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$100 Bill to Be Safeguarded with Photonics Technology

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Microlenses within the paper will provide a new layer of security against counterfeiting.

Michael A. Greenwood

In an effort to get ahead, and to stay ahead, of increasingly sophisticated counterfeiters, the US government is looking to a refractive lens technology that will provide additional security for the $100 bill. Each C-note will display an image — exactly what image remains under wraps — that slides around the surface of the bill in a way that is sure to grab attention. “It’s rather eye-catching. You start playing with this material like it’s a video game,” said Douglas Crane, vice president of Crane & Co., a Dalton, Mass., company that manufactures all of the paper used for US...Read full article

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    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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