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Momentum of Light Drives Elastic Waves KELOWNA, British Columbia, Aug. 21, 2018 — The exact nature of how light interacts with matter is the focus of an international research study including researchers from Brazil and Slovenia and led by professor Kenneth Chau at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The team measured picometer-scale surface displacements on a solid-state dielectric mirror illuminated by a laser light pulse, under experimental conditions designed to minimize absorption. Simulations of momentum deposition and material deformation yielded waveforms that...
Ultrathin Optical Cavities Could Streamline, Enhance On-Chip Color Production WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 20, 2018 — A Purdue University-led research team has simplified the manufacturing process that allows utilizing multiple colors at the same time on an electronic chip. By embedding silver metasurfaces -- artificial materials thinner than light waves -- inside...
UC Riverside’s Tang Receives $750K DOE Grant for Organic-Inorganic Materials RIVERSIDE, Calif., Aug. 10, 2018 — Ming Lee Tang, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside, has received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to continue her work on developing hybrid organic-inorganic materials that have...
Stealth Mark Licenses Oak Ridge Laboratory's Anti-Counterfeiting Technology OAK RIDGE, Tenn. Aug. 10, 2018 — Product authentication technology provider Stealth Mark has exclusively licensed an invisible microtaggant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to fight counterfeiting. The anti-counterfeiting technology features...
Glass Doped with Erbium Could Be Used for Optical Circuits LEEDS, England, Aug. 8, 2018 — A material created by doping glass made from zinc, sodium, and tellurium with the rare-earth element erbium could be used for broadband planar waveguide amplifiers. Scientists have started testing planar waveguides for use in signal transmission in...
Coating Technique Uses Solution, Not Heat, to Create OPV Interlayers OSAKA and KANAZAWA, Japan, Aug. 7, 2018 — Researchers have developed a spin coating technique to create zinc-related oxide (ZnOx, ZnOHx) ultrathin films (ceramic films) for use as buffer layers for organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells. Buffer layers, also called OPV interlayers, separate...
Silicon-Based Optical Filter Splits Light Across a Range of Wavelengths CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 7, 2018 — Researchers have designed a new optical filter on a chip that can process optical signals from across a very wide spectrum of light at once. The broadband, low-loss, transmissive dichroic filter can simultaneously achieve single-cutoff operation,...
Novel Material Demonstrates Quantum Properties ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 6, 2018 — Researchers have discovered a novel material with multiple quantum properties: Hf2Te2P, a material that is chemically composed of hafnium, tellurium, and phosphorus. The team is using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and...
SCHOTT Announces Appetite for Acquisitions ELMSFORD, N.Y., Aug. 3, 2018 — Glass and ceramic materials manufacturer SCHOTT AG has announced plans to grow its U.S. business through acquisition. “Through new acquisitions, SCHOTT expects to further enhance its offering across a broad range of industries and products,"...
Nanofabricated Metamaterial Could be Used in Solar Cells, Nano-Optics MOSCOW, Aug. 2, 2018 — A new type of silicon metamaterial that has unique characteristics and is easy to manufacture promises a new direction in the development of metamaterials and their practical application to nano-optics and solar cells. Researchers from the National...
AMD Announces £750K in Funding for Research in Applied 2D Nanomaterials BRIGHTON, England, Aug. 2, 2018 — Sensor developer Advanced Material Development (AMD) has raised a total of £750,000 ($875,000) in funding as the company launches its plan to take advantage of the commercial potential of applications for graphene and other 2D nanomaterials....
Zecotek Begins Crystal Production at Shanghai Facility VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 2, 2018 — Photonics technology developer Zecotek Photonics Inc. has begun manufacturing the first batch of its patented lutetium fine silicate (LFS) scintillation crystals at its LFS Crystal Production Facility in Shanghai. “This is a strategic...
Optical Fibers Can Detect Type of Materials Around Them LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 31, 2018 — Forward stimulated Brillouin scattering (FSBS), because of its resonating transverse acoustic waves, has the potential to facilitate detections in an optical fiber’s surroundings. Researchers have now demonstrated a technique to measure the...
AIM Photonics Academy Teaches Fundamentals, Design of Photonic Integrated Circuits CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 30, 2018 — The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) is an industry-driven public-private partnership that focuses the nation’s premiere capabilities and expertise to capture critical global manufacturing leadership in...
Prellis Biologics Announces 3D Human Tissue Printing SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 2018 — 3D tissue-printing company Prellis Biologics Inc. announced it has printed human tissue with viable capillaries, bringing their goal of printing human replacement organs closer to reality. "A major goal in tissue engineering is to create viable...
Narrow Spectrum Blue Light Images Progressive Effects of Fire GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 24, 2018 — A simple method for increasing visibility through clean-burning flames, using ordinary blue LED light, could lead to new opportunities to perform optical metrology in fire research. The method combines narrow-spectrum, blue illumination, and matched...
Researchers Create New Class of High-Energy, Tunable Laser Materials LA JOLLA, Calif., July 24, 2018 — Engineers doped alumina (Al2O3) crystals with neodymium (Nd) ions to develop a new laser material capable of emitting ultrashort, high-power pulses. Their approach to materials processing resulted in a Nd-Al2O3 laser gain medium that has 24×...
Deposition Sciences Obtains New ISO Certification SANTA ROSA, Calif., July 24, 2018 — Optical thin-film coating developer Deposition Sciences Inc. has upgraded to the latest ISO 9001:2015 certification. ISO 9001:2015 helps afford greater transparency and accountability for internal processes and for materials received from outside...
Hamann Joins Miltec STEVENSVILLE, Md., July 24, 2018 — UV curing systems developer Miltec UV has appointed Oliver Hamann its director of operations. Hamann brings more than 20 years of work in systems engineering, optomechanical design and manufacturing, fiber optics, lasers, microscopy, spectroscopy,...
Optically Levitated Nanodumbbell Could Further Study of Quantum Mechanics WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 23, 2018 — Using levitated optomechanics, a man-made rotor has been created that can spin at 60 billion revolutions per minute. Such ultrafast rotation could be used to study material properties and probe vacuum friction. Researchers from Purdue University...
Design Rules for Building Efficient Organic Solar Cells LINKÖPING, Sweden, July 19, 2018 — Twenty-five researchers from seven research institutes in Europe, the U.S., and China have collaborated to draw up rules for designing high-efficiency organic solar cells. The design rules, which challenge some previously held ideas, have been...
Lightwave Logic Acquires BrPhotonics ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 17, 2018 — Photonic data communication technology developer Lightwave Logic Inc. has acquired the polymer technology intellectual property assets of BrPhotonics Productos Optoelectrónicos SA, a Brazilian corporation. This acquisition advances Lightwave...
Liquid-Based White LEDs Achieve High Luminous Efficiency ISTANBUL, July 16, 2018 — Quantum dot (QD) white LEDs that show a luminous efficiency of 105 lm/W have been developed. The QDs are liquid-based and, according to researchers, could help the LEDs achieve an efficiency double that of LEDs that incorporate quantum dots in solid...
Researchers Develop Tough Photopolymers for 3D Printing VIENNA, July 16, 2018 — A new approach to producing tailored methacrylate-based photopolymers has been developed. This approach, which does not slow down the light curing process, could lead to tough photopolymers for 3D printing and biomedicine. The new approach by a team...
Kirigami-Inspired Technique Manipulates Light at Nanoscale CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and BEIJING, July 13, 2018 — Researchers have applied the principles of kirigami — the traditional art of paper folding and cutting — to the fabrication of advanced 3D nanodevices for manipulating light. The team believes that “nanokirigami” could offer...
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