Photonics.com: Photonics Tech Briefs http://www.photonics.com/Splash.aspx?PageID=57 This is the syndication feed for photonics.com. Snapshot of EuroLED 2008 The fifth annual EuroLED conference held in West Midlands, UK, in June was a study in global networking — entertaining organizations and attendees wit http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34814 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT A Look at Microscience 2008 Microscience 2008, held in June at ExCeL in London, was bigger and better than ever, with record numbers of exhibitors and visitors. Organized by the http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34815 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Extended Aspheric Measurement Capability with Subaperture Stitching Interferometry Subaperture stitching interferometry (SSI®) has been proved to be an invaluable tool for today’s modern optics shop. Benefits include high spatial res http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34816 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hybrid Integration Platform Facilitates Photonic Circuits Everyone is familiar with electronic circuit boards that combine varieties of electronic components. They first were developed several decades ago and http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34817 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT The Future Is 3-D Liquid Crystals An exciting breakthrough combines liquid crystals with vertically grown carbon nanotubes to create a reconfigurable three-dimensional liquid crystal d http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34818 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Conical Refraction: The Forgotten Phenomenon The propagation of light along an optic axis of a crystal depends on the symmetry of the crystal. It is quite well-known that the beam does not change http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34819 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hand-Held Meter Measures and Displays 400-kHz Pulsed Laser Waveforms The ability to take accurate measurements of the power and energy emitted from a laser source is an essential requirement for any laser scientist, not http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34088 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT Camera Lens Wavefronts Analysed Swiftly in High-Volume Production The introduction of digital cameras into mobile phones has led industry to produce increasingly larger quantities of lenses for camera objectives. Fac http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34089 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT Optical Interferometry Measures the Deflection of Carbon-Based Nanosensors The reduction in size of modern electromechanical systems — from micro (MEMS) to nano (NEMS) — brings with it decreasing dimensions to be tested and c http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=34090 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT Capturing Streamers in Their Full Splendour A clap of thunder usually is followed by a discharge of light that breaks into multiple branches as it crackles high in the sky. This natural occurren http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=33147 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT