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Liquid Metal Enables Switchable Mirrors
FUKUOKA, Japan, June 16, 2021 — Researchers have demonstrated the ability to switch the surface of liquid metal between reflective and scattering states. The technology could one day be used to create electrically controllable mirrors or illumination devices. Mirrors and other reflective optical components are typically created through the use of optical coatings or polishing processes. The researchers’ approach, developed by a team led by Yuji Oki of Kysuhu University in collaboration with a team from North
Ultralow-Loss Mirrors Boost Spectroscopy, Detection
VIENNA, May 21, 2021 — Collaborators from industry and academia have demonstrated high-performance laser mirrors in the mid-infrared range that absorb fewer than 10 out of a million photons. The achievement, enabled by recent advancements in optical coating technology,...
Simple Laser Delivers High-Dimensional, Quantum-Like Classical Light
CHANGCHUN, China, April 7, 2021 — An international team from China and South Africa used a laser to create an arbitrary dimensional light that team members characterized as “quantum like.” Using a simple laser commonly available in university teaching labs, the team...
Smart Glass Design Saves Power
KASSEL, Germany, April 6, 2021 — A design from researchers at the University of Kassel aims to decrease energy consumption for lighting and temperature technologies. The smart system uses micro-optical-electro-mechanical (MOEM) micromirror arrays to regulate and steer sunlight. The...
DNA Origami Supports Applications In and Beyond Life Sciences
REGENSBURG, Germany, March 26, 2021 — A European research team developed a dye- and DNA programming-based approach for counting molecules present within individual complexes. The approach supports biomedical and life sciences applications, as well as those involving OLEDs, solar cells,...
Optomechanical Accelerometer Enhances Accuracy
GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 12, 2021 — A laser light-powered accelerometer — a sensor that detects sudden changes in velocity — operates over a greater range of frequencies than comparable, nonoptical instruments, and at a higher rate of accuracy. Researchers from NIST...
Laser-Based Sensor Simplifies, Improves Benzene Detection Capabilities
THUWAL, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 10, 2020 — Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a laser-based device capable of sensing extremely low concentrations of benzene. The sensor works in real time, helping monitor benzene emission levels. The...
An Essential Exchange of Ideas Would Benefit the Optics Industry
Dec 3, 2020 — Highly dispersive mirrors, nanostructured coatings, and freeform optics are the vanguard in optics, and they are well positioned to expand performance and open up new applications. But there’s a caveat: Without better cooperation among...
Photon Connection Helps Researchers Entangle Large, Distant Objects
KØBENHAVN, Denmark, Oct. 12, 2020 — Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have entangled two very different quantum objects — a mechanical oscillator/vibrating dielectric membrane, and a cloud of atoms with each atom acting as a tiny magnet. The...
Edmund Optics Names Vice Chair to Board of Directors
BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 6, 2020 — Edmund Optics announced it appointed Marisa Edmund to the position of vice chair on the company's board of directors. In more than 20 years in the photonics industry, she has worked in direct marketing, sales, organizational development, and...
Spherical Laser Resonator Achieves 10M Circulations of Light
HAIFA, Israel, Oct. 2, 2020 — Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers have introduced a laser-resonator design inspired by the work of Arthur Ashkin. Created by graduate student Jacob Kher-Alden under the supervision of Tal Carmon, associate professor and head of the...
Lateral Scan Technologies Spur Optical Design, Enable Microscope to Accelerate Laser Focusing Speed
DALLAS, Sept. 28, 2020 — To overcome the limitations of high-speed volumetric imaging due to slow axial scanning rates or aberrations introduced by the z-scanning mechanism, scientists at UT Southwestern have introduced a novel optical design that transforms a lateral scan...
Controlling Ultrastrong Light-Matter Coupling at Room Temperature
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Sept. 25, 2020 — The interaction between light and electrons in a system composed of two gold mirrors separated by a small distance and plasmonic gold nanorods produced ultrastrong coupling between light and matter at room temperature. The work stems from an...
Flexible Parylene Waveguide Operates Over Broad Spectrum
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23, 2020 — A parylene-based waveguide has the physical characteristics necessary to enable it to emerge as the new standard in optical biointerfaces. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed the highly flexible waveguide, which can additionally...
Primary Mirror Completed for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
GREENBELT, Md., Sept. 15, 2020 — The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror has been completed, NASA announced. The telescope will have a field of view 100× greater than the Hubble Space Telescope, and it will use infrared light to study hidden structures....
Mesoscale Photonic Method Increases Range of Optical Tweezers
TOMSK, Russia, Aug. 27, 2020 — A team from Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), working with scientists from the V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has increased the operation range and stability of optical...
Photonic Instruments, Components Driving (and Steering) NASA’s Mars Rover
Aug 19, 2020 — Numerous photonic devices and applications are contributing to the pursuit of microbial life on Mars, or, more accurately, the quest to determine if, among other novel possibilities, such lifeforms once inhabited the Red Planet. Among the hundreds...
Mirror Specifications and Energy-Efficient Design Support Increasingly Portable System for Laser Precision at Room Temperature
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 30, 2020 — A team of MIT physicists, working with researchers from Louisiana State University (LSU) and Crystalline Mirror Solutions (CMS, now part of Thorlabs Inc.) has designed a quantum “light squeezer” capable of limiting quantum noise in laser...
High-Speed Microscopy Tracks Millisecond Voltage Changes in Neurons of Awake Mice
BERKELEY, Calif., March 23, 2020 — University of California, Berkeley, researchers have built a microscope that can image the brain of an alert mouse 1000 times a second and record the passage of millisecond electrical pulses through neurons. The new imaging technique combines...
First Images from Inouye Solar Telescope Provide Detailed Look at Sun
KULA, Hawaii, Jan. 31, 2020 — The first images from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Inouye Solar Telescope show a close-up view of the sun’s surface, detailing a pattern of turbulent “boiling” plasma that covers the entire sun. The cell-like...
Photoacoustic Microscopy System Improves SNR, Resolution
POHANG, South Korea, Dec. 17, 2019 — A superresolution localization photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) technique has been developed by a team at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH). The new system can monitor the flow of red blood cells without using a contrast absorber,...
Squeezing Improves LIGO’s Sensitivity to Quantum Noise
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 10, 2019 — A new instrument called a quantum vacuum squeezer is helping LIGO — the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory — to detect gravitational wave signals nearly every week. Just a year ago, LIGO was picking up gravitational...
AI-Powered Robot Could Improve Productivity, Reduce Defects in Optics Manufacturing
SINGAPORE, Oct. 11, 2019 — A robotics technology startup from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has introduced a new robot that can pick up delicate optical lenses and mirrors with care and precision, just like a human hand. Named Archimedes, the...
Doctoral Student Wins Nano Innovation Award for Highly Sensitive Microscope
MUNICH, July 26, 2019 — Thomas Hümmer, a doctoral student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) Munich and Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, has been awarded €6000 for developing a highly sensitive microscope that explores the optical properties of...
Precision Optical Recognized
ORLANDO, Fla., June 21, 2019 — Optical manufacturer Precision Optical has been recognized as a small business that made a significant contribution to Lockheed Martin's missiles and fire control business area in 2018. Precision Optical was one of 27 companies honored by Lockheed...
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