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Fluids Used to Create Complex Optics HAIFA, Israel, Dec. 3, 2021 — Researchers at Technion: Israel Institute of Technology have developed a method to fabricate freeform optical components by shaping a volume of curable liquid polymer. The work may enable faster prototyping of customized optical components for a variety of applications, including corrective lenses, augmented and virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, medical imaging, and astronomy. The current process for creating freeform optics is difficult and expensive due to the amount of specialized
Common Household Materials Can Cool Outdoor Temperatures LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2021 — Using “Scotch tape” and aluminum foil, engineers at UCLA built a passive radiative cooler that lowers outdoor temperatures without electricity or refrigerants. The team’s cooler design exhibits solar reflectance, long wavelength...
Structural Color Gives Sustainable Sparkle to Plant-Based Materials CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 26, 2021 — Not all that glitters is gold and not all that’s glitter is good for the environment. Used to add sparkle to everything from cosmetics to Christmas ornaments, glitter is getting an environmentally friendly makeover from scientists at the...
People in the News: 11/24/21 Nov 24, 2021 — NUREMBERG, Germany — Two members of the supervisory board of VIA optronics AG, a supplier of interactive display products and solutions, will resign. Jerome Tan and Diosdado Banatao will resign effective as of the date of the company’s...
Doping Process Increases Control, Transparency of Graphene NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2021 — An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Columbia University and Sungkyungkwan University (South Korea) has introduced a clean technique to dope graphene via a charge-transfer layer made of low-impurity tungsten oxyselenide (TOS). The team...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 11/05/21 Nov 5, 2021 — DITZINGEN, Germany — TRUMPF entered a strategic partnership with LAYERTEC, a manufacturer of precision optics, whereby TRUMPF will invest in a range of machinery for the manufacture of large optical components. Some of this machinery has been...
Parallel Optical Processing Enables Highest Throughput Microscopy Imaging STORRS, Conn., Nov. 3, 2021 — A resolution-enhanced parallel-coded ptychography technique developed by researchers at the University of Connecticut has achieved the highest numerical aperture and throughput to date, compared to previous demonstrations of similar technology. The...
Photonic Crystal Microscope Quickly Detects Biomarkers for P-O-C Diagnostics URBANA, Ill., Nov. 2, 2021 — A compact photonic resonator absorption microscopy (PRAM) instrument, developed by a team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, provides fast, selective detection of cancer biomarkers for diagnostics at the point of care. The instrument...
Cisco Systems Grant Funds Quantum Research SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 1, 2021 — A collaboration between the University of California, Santa Barbara and Cisco Systems seeks to push the boundaries of quantum technologies. Assistant professors Yufei Ding and Galan Moody have received research awards from the technology company to...
Laser-Writing Method Facilitates 10,000× Greater Data Storage than Blu-Ray Disc SOUTHAMPTON, England, Nov. 1, 2021 — University of Southampton researchers have developed a fast and energy-efficient laser-writing method for producing high-density nanostructures in silica glass. The resulting tiny structures can be used for long-term five-dimensional (5D) optical...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/29/21 Oct 29, 2021 — SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. — Block MEMS was awarded a $2.6 million contract in support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to detect vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs). The program...
Researchers Achieve Magnet-Free Optical Isolation LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Oct. 29, 2021 — A collaboration between École Polytechnique Féderalé de Lausanne and Purdue University has led to the development of an electrically driven, magnet-free optical isolator that enables light routing on a chip. Typically, optical...
Evaporation Model Shows Mechanistic Behaviors of Liquid Marbles THUWAL, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 28, 2021 — Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have introduced a framework for the evaporation behavior of liquid marbles — nonstick and hydrophobic particle-coated droplet structures. Liquid marbles’...
People in the News: 10/27/21 Oct 27, 2021 — THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Teledyne Technologies appointed Vincent Morales to its company’s board of directors, effective Nov. 1. Morales is senior vice president and CFO of PPG. The addition brings the number of board members to 11....
Biobased Extraction Method Can Help Build Domestic Rare Earth Supply STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Oct. 26, 2021 — An eco-friendly way to extract and separate rare earth elements (REEs) from unconventional sources has been demonstrated by researchers at Penn State and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The method relies on a bacterial protein that is...
Light Design and Fabrication Process Spurs Possibilities for Molecular Sensing NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 26, 2021 — Researchers at Vanderbilt University and Penn State developed an approach to design and fabricate thin-film infrared light sources with near-arbitrary spectral output driven by heat, along with a machine learning methodology called inverse design....
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/22/21 Oct 22, 2021 — CINCINNATI — In Place Machining (IPM), parent company of Exact Metrology, has acquired OASIS Alignment Services LLC as part of a long-term growth strategy to expand its reach and service offerings in North America. Paired with its acquisition...
$4.4M Grant to Build Next-Gen Night-Vision Tech FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Oct. 21, 2021 — Researchers at the University of Arkansas received a $4.4 million award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to develop the next generation of infrared sensors used in night-vision technology. Three researchers — electronic engineering...
Fluorescent Sensors with Noncanonical Amino Acids Could Broaden Sensor Use in Biological Studies PHOENIX, Oct. 21, 2021 — Although fluorescence tools for biological study abound, some processes, such as the interactions between proteins and metabolites, are challenging to investigate with the tools that currently exist. However, a research group led by professor Jeremy...
National University of Singapore Launches Functional Intelligent Materials Research Center SINGAPORE, Oct. 20, 2021 — The National University of Singapore (NUS) has launched the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM), an institute dedicated to the design, synthesis, and application of functional intelligent materials. Nobel Prize-winning materials...
Thin Films of Chalcogenide Perovskites Set Stage for New Class of Semiconductors CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 20, 2021 — High-quality thin films of BaZrS3 chalcogenide perovskites, developed by an MIT research team, show promise as a new semiconductor suitable for a range of applications, including solar and green lighting. The MIT researchers made the prototypical...
Jenoptik Acquires Three Companies JENA, Germany, Oct. 19, 2021 — Jenoptik will acquire Berliner Glas Medical Applications GmbH from ASML. Jenoptik will additionally acquire SwissOptic AG, and SwissOptic (Wuhan) Co. Ltd. Berliner Glas was acquired by lithography systems manufacturer ASML in 2020. “Jenoptik...
Metalens Design Knocks Down the Nanopillars CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 19, 2021 — Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) developed a metalens that uses deep narrow holes, rather than tall pillars, to focus light to a single point. The metasurface uses more than 12 million...
Quantum Chip Prototype Bridges Quantum and Traditional Networks ROCHSTER, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2021 — Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and national photonic device company AdvR designed and built a quantum chip prototype that the developers say is able to bridge traditional fiber optic networks with quantum computing...
Photon-Phonon Combination Will Enable Multi-Technique Spectroscopy Advances NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2021 — City College of New York (CCNY) researchers have demonstrated the ability to combine topological photons with lattice vibrations, or phonons, to manipulate their propagation in a robust and controllable way. The researchers made the photon-phonon...
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