
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- In the pharmaceutical industry, many enantiomers, or mirror-image molecules,...
KVH Introduces ActiveFiber
KVH Industries Inc. of Middletown, R.I., presented its ActiveFiber technology at OFC in Anaheim,...
Crystals Exhibit Lasing Oscillation
A team from NTT Basic Research Laboratories and NTT Photonics Laboratories, both in Atsugi, Japan,...
Researchers Prospect for Martian Water
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- The image of John Carter's Mars, crisscrossed with canals, has been...
Raman Imaging Identifies Microfossils
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Micropaleontology has become a viable science only in the last four decades,...
Nanotubes Enable Flat Panel Displays
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Flat panel displays are desirable where space is at a premium: in portable...
Optics Delivered to Fusion Research Lab
Researchers at Osaka University's Institute of Laser Engineering in Japan have incorporated three...
Sensor Sniffs Out Fuel Vapors
ABERDEEN, Md. -- Fuel vapors pose a fire hazard to crews aboard military vehicles, especially...
Synchrotron Is Ideal Source for IR Microscopy
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Mid-infrared light is immensely useful to biological studies because it offers...
Fiber Sensors Ensure Train Safety
URBANA, Ill. -- Fiber optic sensors may soon play a crucial role in preventing the derailment of...
Laser Speeds Trimming Technique
MONTREAL -- Recent advances in telecommunications have brought new challenges in integrating analog...
Nichia Offers True Blue Laser Diodes
Nichia Corp. of Tokyo has announced the availability of its new blue laser diodes in evaluation...
WaveSplitter Transmits 160 Channels
WaveSplitter Technologies Inc. of Fremont, Calif., demonstrated a 160-channel dense wavelength...