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Diverse Optics Subsidiary Acquires Plastic Injection Mold Manufacturing Firm RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., May 15, 2019 — Diverse Molds Inc., a subsidiary of Diverse Optics Inc., has acquired supplier Future Molds Inc., a plastic injection mold-making company.
Researchers Add Luminescence to Graphene CÓRDOBA, Spain, May 15, 2019 — Researchers from the University of Córdoba have discovered a way to add the quality of luminescence to graphene. The researchers were able to incorporate luminescence into graphene without affecting its other properties, thus safeguarding the...
Sensing with Exceptional Surfaces Combines High Sensitivity with Robust Performance HOUGHTON, Mich., May 14, 2019 — The ability to optically detect nanoparticles and single molecules could be improved by introducing a sensor that is based on surfaces consisting of highly sensitive exceptional points (EPs), according to research performed by Michigan Technological...
Photonic Neural Network Can Store, Process Information in Way Similar to Human Brain MÜNSTER, Germany, May 13, 2019 — A new microchip contains a network of artificial neurons that works with light and can imitate the behavior of the human brain’s neurons and synapses. A research team from the University of Münster, University of Oxford, and University of Exeter...
Nanopixels Could Be Used for Creating Building-Size Displays CAMBRIDGE, England, May 13, 2019 — Nanopixels that are 1 million times smaller than those being used in smartphones today have been constructed from gold nanoparticles encapsulated in a conductive polymer shell. The tiny pixels, developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge,...
International Day of Light 2019 Focuses on Youth and Education PARIS, May 13, 2019 — From Indonesia to Sweden, educating children on the importance of photonics will be a major goal of International Day of Light on May 16, thereby promoting science education among young people. In the second annual event marking the anniversary of...
Fastweb, Infinera Complete 500G Connectivity Trial SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 9, 2019 — Infinera Corp. of Calif. and Fastweb, an Italian telecommunications operator, have successfully demonstrated 500-Gb/s (500G) single-wavelength service connectivity in a production network using Infinera’s configurable technology on the Groove...
New Sensor Measures Light Particles Nondestructively INNSBRUCK, Austria, May 8, 2019 — Researchers at the University of Innsbruck have demonstrated a method for measuring visible light particles nondestructively. The method could be used to investigate the quantum properties of light. The team placed an ionized calcium atom between...
Graphene-Based Logic Gate Could Support Photonic Quantum Computing VIENNA, May 7, 2019 — Physicists from the University of Vienna and the Institute of Photonic Sciences have shown that graphene structures can be tailored to enable single photons to interact with one another. Their findings have led them to propose a new potential...
Optically Invisible Antennas Could Empower 5G Devices POHANG, South Korea, May 7, 2019 — Researchers at Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) developed a way to build optically invisible antennas that could be embedded within superresolution displays. The Antenna-on-Display (AoD) technology could provide an alternative...
Holographic Technique Can Encode Information at Nanoscale LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 6, 2019 — Researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (ÉPFL) have developed a method to see how light behaves on the nanoscale, well beyond wavelength limitations. When the method is used with an ultrafast electron...
Understanding Angular Momentum Flow During Demagnetization Could Improve Data Storage BERLIN, May 3, 2019 — A team led by scientists at Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) sought to better understand the flow of angular momentum during ultrafast optical demagnetization in a ferromagnetic material. Working with...
NIST Study Will Help Industry Understand and Use Laser Welding GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 2, 2019 — A better understanding of the interaction between laser and metal could give industry more control over laser welding, according to a three-year study in laser welding conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The data...
New Red Phosphor Could Make LEDs More Energy-Efficient INNSBRUCK, Austria, May 2, 2019 — A team at the University of Innsbruck, in cooperation with OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, has synthesized a new high-performing red phosphor for LEDs that could make LED lighting more energy-efficient. The new phosphor, called SALON by the researchers,...
RIT Professor Will Develop Diffractive Solar Sails for NASA Mission ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 1, 2019 — A new approach to solar sail design using diffractive optics could be the key to helping spacecraft photograph the poles of the sun for the first time. Over the next two years, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) professor Grover Swartzlander...
Hubble as 'Point-and-Shoot' Camera Shows Universe Expanding Faster than Expected BALTIMORE, April 30, 2019 — New measurements from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show that the universe is expanding about 9% faster than expected. A team led by professor Adam Riess at Johns Hopkins University used a new method, called DASH for Drift and Shift, for capturing...
Holographix Receives BAE Systems’ 2018 Gold Supplier Award MARLBOROUGH, Mass., April 26, 2019 — Holographix LLC has been recognized with BAE Systems’ Gold Supplier Award for the second year in a row. Each year, BAE Systems, an advanced defense technology company, presents a limited number of Gold or Silver Supplier Awards to those...
Virginia Tech Professor Awarded CAREER Grant to Study Topological Materials BLACKSBURG, Va., April 26, 2019 — Ed Barnes, of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) Department of Physics, will use a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant to create mathematical models that will help scientists better understand...
Nanomechanical Router Could Open Way for Scalable Quantum Networks COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 29, 2019 — University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits photons carrying quantum information. The component, called a nanomechanical router, emits quantum information carried by photons and routes the photons in different...
Irradiated Magnets Behave Like Fluids to Regain Magnetic Properties BOULDER, Colo., April 25, 2019 — When an ultrathin magnet is hit with a laser, it demagnetizes and then recovers. Scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder) are investigating how magnets recover from demagnetization, regaining magnetic properties in a fraction...
Startup Accelerates Object Labeling of Image and Video Files for Machine Learning KARLSRUHE, Germany, April 25, 2019 — The startup understand.ai improves labeling, also called annotation, of single-image elements such as a tree, a pedestrian, or a road sign to accelerate machine learning for autonomous vehicles. According to the company’s founders, objects on...
Semiconductor Homostructures Could Improve LED Design MOSCOW, April 23, 2019 — Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have found that superinjection, an effect previously believed to be possible only in semiconductor heterostructures, can also occur in homostructures, that is, in structures made...
Study Investigates Ways to Achieve Invisibility Without Using Metamaterials TOKYO, April 23, 2019 — Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered a way to make a submicron-size cylinder disappear without using any specialized coating. Their findings could enable invisibility of natural materials at optical frequency and...
Photon Sieve Used to Display Holographic Images with Wide Viewing Angle DAEJEON, South Korea, April 22, 2019 — Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have designed an ultrathin display that can project dynamic, multicolored holographic images with a wide viewing angle. Key to the new approach is its use of an...
Ancient Material Shows High Degree of Birefringence for Use in Displays SUITA, Japan, April 22, 2019 — When researchers at Osaka University measured the optical birefringence of highly aligned cellulose nanofibers, they found that cellulose’s intrinsic birefringence could be powerful enough to be used in optical displays. For its experiments,...
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