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Optical Interconnects Set to Achieve Bandwidth Benchmark May 30, 2018 — Countless emails, text messages, pictures, and videos are posted on social media every day, along with unfathomable amounts of data that must be processed by the likes of Amazon and Google. All of this information must be stored and processed in data centers in the cloud. These data centers typically feature buildingwide optical fiber networks that comprise hundreds of thousands of optical links connected to server racks through a complex network of fiber optic cable. Today, 100-Gb/s optical...
Photonics Spectra, Jul 2018
Patterned Photovoltaic Absorbers Harvest Sunlight Better May 30, 2018 — Recent reports forecast solar power will become the world’s cheapest form of energy within the decade. The dramatic decrease in the price of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules in recent years (now hovering around 31 cents per watt peak) has resulted...
Photonics Spectra, Jul 2018
Extreme UV Keeps Pace with Moore’s Law May 30, 2018 — For years, 193-nm immersion lithography enabled foundries to create increasingly smaller features on silicon wafers. The technique involved shining 193-nm light through a patterned surface that cast a pattern onto a blank silicon wafer. But problems...
Photonics Spectra, Jul 2018
Fluorescence Microscopy Unravels Morphogenesis, Function of Lymph System May 24, 2018 — The lymphatic system is an underinvestigated part of the vascular system. A team led by Friedemann Kiefer at the European Institute for Molecular Imaging (EIMI) at the University of Münster in Germany is aiming to change that in ongoing studies...
BioPhotonics, Aug 2018
Vapor Deposition Method Suits Coating Curved Optics May 24, 2018 — Antireflection (AR) coatings are some of the most extensively employed types of optical thin films. By reducing the amount of light reflected from a surface, such coatings improve system throughput, increase contrast, and enhance signal-to-noise...
Photonics Spectra, Jul 2018
Double-Helix Point Spread Function Delivers Precise Extended-Depth Microscopy May 23, 2018 — Light microscopy is a powerful method used in many scientific disciplines, including the life sciences, to visualize finer details in samples. The use of fluorescence enables specific targeting and labeling of biomolecules and other chemicals....
BioPhotonics, Aug 2018
OLED-on-Fabric Could Be the Next Wearable Wonder May 22, 2018 — It started with the fitness tracker. And thanks to continued advances in sensors, computing power, and energy harvesting, the age of IoT-based wearable technologies is upon us. For broader adoption, however, tomorrow’s wearable must feature display...
Photonics Spectra, Jul 2018
Thermal Camera-Equipped UAVs Spot Hard-to-Find Subjects May 15, 2018 — The enormous growth in the drone, or small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), industry over the past five years has changed the way many industries operate, and the trend is not slowing down. Business Insider Intelligence predicts year-over-year growth...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2018
Continuously Variable Bandpass Filters Aid Optics and HSI May 14, 2018 — Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) has been in use for a couple of decades in applications such as satellite imaging and air reconnaissance. Despite its widespread use, there is a lack of clarity of what “hyperspectral” encompasses. Sometimes techniques...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2018
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Point-of-Care Optics Helps Halt the Spread of Infectious Diseases May 10, 2018 — Early diagnosis is the critical starting point to a better outcome for a patient. It allows effective treatment to start earlier, giving the patient the best possible prognosis. Prompt diagnosis also reduces the potential spread of infection,...
BioPhotonics, Aug 2018
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Hyperspectral Imaging Fights Food Waste May 10, 2018 — Despite being the world’s most globalized industry, agriculture is extremely inefficient. Global supply chains have been mechanized but not information-enabled, and they have not yet fully benefited from the explosion of digital technologies that...
Industrial Photonics, Jul 2018
3D Printing Creates Patient-Specific Implants May 10, 2018 — Every patient is unique. Hence, nothing is more natural than providing each patient with a unique implant. Thanks to laser-based additive manufacturing, this is already possible. Patient-specific titanium implants manufactured by laser sintering,...
BioPhotonics, Jun 2018
Scientific Lasers Deliver Ease of Use, Greater Reliability May 1, 2018 — Ultrafast lasers are the dominant laser source for scientific applications. Two key technical trends are emerging that support several diverse applications. The first development is the emergence of ytterbium fiber (Yb-fiber) as a reliable...
EuroPhotonics, Jun 2018
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Optical Sensors Support the Rise in Automation May 1, 2018 — As automation becomes an increasingly familiar feature throughout numerous industries, demand for technologies to be smarter and offer more has never been more prominent — from manufacturing a smartphone in North America to installing a pipeline in...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2018
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Faster, Higher-Volume Production on the Horizon for Freeform Optics Apr 27, 2018 — The emergence of freeform surfaces for mid- and high-performance optical systems is a major development in optics due to the lack of rotational symmetry that is the hallmark of freeform optics. Yet this same freedom of design causes headaches for...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2018
For Small MOEMS, Big Opportunities Lie Ahead Apr 24, 2018 — Following the path of semiconductors and mechanical devices, optical systems are shrinking in size and growing in capabilities, thanks to micro-optoelectromechanical systems (MOEMS). These combine electronics with mechanical and optical components....
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2018
IR Sensors Make Smart Devices Smarter Apr 23, 2018 — Dramatic advancements in smart technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) have occurred over the past decade, with powerful implications for industry and our everyday lives, enabled in no small measure by the development of increasingly...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2018
Terahertz 3D Spectroscopy Boosts Imaging Applications Apr 19, 2018 — Terahertz imaging is a promising technique for noncontact, noninvasive, nonionizing 3D spectroscopy. Terahertz rays, located between microwave and IR on the electromagnetic spectrum from approximately 0.06 THz (60 GHz) to 10 THz, are capable of...
EuroPhotonics, Jun 2018
Augmented Reality Takes Shape Apr 19, 2018 — The world of virtual reality (VR) has made a splash in the consumer market in recent years with its fully occluded VR headsets, such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, that transport gamers to a virtual world. But an even bigger trend with more...
EuroPhotonics, Jun 2018
The McCree Curve Demystified Apr 16, 2018 — Urban and periurban agriculture is rapidly becoming part of local economies. It is supported by increased consumer demand and preference for high-quality, locally produced foods. Socially, it is reacquainting people with food and the farm, and it is...
BioPhotonics, Jun 2018
Raman Hyperspectroscopy Shows Promise for Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Apr 13, 2018 — Raman hyperspectroscopy combined with advanced statistics is uniquely suitable for characterizing microheterogeneous systems. Understanding the structure and biochemical composition of samples at the microscopic level is important for many practical...
BioPhotonics, Jun 2018
Nonconfocal 3D Microscopy Combines Real-Time Images with Depth of Focus Apr 9, 2018 — Stereo 3D microscopes produce real-time 3D images, but they are usually limited to low-magnification applications, such as dissection. Most compound light microscopes produce flat, 2D images because high-magnification microscope lenses have...
BioPhotonics, Jun 2018
Extreme UV Sources Fill the Gap Mar 28, 2018 — The electromagnetic spectrum has several regions where emitters, detectors, or both are not readily available. Terahertz and the far-infrared are prime examples. Even within the visible spectrum, much has been said about the “green gap”...
Photonics Spectra, May 2018
Adaptive Optics Look Farther Than Ever Before Mar 28, 2018 — Decades after the Cold War ended, technology developed for the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”) missile defense program continues to be of use, emerging in fields ranging from space communication and exploration to brain...
Photonics Spectra, May 2018
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Thinnest of Materials Loom Large Mar 27, 2018 — Only a few atomic layers thick, 2D materials such as graphene, the compound semiconductor germanium selenium, the transition metal dichalcogenide molybdenum ditelluride, and others could provide new photonic capabilities — better multispectral...
Photonics Spectra, May 2018
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