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Partnership Develops Polymer Slot Modulators for Data Centers
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 23, 2024 — Lightwave Logic, an optical communications technology company, has collaborated with Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF) to develop state-of art polymer slot modulators utilizing AMF's silicon photonics platform. Optical modulators play a key role in data center applications as part of the optical transmit engine inside a pluggable optical transceiver. These components modulate the laser light used for data transmission via fiber optic cables. Currently optical modulators are
NACL Acquires Optical Filter Source
MENTOR, Ohio, April 11, 2024 — North American Coating Laboratories has acquired Optical Filter Source, LLC (OFS) based in Round Rock, Texas. Both companies provide optical coating services to industry working with optical components from UV to the far IR. The acquisition brings...
4D Printing Scheme Enables Light-Controlled Soft Robotics
ST. LUCIA, Australia, Jan. 15, 2024 — The process of 4D printing is an extension of 3D printing, in which solid objects are created using materials that can change shape when exposed to certain stimuli like heat, water or light. At the University of Queensland’s Australian...
3D Printed Micro-optics Embed into a Durable Hybrid Laser
STUTTGART, Germany, Dec. 18, 2023 — Researchers have shown that 3D-printed polymer-based micro-optics can withstand the heat and power levels that occur inside a laser. The advancement enables inexpensive compact and stable laser sources that would be useful in a variety of...
Salience Labs Appoints Chief Product Officer: People in the News: 04/26/23
OXFORD, England, April 26, 2023 — Silicon photonics company Salience Labs appointed Chris Porthouse chief product officer (CPO). Porthouse most recently served as CPO for Imagination Technologies, and he previously served as general manager and vice president at Arm. At Salience...
3D-Printed Micro-Optic Enables Vortex Bessel Beam Generation
YAVNE, Israel, Oct. 7, 2022 — Researchers from Soreq Nuclear Research Center in Israel have shown that 3D laser printing can be used to fabricate a high-quality, complex polymer optical device directly on the end of an optical fiber. This type of micro-optical device —...
Luminate, Qubits Ventures Launch Quantum and Photonics Pitch Competition: Week in Brief: 09/02/2022
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 2, 2022 — Lidar technology company Cepton received a non-binding letter of intent for an investment of up to $100 million from its long-term automotive Tier 1 partner and current shareholder Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. The proceeds from the proposed...
Devices Made of Multiple Materials Can Fit on a Single Chip
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 12, 2021 — A team of researchers at the University of Strathclyde has developed a highly accurate way to assemble multiple micron-scale optical devices extremely close together on a single chip. According to the team, the approach could eventually support the...
Laser Method Creates Strong Materials for Flexible Electronics
TOMSK, Russia, March 8, 2021 — A method that integrates metals into polymers for the formation of electrically conductive composites uses laser pulses to irradiate aluminum nanoparticles onto polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates. Researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic...
Waveguide Opens New Window to Solar Energy Generation
HOUSTON, Feb. 22, 2021 — An advancement to smart window technology incorporates luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) into window or windowpane designs. A team from Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering designed its foot-square “windows” by...
Tiny Pressure Sensor Measures Minute Changes Within the Body
HONG KONG, Feb. 19, 2021 — Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University developed a miniaturized, highly sensitive optical fiber sensor that could be used to measure small pressure changes within the body — changes as minute as 2 kilopascals (kPa). The sensor...
3D-Printed Lens Design Improves Data Transfer Possibilities
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Dec. 15, 2020 — A team of researchers from the University of Illinois has developed a spherical lens capable of allowing incoming light — from any direction — to be focused on the lens’s surface opposite the input direction into a very small spot....
From Contradictory Polymers, Scientists Develop Nanocoatings with Optimal Properties for Optics
KIEL, Germany, Nov. 11, 2020 — Materials scientists at Kiel University in Germany have synthesized nanoscale gradient copolymers, which possess distinct contradictory properties, to create material coatings that could be used to coat aircraft and glass fronts. In such...
Materials Expand Volumetric 3D Printing
LIVERMORE, Calif., Nov. 2, 2020 — A new class of materials adapted by researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) enable nearly instant production through volumetric 3D printing and expanding the range of material properties achievable with the technique. The...
Algae-Inspired Polymers May Reduce Night-Vision Cost
TSUKUBA, Japan, Oct. 29, 2020 — An infrared-transmitting polymer based on common low-cost materials may lead to low-cost night-vision lenses that retain focus while imaging at variable distances. The polymer, developed by researchers from the University of Tsukuba, keeps its shape...
Muscle-Like Material Contracts When Illuminated
ST. LOUIS, April 5, 2019 — Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) developed the material that in experiments showed the ability to lift a weight by simply shining a light on it. Tests are being conducted to determine the polymer’s best use, but the main...
Delphon Named One of Bay Area’s Best and Brightest
HAYWARD, Calif., Oct. 12, 2017 — Polymer and adhesive solutions provider Delphon has been named one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Best and Brightest Companies to work for. The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For competition, sponsored by The National Association for...
Syntec Consolidates Businesses, Announces Technology Acquisition Plans
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 15, 2017 — Polymer optics manufacturer Syntec Optics Inc. has successfully consolidated its three different operations and plans to acquire additional optics technologies. "Syntec Optics has always kept an eye on the future,” said Al Kapoor, founder of...
Electricity Changes Polymer’s Optical Properties
MILAN, WARSAW, Poland and DRESDEN, Germany, April 22, 2014 — A newly developed polymer is said to be the first of its kind to combine optical and electrical properties. This could mean new manufacturing possibilities for glass, polarization filters and sensors capable of detecting single molecules of a given...
Gold Material Cuts Glare, Repels Water
IRVINE, Calif., April 7, 2014 — An accidental discovery has scientists looking at light glare through new eyes.
SFG Spectroscopy Is Key to Oil Industry Research
Mar 7, 2014 — Sum-frequency generation spectroscopy offers insights for oil and other applications – but assembling the right equipment can be a slippery problem. Laser spectroscopy enables the minute determination of molecular structure for a variety of...
Fast Phase Modulator Is World's Most Compact
KARLSRUHE, Germany, Feb. 24, 2014 — Using electro-optical signals rather than traditional electrical signals could make the exchange of digital information more efficient.
MALS Detector Improves Polymer Research
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 14, 2014 — Wyatt Technology Corp. has discovered that quantitative branching topology information is crucial in the development of novel polymer-based materials and for understanding polymerization processes. A study by Wyatt scientists characterizes molecular...
Tunable polymer could make truly white OLEDs
SALT LAKE CITY – Doping an organic polymer with platinum atoms makes the light it emits tunable, which could lead to the realization of cheaper, more efficient and truly white OLEDs. Existing white OLED displays use different organic polymers that emit different...
Well-rounded molecules make better light emitters
SALT LAKE CITY – The more well-rounded the organic molecule, the better – at least when it comes to maximizing light emission. A team led by the University of Utah working to develop more efficient OLEDs believes it has solved a major problem with...
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