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CHIDO Offers Insight into Cells, Molecules ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2020 — Researchers at the University of Rochester and the Fresnel Institute in France developed a method for visualizing molecules’ position and orientation in 3D, as well as their oscillations. The technique could allow for greater insights into the biological processes involved when a cell and the proteins that regulate its functions react to a COVID-19 virus. The technology, coordinate and height superresolution imaging with dithering and orientation (CHIDO), designed and built by
Corning Partners with Pixelligent on AR/MR Optics CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2020 — Corning Inc. announced a strategic collaboration with compound material supplier Pixelligent to further the development of augmented reality/mixed reality (AR/MR) optics. The collaboration aims to use Pixelligent’s optically transparent...
Habitable Exoplanets to Be Studied with Help of AI and Photonics SYDNEY, Oct. 23, 2020 — Researchers from the University of Sydney developed a sensor capable of correcting the distortion of starlight caused by heat variations in Earth’s atmosphere. The sensor would allow ground-based telescopes to study habitable exoplanets. The...
3D Ultrafast Camera Captures Light Traveling Through Air PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 21, 2020 — An ultrafast 3D camera developed in the lab of Lihong Wang at Caltech is capable of capturing the movement of light in three dimensions. The camera records in stereo at 100 billion frames per second. The research builds upon previous endeavors by...
TOPTICA Announces Change to Executive Group MUNICH, Oct. 16, 2020 — TOPTICA announced that effective Oct. 1, Thomas Weber has stepped down from the company’s executive board. Weber, the company’s founding board member (operations and finance), is retiring and moving to TOPTICA’s supervisory board....
Adaptive Optics Two-Photon Endomicroscopy Achieves Synaptic Resolution Imaging of Brain Tissue HONG KONG, Oct. 12, 2020 — Scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) developed a technology for in vivo imaging of deep brain structures at synaptic resolution. The technology, “adaptive optics two-photon endomicroscopy,” enables...
International Collaboration Employs 2D Materials to Engineer Optical Fibers JENA, Germany, Oct. 9, 2020 — A Jena, Germany-based research team, working with its Australian colleagues, has grown 2D materials directly on optical fibers. The researchers used a technique that involved integrating transition metal dichalcogenides, a 2D material with strong...
Mitsui Chemicals’ SDC Technologies Acquires Coatings Maker COTEC IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 6, 2020 — Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has announced that group company SDC Technologies Inc. acquired COTEC GmbH, a manufacturer, developer, and researcher of physical vapor deposition (PVD) and molecular layer deposition (MLD) materials for hydrophobic,...
Edmund Optics Names Vice Chair to Board of Directors BARRINGTON, N.J., Oct. 6, 2020 — Edmund Optics announced it appointed Marisa Edmund to the position of vice chair on the company's board of directors. In more than 20 years in the photonics industry, she has worked in direct marketing, sales, organizational development, and...
Optical Receiver Design Drastically Reduces Noise, Increases Sensitivity GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Oct. 5, 2020 — A laser-based space communication system developed by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology uses an almost noiseless preamplifier to improve reach and data rates for space communications. The research has implications for technologies...
Aarhus University Awarded Grant for Machine Vision Enhanced Plastics Recycling AARHUS, Denmark, Oct. 1, 2020 — Aarhus University has been awarded a $3.5 million grant (22.7 million DKK) to develop a camera-based system for the separation of plastic waste according to type. Aarhus will be working with waste management and recycling companies...
EnPro Industries Acquiring Alluxa CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 28, 2020 — EnPro Industries is acquiring optical coatings and filters company Alluxa in a deal worth $255 million. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of...
Lateral Scan Technologies Spur Optical Design, Enable Microscope to Accelerate Laser Focusing Speed DALLAS, Sept. 28, 2020 — To overcome the limitations of high-speed volumetric imaging due to slow axial scanning rates or aberrations introduced by the z-scanning mechanism, scientists at UT Southwestern have introduced a novel optical design that transforms a lateral scan...
Single Microendoscope Device Acquires Photoacoustic and Fluorescent Images GRENOBLE, France, Sept. 28, 2020 — An endoscope that combines photoacoustic and fluorescence imaging and that is about as thick as a human hair could one day provide insight into the brain by enabling the simultaneous measurement of blood dynamics and neuronal activity. The...
Arthur Ashkin, Nobel Laureate and Pioneer in Optical Trapping, Dies at 98 Sep 25, 2020 — Arthur Ashkin, Nobel laureate, has died at the age of 98. Ashkin, known for his pioneering work in the creation of optical tweezers, was the first to observe optical gradient forces on atoms, the first to perform laser cooling of atoms known as...
Mike Davenport Named President of Rochester Precision Optics WEST HENRIETTA, N.Y., Sept. 24, 2020 — Rochester Precision Optics promoted Mike Davenport to company president, effective Sept. 21. Davenport previously served as RPO’s vice president of operations. The promotion follows the announcement that Randy Shaw, who had served as company...
Flexible Parylene Waveguide Operates over Broad Spectrum PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23, 2020 — A parylene-based waveguide has the physical characteristics necessary to enable it to emerge as the new standard in optical biointerfaces. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed the highly flexible waveguide, which can additionally...
Researchers Produce Fisheye Metalens CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 23, 2020 — Researchers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Lowell have developed a wide-angle metalens capable of producing 180° panoramic images. The design could be adapted for a wide range of applications, such as in smartphones and laptops,...
Inrad Optics Receives SBIR Phase I Funding to Develop Pixelated Stilbene Arrays NORTHVALE, N.J., Sept. 22, 2020 — Crystalline materials and optical components manufacturer Inrad Optics has received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the U.S. Department of Energy in support of its development of neutron imaging technology. The award...
Bamboozling Photons with a ‘Synthetic’ Magnetic Field EXETER, England, Sept. 17, 2020 — Researchers at the University of Exeter have developed a way to manipulate light with a “synthetic” Lorentz force — which is responsible in nature for a number of phenomena such as the aurora borealis. The technique allows the...
Private Equity Firm Artemis Capital Partners Acquires Omega Optical BRATTLEBORO, Vt., Sept. 16, 2020 — Boston-based private equity firm Artemis Capital Partners has acquired Omega Optical, developers of custom precision thin-film filters and optical coatings. Omega becomes the first company of Artemis’ Optical Technology platform. The existing...
SunDensity’s Photonic Smart Coating Technology Takes Top Prize at Luminate NY’s Finals Competition ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2020 — SunDensity, a developer of photonic smart coatings (PSC) technology, has earned $1 million in funding as the winner of the third cohort of the Luminate NY Program’s Innovation Finals Competition. All Luminate third-cohort winners, highlighted...
Primary Mirror Completed for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope GREENBELT, Md., Sept. 15, 2020 — The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror has been completed, NASA announced. The telescope will have a field of view 100× greater than the Hubble Space Telescope, and it will use infrared light to study hidden structures....
OCT Technique Offers High Speed, High Resolution SEATTLE, Sept. 14, 2020 — Researchers at the University of Washington have modified the standard process of OCT (optical coherence tomography) to detect minute changes in response to light in individual photoreceptors in the living eye. The technique has potential in the...
Luminate NY Innovation Finals Showcase Range and Depth of Photonic Innovation ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 11, 2020 — For the first time, Luminate NY is holding its Innovation Finals Competition in a virtual format, at an event on the opening day of The Optical Society’s (OSA) Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science Conference (FiO + LS) Sept. 14-17. Finalists...
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