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Photonics Spectra - March 2019
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Prism Award Winners Take Center Stage
Amid the bustle of Photonics West, some of the industry’s top innovators gathered on Feb. 6 to honor the best products and advancements at the “Oscars of the photonics industry” — the Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. "In rising to the top of an impressive field of finalists, the 2019 award-winning products and the companies behind them are taking the photonics...
Designing Large Fizeau Interferometers
Laser Fizeau interferometers are the workhorses of optical testing. With proper configurations and accessories, these instruments enable characterization of flats, prisms, concave and convex lenses,...
Micro-LEDs Could Have a Big Impact on Displays
Small, as in microscopic, LEDs promise brighter displays and longer-running mobile devices, but only after manufacturers overcome several challenges. Known as micro-LEDs, these semiconductor chips...
All-Diamond Metamaterial Optics
The strongly bound and tightly packed crystal lattice that comprises diamond makes it an ideal candidate for extreme optical and photonic devices. Thanks to the unique combination of its outstanding...
Chalcogenide Aspherical Lenses in IR Imaging
As the thermal imaging market continues to rapidly expand, a broad array of commercial applications has placed an increased emphasis on balancing cost and performance. While some still perceive...
Measuring NIR Sources for Safe and Accurate 3D Sensing
3D sensing with NIR wavelengths has taken off in the past several years, with use in such applications as facial and gesture recognition, eye tracking, and automotive vision systems such as lidar....
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Cannabis Industry Boom is a Boon for Spectroscopic Detection
Despite remaining illegal at a federal level and in about one-third of states, the legal cannabis industry in the U.S. has become a nearly $11 billion business — a figure that is predicted to...
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Application agita
Over the past year, I’ve read about several photonic applications that make me twitchy: discussions of fake moons, the possibility of beaming billboards in low-Earth orbit, and the laser insect-zapping photonic fence. Gah! Clearly, some see these as exciting innovations. But — for a whole range of reasons — they cause me agita; they make me uncomfortable. So here we are with a...
Tech Pulse
Mobile Device Uses Holographic Analysis, Deep Learning to Detect Parasites
Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering have developed an inexpensive, portable platform that can detect motile parasites in bodily fluids rapidly. Using the new platform, more...
New High-Power, Tunable THz Laser Is Slated for Space Mission
A new terahertz (THz) laser designed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has demonstrated high constant power, tight beam pattern, and broad electric frequency tuning —...
Metasurface for Nonlinear Manipulation Could Simplify Wireless Communication
Scientists have developed a metasurface that enables efficient manipulation of spectral harmonic distribution, and have achieved a novel architecture for wireless communication systems based on this...
First Observations of Asteroid Bennu Reveal Water Was Once Present
Data obtained from the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft’s two spectrometers, the OSIRIS-REx Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (OVIRS) and the OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emissions Spectrometer (OTES), reveal the...
LIGO and Virgo Announce Four New Gravitational-Wave Detections
The National Science Foundation’s LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) and the European-based Virgo gravitational-wave detector have detected four new black hole merger events....
Optical Cluster States Could Enable One-Way Quantum Computing
Using a compact optical platform, a research team at Institut National De La Recherche Scientifique (INRS) has generated a high-dimensional, d-level cluster state and has used it to perform quantum...
High-Performance Computers Could Advance Application of 3D Holography
Researchers at Chiba University are developing a computer that can project high-quality 3D electroholography as a video — a project that they began about 25 years ago. The team, led by professor...
Photonic Sensors Withstand Large Doses of Radiation
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have identified a class of silicon photonic sensors that could be effective in high-radiation environments because of their...
Wireless-to-Optical Receiver Could Speed Data Transmission Over 'last mile'
While light waves sent through optical fibers support fast data transmission, the “last mile,” from the fiber optic cable to the internet socket in your home, can be the most challenging and...
Researchers Demonstrate Efficiency of Radical-Based OLEDs
Radicals — semiconducting molecules with unpaired electrons — can be used to fabricate highly efficient OLEDs, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge and Jilin University. Using a...
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National Quantum Initiative Act Approved
The National Photonics Initiative (NPI) — a broad-based collaborative alliance among industry, academia, and government to raise awareness of optics, photonics, and quantum science and...
Bakman Awarded $724K UAV Spectrometry Grant from NSF
Terahertz (THz) system and component developer Bakman Technologies LLC has been awarded a $724,000 Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Small Business Innovation...
Legrand, Lumileds Enter Partnership
Legrand and Lumileds have announced a partnership agreement to bring a plug-and-play, tunable, white light to market. Under this agreement, Lumileds will provide its Luxeon-based intelligent light...
US University Consortium Receives $10M Grant for Machine Learning Security
A team of U.S. computer scientists is receiving a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to make machine learning more secure. The grant establishes the Center for Trustworthy...
Exagan Opens Taiwan Technology Facility
Gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology developer Exagan has established Exagan Taiwan Ltd. to accelerate the deployment of intelligent power solutions in the region. The facility in Taipei’s...
ASML, Imec to Establish a Joint Lab, Accelerate Adoption of EUV Lithography
Research and innovation hub imec and lithographic equipment developer ASML have entered the next stage of their extreme UV (EUV) lithography collaboration. Together, they will accelerate the adoption...
Laser Components, Fraunhofer Partner for Lidar Technology
Laser Components GmbH and the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems (IMS) have signed a cooperation agreement for lidar technology. Researchers will contribute new sensor...
Berliner Glas Expands Berlin HQ, Adds Staff
The Berliner Glas Group completed a €30 million ($34 million) expansion of its production area and associated capacities at its Berlin site. The production area rose to 31,780 sq m, and 87 employees...
Heliatek Installs PV Films on Duisburger Hafen
Approximately 185 sq m of Heliatek’s organic photovoltaic films were installed on the warehouse of Duisburger Hafen AG, the operator of the world’s largest inland port. As a subproject within the...
UK Consortium Awarded Grant for Miniaturized RGB Laser Source
PowerPhotonic Ltd., Fraunhofer UK, Optoscribe Ltd., and Optocap Ltd. have been awarded an Innovate UK grant to develop novel optics for miniaturized RGB laser sources as part of a £900,000 ($1.2...
NIMS Restructures Red Phosphor Licensing
The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), a Japanese scientific research center, has split the licensing for its comprehensive patent on red phosphor. The patent, which has been licensed...
UC Riverside’s Hemmerling Receives 5-Year, $1M NSF Grant for Optical Lattices
Boerge Hemmerling, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Riverside, has received a five-year grant of nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation...
UMD Team Awarded $1M NSF Grant for Quantum Research
The project, which could result in new interfaces between electronic circuits and photonic devices, is part of a $31 million NSF effort aiming to fund transformational quantum research that will...
Cosemi Technologies Acquires Optella
Cosemi Technologies Inc., a developer of high-speed connectivity solutions, announced the acquisition of Optella Co., a provider of optical connectivity for long-reach optical interconnect...
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To map and to manage: lidar in Alaska
Alaska, with its breathtaking grandeur and wide-open spaces, still holds the mystique of uncharted territory. However, some aboriginal peoples of Alaska are using lidar to drop the shroud of mystery. Motivated by a desire to map, under- stand, and better manage natural resources, over a dozen international, regional, community-based organizations, and tribal governments in rural southeastern...
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