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Heriot-Watt University News
Metasurface Spectrometer Points to On-Chip Integration
EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 5, 2023 — Spectrometers typically use optical elements such as diffraction gratings and prisms to achieve the dispersion necessary to measure the properties of light over a specific portion of the spectrum. The use of free-space optical elements, along with...
Fully Submerged Quantum Lidar Device Acquires 3D Images
EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 9, 2023 — Researchers in the U.K. have demonstrated a lidar system that uses quantum detection technology to acquire 3D images while submerged underwater. The sensitivity of this system could allow it to capture detailed information even in extreme low-light...
European Initiatives Increase Access to Quantum Magnetometers
FREIBURG, Germany, April 18, 2021 — Researchers from six Fraunhofer institutes are working on two projects that aim to make quantum magnetometers — sensor devices that measure magnetic field — usable in industrial settings. Magnetometers are currently limited in such...
High-Speed Camera Tackles Data-Sensitive Applications
EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 3, 2022 — A team from Heriot-Watt University has developed a high-speed, high-definition camera that its designers said overcomes the common limits of existing high-speed imaging devices: poor resolution at a high frame rate and high cost. The team’s...
3D Laser Beams Change Shape to Match Application
EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 2, 2021 — Researchers at the National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt University secured funding to develop 3D laser beams that can be shaped to match industry needs and tailored to the task at hand. The funding — from the Engineering and Physical Sciences...
Heriot-Watt Partners with ASML
EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 25, 2021 — Heriot-Watt University has begun a five-year partnership with Netherlands-based ASML, a major supplier to the semiconductor industry, to pursue the advancement of new light source technologies. The collaboration, funded by ASML, will specifically...
Chromacity, Heriot-Watt Collaborate on Research, Commercialization Initiatives
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 28, 2020 — Ultrafast laser manufacturer Chromacity and Heriot-Watt University have formalized a five-year partnership, enhancing the collaborators’ existing relationship. The agreement positions Chromacity to commercialize Heriot-Watt-led academic...
Scientists Apply LIF Imaging to Explore Molecular Interactions in Atmosphere
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 9, 2019 — A new technique uses laser sheets to visualize and study the interaction of gas molecules bouncing off a liquid surface. Developed by researchers at Heriot-Watt University, it could help climate scientists improve their predictive atmospheric...
Imaging Researchers Jacopo Bertolotti, Daniele Faccio Awarded Leverhulme Prizes
LONDON, Oct. 29, 2015 — Two U.K. professors have been awarded £100,000 (about $153,000) Philip Leverhulme Prizes in recognition of their work with light-based imaging. Dr. Jacopo Bertolotti of the University of Exeter in England was recognized for his work in light...
Optical Society Names New Executive Editor
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2014 — Dr. Alison Taylor has joined The Optical Society (OSA) as executive editor.
Optoscribe Expanding into New Facility
LIVINGSTON, Scotland, March 19, 2014 — Heriot-Watt University spinout Optoscribe Ltd., a global supplier of 3-D waveguide technology for optical communications, has announced plans to move to a larger facility. “The expansion is a necessary and major step for the company,”...
Camera Captures 3-D Images from 1 km Away
EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 4, 2013 — A time-of-flight imaging system can now gather high-resolution 3-D information from up to a kilometer away from an object that typically is very difficult to image.
Reader Poll: School & Major
Aug 1, 2012 — University programs with “photonics” in their names are a rather new development – a reflection of the growing importance of photonics not only to science but to the world – so we decided to poll our readers and find out what...
Edinburgh Instruments Marks 40 Years
Dec 1, 2011 — Heriot-Watt University spinout Edinburgh Instruments Ltd., in Scotland, has announced its 40th anniversary. Founded in 1971 by chief scientific officer S. Desmond Smith, OBE Fellow of the Royal Society, it was the first private company in...
Edinburgh Instruments Marks 40 Years
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 6, 2011 — Heriot-Watt University spinout Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. has announced its 40th anniversary. Founded by chief scientific officer professor S. Desmond Smith, OBE Fellow of the Royal Society, in 1971, it was the first private company in...
Superconductors Strengthen Single-Photon Detectors
Mar 1, 2011 — Single-photon detectors (SPDs) underpin a host of new areas in optical physics, one of which is quantum cryptography – or, more correctly, quantum key distribution (QKD) – an application that is already on the fringes of commercial...
Edinburgh Instruments Names New CEO
EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 8, 2010 — Edinburgh Instruments (EI) Ltd., a supplier of lasers, spectrometers and gas sensor equipment, announced today it has hired Alan Faichney as its CEO, effective June 14. EI founder and former CEO S.D. Smith remains as chief scientific officer and as...
Golden year of lasers in India
Jun 10, 2010 — It has been quite a while since I attended the Annual Photonics Workshop at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). However, I simply can't seem to overcome the modest, yet grand scale of the event! More than that, I have very fond...
Optics in the UK needs government backing for success
Apr 12, 2010 — From Newton’s early research on the composition of light and James Clerk Maxwell’s study of electromagnetism, to John Logie Baird’s patenting of the concept of holey fibers, the history of optics and photonics in the UK is littered...
Quantum Dots Break 'Artificial Atom' Model
Feb 1, 2004 — A worldwide collaboration of scientists investigating the electronic states of quantum dots by the photons they emit has determined that the conception of the dots as "artificial atoms" is incomplete. The group included researchers from Ludwig...
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