Jun 17, 2011 — We all know that the lost city of Tanis is “one of the possible resting places of the Lost Ark” … those of us, anyway, who grew up thrilling to the exploits of the swashbuckling academic Indiana Jones. But now archaeologists may have made another important find in this ancient Egyptian city: pyramids. Using infrared images taken by NASA satellites, Sarah Parcak and her team from the University of Alabama at Birmingham identified a number of structures buried deep beneath T...

NORTH SUTTON, N.H., June 8, 2011 — To position the company for future growth, Labsphere has announced two appointments in its engineering department. Greg McKee was promoted to vice president of engineering, while Dr. Dan Scharpf assumes McKee’s previous position as general...

NEW DELHI – In India and other developing nations, the interactions of people with the soil, water, and plant and animal life around them have taken on an urgency in recent years as the country’s population grows, its cities expand and its dependence on...

BERKELEY, Calif. – Mapping the Earth’s magnetic field BERKELEY, Calif. – Current astronomy technology could be used to more accurately measure the Earth’s magnetic field, physicists have found. This development could prove useful in tracking storms,...

TULSA, Okla., March 7, 2011 — Three-dimensional and display technologies developer 3DIcon Corp. announced the appointment of Dr. Brian G. Hoover as vice president of technology development. In his new position, Hoover will work with Dr. Hakki Refai, the company’s...

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...

Jan 1, 2011 — A rapid and nonintrusive method to analyze traffic pollution based on the open-path Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) technique has passed a road test in two Spanish towns. The technique, which can be applied to the remote sensing of many...

Jan 1, 2011 — Lasers are tools, no more and no less. They are used to illuminate and to burn, to mark items and to measure them. In many ways, they are as ubiquitous as knives and tape measures, and they are treated as common consumer products in many ways. Yet...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Infrared supercontinuum laser technology could soon help protect military helicopters from heat-seeking missiles designed to home in on IR radiation emitted by a helicopter’s engine. Built with off-the-shelf telecom fiber optics, the laser...

Dec 1, 2010 — Recent advancements in cooled IR detector technology have led to the rapid development of many IR remote sensing instruments for a wide variety of environmental applications, including hyperspectral remote sensing, space imaging and surveillance....

Oct 12, 2010 — By joining a regional organization of like-minded entities – and, more importantly, by participating in their activities – you will increase your standing as a technology company, according to leaders of photonics clusters around the...

MADRID, Spain, Sept. 10, 2010 — Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid are testing infrared (IR) remote sensing technology to evaluate the pollutant emissions associated with motor vehicle traffic. The technology could analyze all the gases of environmental interest with...

Sep 1, 2010 — Dalsa Corp. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, a digital imaging provider, has expanded its capabilities to include back-side illumination in custom image sensors for aerospace applications in Earth observations and remote sensing. Previously, the...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 5, 2010 — A newly invented membrane can stop and start gas flow simply by changing the color of the light shining on its surface. According to researchers at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics, the new membrane can block...

Aug 1, 2010 — The photonics industry is involved in nearly every facet of a sustainable future. Photonics technology is at the heart of solar energy and remote sensing. Photonic devices are used in biodiesel production, water purification, wind energy (through...

SAN DIEGO, July 16, 2010 — Detailing the latest research and technologies for enabling better care of our environment, our communities and the planet, SPIE’s Optics + Photonics 2010 will take place August 1-5 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. With access...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 15, 2010 — Spectral Molecular Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cascade Technologies Inc., announced the appointment of Gregory Bearman, PhD, to the position of chief scientist. In his new position, Bearman will guide development of a range of imaging...

WESLACO, Texas, May 27, 2010 — A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists has refined remote sensing tools for identifying invasive Ashe juniper shrubs and trees in central Texas and nearby regions. These findings can help rangeland managers determine the extent and...

ORLANDO, Fla., May 17, 2010 — Using lasers and sensors aboard a Cessna 337 aircraft, researchers from the University of Central Florida have collected 25 years worth of data in four days about ancient Maya civilizations. The NASA-funded research project used Lidar (Light...

HERTFORDSHIRE, England, March 17, 2010 — Elliot Scientific has revealed video footage captured by scientists at the University of St. Andrews using M Squared Lasers’ novel Firefly-IR laser showing greenhouse gas plumes. ...

WELLESLEY, Mass. – Innovation is critical for revenue growth in the optical coatings industry, according to the market analysis firm BCC Research. New applications, where coatings have a new advantag...

EVANSTON, Ill., Jan. 12, 2010 – Northwestern University researchers developed compact, mid-infrared laser diodes that generate more light than heat – a breakthrough in quantum cascade laser (QCL) efficiency and an important step toward use of QCLs in a variety of applications,...

WELLESLEY, Mass. – The global value of remote sensing products is expected to reach $11 billion by 2014, up from an estimated $8.3 billion in 2009, with a compound annual growth rate of 6 percent, ac...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., & KONSTANZ, Germany, Nov. 2, 2009 – The first optical frequency comb that actually looks like a comb has been built and demonstrated by scientists in the US and Germany. The "teeth" of the new comb – a tool for precisely measuring different frequencies of visible light – are separated...

Nov 1, 2009 — SPECIM-Spectral Imaging Ltd. of Oulu, Finland, and Airborne Technologies GmbH of Wiener Neustadt, Austria, have signed an agreement to provide the airborne remote sensing market with turnkey multiple sensor platforms. The former company will supply...