Scientists at the University of Sydney Institute of Photonics and Optical Science have developed a new type of laser that can deliver high amounts of energy in short bursts, with potential...

A custom-built laser has cooled antimatter to near absolute zero. The work, carried out by researchers with the CERN-based ALPHA collaboration, holds significant implications for the study of...

Researchers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) and the University of Western Australia (UWA) claimed a world record for what the team is calling the most stable...

A German-Spanish research team has developed a graphene-based approach for increasing the efficiency with which the scientists were able generate terahertz pulses. In the system, the researchers...

Double Ridge Waveguide Electromechanical Relay Switches from Pasternack perform over broad frequency bands, making them ideal for applications involved with electronic warfare, electronic...

Tunnel diode detectors from Pasternack cover broadband frequencies ranging from 100 MHz to 26 GHz and exhibit fast-pulse response rise times. The series consists of 26 models that feature...

The S5E SLC NAND-Based Solid-State Drive from SMART Modular Technologies provides high endurance with a comprehensive set of security and encryption features. Features such as quick erase,...

The 4K line of Sony MIPI Sensor Modules from iENSO is meant for off-the-shelf integration of embedded imaging, wireless, and display systems. The line currently includes the Sony IMX317,...

The applications where rapid detection of light is a must are many. They include a wide variety: semiconductor inspection, gene sequencing, oil well logging and high-energy physics. The reasons for...

Optical fibers are made from either glass or plastic. Most are roughly the diameter of a human hair, and they may be many miles long. Light is transmitted along the center of the fiber from one end...

Spectral selection is a powerful tool that enhances conventional imaging tremendously. Most imaging systems, including the human eye, are designed to image light over a broad range of the spectrum....

Imaging has long been used in industrial processes to measure, monitor, control or otherwise manage the production of goods. The challenge to the process designer is to develop a tool that captures...

One of the most promising candidates for the perfect quantum qubit are defect centres in solid-state materials, also known as colour centres, which have been found to emit a single photon per...

When discussing laser applications, regardless of how the laser is used, it is imperative to understand how the laser is interacting with the material being processed. This article will detail why a...

The world's first portable end-cap fusion splicer that provides capabilities that overcome the limitations of current end-cap splicing processes.

To achieve thin film uniformity on flat surfaces, nearly every conventional physical vapor deposition (PVD) method requires masking, complex motion, or both. For curved surfaces, none of these...

The high-gain properties in avalanche photodiodes (APDs) make these devices an ideal choice for low-light-level detection in optical communications, spectroscopy, range finding and many other...

Demand for high sensitivity and high dynamic range motivates new approaches for image sensors. The quanta image sensor (QIS) concept involves counting individual photons on sensors made of 1...

Part 1 of the 2021 Freeform Optics Series The rise of freeform optics in imaging applications has led to optical systems with increased etendue, more compact volumes, and superior performance....

Imaging is a critical component of your machine vision solution, whether your field is security, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, building & construction or R&D. Selecting the wrong camera...

1. The variation in intensity of a light beam as it travels through the atmosphere. 2. In radiation physics, a light flash formed by an ionizing event in a phosphor; a flash formed when rapidly...

A field of physics that deals with light as if it truly were composed of rays diverging in various directions from the source and abruptly bent by refraction or turned by reflection into paths...

The displacement of spectrum lines, as determined by the increasing distance between, and the relative velocity of, the observer and a light source, causing the lines to move toward the red portion...

Bohr's formulation that every new theoretical principle must correspond to the salient classical predecessor. The principle imposes mathematical limits on theoretical discovery and implies, for...

Irina Sorokina, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, was inspired by her father, a radio astronomer in the 1950s who helped work on the measurements of background radiation.

Aldo Di Costanzo, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico, looks forward to the future of functional infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for premature infants with heart defects and issues with cerebral...

Irina Novikova, College of William and Mary, USA, shares that the inner workings of quantum mechanics reveals how light is the “ultimate quantum object.”

Jim Kafka, Newport Corporation, USA, recounts his memory of joining The Optical Society as a college student.

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