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Thin-Film Detector Shows High Response, Sensitivity for Radiation Measurement
Feb 1, 1997 — Using off-the-shelf production facilities and standard production methods, researchers working for the Canadian Defense Research Establishment have built a new radiation detector for use in the medical, nuclear and space fields, or wherever low-cost, hypersensitive radiation detection is a key element. The Alwend Group plans to market the government-owned technology, which creates a detector sensitive to wavelengths greater than 10 µm with superconducting properties. The low-cost (about $1...
X-Ray Microcalorimeter Developed for Improved Materials Analysis
Feb 1, 1997 — An x-ray microcalorimeter developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology could improve materials analysis in the semiconductor industry. The device, compatible with commercially available scanning electron microscopes, can achieve...
Alice's Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Jan 1, 1997 — INNSBRUCK, Austria -- Physicists are approaching a practical application for a remarkable property of photons, something Einstein called "spooky action at a distance." Science recently reported that researchers at the University of Innsbruck...
Chromium-Doped Crystal Shows Near-Infrared Tunability at Room Temperature
Jan 1, 1997 — Scientists at the City University of New York have grown a chromium-doped laser crystal that they say is tunable in the near-infrared spectral range at room temperature. The researchers demonstrated gain-switched, tunable operation of the Cr4...
Fiber Brings 'Live' Response from Ocean Floor
Jan 1, 1997 — TUCKERTON, N.J. -- In a scene that would make Jules Verne happy, scientists at Rutgers University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute have established the first permanent fiber optic link that allows live, two-way communication with...
Firms Look for Partners in Deep-Ultraviolet Lithography Research
Jan 1, 1997 — ASM Lithography of Tempe, Ariz., and IMEC, a research and development organization in Leuven, Belgium, will collaborate on 193-nm-wavelength deep-ultraviolet lithography. The companies will work to develop advanced optical processes that produce...
High-Resolution Technology Opens the Door to New Displays
Jan 1, 1997 — SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- A fundamentally new approach to display technology may revolutionize those alphanumeric readouts on phones, microwaves, pagers and dashboards. In response to increasing demands for higher information content and higher...
Holographic Light-Diffusing Technique Could Improve Flat-Panel Displays
Jan 1, 1997 — A novel holographic light-diffusing technology promises to improve lighting in flat-panel display and specialized flashlight applications. Developed by Physical Optics Corp. of Torrance, Calif., the technique helps shape diffuse light beams by...
Laser Dissection Aids Pathologists, Patients
Jan 1, 1997 — WASHINGTON -- Researchers battling cancer and other debilitating diseases will soon have a new weapon in their arsenal. A technique developed at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will enable pathologists to assess the molecular behavior of...
MSX Galaxy Maps Yield Highest Resolution
Jan 1, 1997 — The Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) observatory-class satellite delivered mid-infrared maps of the center of our galaxy with a resolution 15 times better than the previous best taken by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite. The image at left is a...
New High-Rejection Optical Filters Aid in Comet Exploration
Jan 1, 1997 — Scientists at the University of Wisconsin and Acton Research Corp. of Acton, Mass., have developed two high-rejection optical filters for use in NASA's suborbital rocket. NASA will use the filters, which reject VUV and UV rays at 166 nm and 260 nm,...
New Phosphor View Promises Display Advances
Jan 1, 1997 — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A fresh insight into the nature of phosphors promises brighter, more colorful displays and, ultimately, a challenge to liquid crystals for dominance in the portable display market, say scientists at Sandia National...
Optical Fingerprint Recognition Could Have Applications in Bank, Internet Security
Jan 1, 1997 — GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined optical correlation methods and digital neural networks to provide more accurate real-time fingerprinting for financial, credit and Internet...
Russian Laser at Duke University Pumps out UV, Gamma Rays
Jan 1, 1997 — DURHAM, N.C. -- After settling in at Duke University, the Russian free-electron laser (FEL), has been brought to life emitting UV beams. The OK4 optical klystron FEL, developed at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia, was...
Summit Technology Wins FDA Approval for Further Clinical Tests
Jan 1, 1997 — Waltham, Mass.-based Summit Technology Inc. will expand clinical trials of its excimer laser system to treat farsightedness, thanks to approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. The trials will test the company's SVS Apex Plus excimer laser...
Two-Photon Therapy Holds Promise as Cancer Treatment
Jan 1, 1997 — OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- A two-photon laser technique holds the promise of treating deep-tissue cancers such as early-stage breast cancer, say the scientists who developed the technique. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory employ a mode-locked...
US Commerce Department Revises Directory of Standards Activities
Jan 1, 1997 — The 1996 edition of Standards Activities of Organizations in the United States (SP 806) from the US Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology summarizes the standards activities of more than 700 organizations. The newly...
White-Light Device Measures Warpage of Printed Circuit Boards
Jan 1, 1997 — ATLANTA -- A new technique using a broadband white-light source will enable electronics manufacturers to measure the warpage of a printed circuit board design before it goes into mass production, according to scientists at the Georgia Institute of...
Art and Science Collide
Dec 1, 1996 — MELVILLE, N.Y. -- This colorful image of a dogfish placoid scale was among the top 10 entered in the 22nd annual Nikon International Small World Competition. David K. Terbush of the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington magnified...
Coherent Ships Glaucoma-Treating Lasers Overseas
Dec 1, 1996 — Coherent Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., announced that it will begin shipment outside the US of a medical laser used in primary open-angle glaucoma treatment. The company designed its Selecta 7000 specifically to perform selective laser...
Data Cards to Combine Optical, Microchip Capabilities for PC Interface
Dec 1, 1996 — Prototype hybrid smart/optical data cards from Drexler Technology Corp. of Mountain View, Calif., will link microchip cards to personal computers using Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard interface specifications. Drexler said it will put a microchip and...
Dutch Claim Lead in Fiber Tests
Dec 1, 1996 — EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands --Heroes are back. A standard feature of the fiber optic scene in the 1980s, so-called hero experiments, in which researchers vie for records in terms of bits times kilometers of transmission, faded away in the push for...
Europeans Issue Report on Diffractive Optics Technology
Dec 1, 1996 — JENA, Germany -- The development of a step-by-step fabrication process for diffractive optical elements was announced in the final report of a European research alliance concerned with discoveries and applications in the field. The partnership,...
IBM Laser Scientist-Sleuths Solve an Old Astronomy Mystery
Dec 1, 1996 — YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- Two IBM scientists, calling on their years of expertise in lasers, believe they have solved the missing starlight mystery -- a.k.a. the diffuse interstellar bands, or DIBs. Astronomers have long known that light from...
Laser Welding Technology to Put Kewaunee Power Plant Back On-Line
Dec 1, 1996 — KEWAUNEE, Wis. -- Throughout the nuclear power industry, steam generators have met their enemy, and its name is corrosion. Now, a new laser welding technology may prove to be the saving grace of corroded steam generator tubes in general and for the...
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