ZnO Nanowires Create Ultrasensitive UV Smoke Detector

A team of researchers has examined how organic semiconductors, colloidal quantum dots (CQDs), and metal halide perovskites can be used in high-speed LED-based optical communication systems. ...

Ouster, a provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensors, enacted a comprehensive cost reduction initiative, streamlining its cost structure and extending its expected cash runway. The company is...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed an inexpensive sensor made with a photoluminescent paper that enables the visual detection of even miniscule amounts of hydrogen...

Northrop Grumman Corp. completed the preliminary design review for a high-energy laser prototype that will feature an architecture scalable to more than a megawatt for the U.S. Department of Defense....

A remote Rapid Scanning UV Detector kit from TESTA Analytical Solutions eK allows OEM technology to be integrated into a wider range of industrial applications. The Remote Cell allows users to...

FiberTech Optica supplies fiber optic bundles to meet the most demanding spectroscopy applications. With no limit on the number of fibers, bundles can be configured in spot, line, grid, hex, or...

Sydor Optics can fabricate and manufacture custom IR, UV, and visible windows in a variety of custom sizes, shapes, and substrates based on decades of experience in medical, defense, industrial and...

Allied Vision has expanded its portfolio with two new GigE cameras powered by ALVIUM® Technology, Allied Vision's ASIC chip. The Alvium G1 and Alvium G5 combine the advantages of the established...

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...

The term fluorescence is often applied as a synonym for photoluminescence, although luminescence actually covers fluorescence and phosphorescence. Both of these terms describe the process of...

Given the pace at which technology advances, there always seems to be a learning curve. With the abundance of consumer electronics available, there typically is no right or wrong way to use these...

Any number of medical, industrial, and analytical applications requires the detection of light. Chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, fluorescence, and atomic absorption are just a few, and all require...

This application note describes the procedure for high absorbance scanning with the reference grade PerkinElmer LAMBDA™ 850+ UV/Vis and LAMBDA 1050+ UV/Vis/NIR double monochromator spectrophotometers.

An optical coating consists of a combination of thin film layers that create interference effects used to enhance transmission or reflection properties for an optical system. In this paper we will...

We performed a measurement on different Fast and Ultrafast laser sources with our Blink HS, a new generation of High Speed Laser Energy Sensor. We showed the “Turn on” transient effects, the “pulse...

Overview of the infrared sources range by Axetris.

Photonics Media invites you to join us for our upcoming FREE digital conference, "Photonics for Ophthalmology." The event will feature several 15-minute online presentations on the use of light-based...

Since they first appeared in the 1990s, photonic crystal fibers (PCFs), thin strands of glass with an intricate array of hollow channels running along their length, have ushered in a new era of...

The development of a new generation of optical components that emit, modulate, and detect light across multiple spectral ranges requires accurate tools and techniques for the characterization of...

FREE WEBINAR Additional Questions and Answers from the Webinar are below: Speakers to include: David J. Brady, Duke University Computational and Compressive Raman Spectroscopy ...

Generally, a mirror used instead of lenses in astronomical and space applications. It is not limited in size, does not absorb UV or IR radiation, and is usually made aspheric to reduce aberrations....

A spectrum that is continuous in the UV region with borders ranging from the visible to 300 A and lower.

Special glasses that extend the usable range of fiber optics well into the ultraviolet region. The fibers have a core of high-purity, nonfluorescing quartz clad with an ultraviolet-transmitting...

A type of glass contrived by Schott that is highly transparent to ultraviolet radiation.

Millions of unexploded landmines and ordnance from World War II are still buried in countries around the world, injuring hundreds of thousands of people every year. Now, efforts to detect and remove...

-Nanovolcanoes -QD Microscopy -Nuclear Detection This week on Light Matters: light scattering and nanolithography combine for drug delivery, quantum dots bring together the best of optical and...

Marktech Optoelectronics is a leading manufacturer of UV visible, near-infrared, and short wavelength infrared (SWIR) emitters, detectors, and materials including InP epiwafers. Marktech maintains an...

-Spray-on Lens -iSpectrophotometer -Polariton Laser This week on Light Matters: a spray-on flat lens works in the ultraviolet, a smartphone camera becomes a high-resolution spectrophotometer, and a...

An infrared detector is a device used to detect radiation from the infrared region. It may be a thermal detector, such as a bolometer, thermocouple or Golay cell, or it may be a solid-state photon...

A History of Quality Since 1974 Glass Fab Inc. has met customers' stringent specifications by providing fabricated parts made of optical glass, filter glass, fused quartz and fused silica, low...

Excelitas Technologies® Corp. is a leading industrial technology manufacturer focused on delivering innovative, market-driven photonic solutions to meet the illumination, optical, optronic,...

At PFG Precision Optics our first priority has always focused on advancing technical competence to provide superior optical products to our customers. We produce a broad offering of very high...

Optolong Optics Co., Ltd is a manufacturer of fluorescence filters and astronomy filters. We also offer other interference filters such as UV filters, visible filters and near-infrared filters,...