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Photonics Spectra - November 2014
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Breaking Ground Now: Next-Gen Giant Telescopes
The largest telescope on Earth is currently the Gran Telescopio Canarias in the Canary Islands of Spain, which was built in 2009 with an aperture of 10.4 m. This 10-m design will hold the record for...
PMD Camera Enhances 3-D Imaging
A CMOS-architecture imaging array where each pixel is a photonic mixer device overcomes challenges in 3-D image capture. Gauging the distance, size and shape of an object is of paramount and...
'Internet of Lights' Meets Industrial Internet of Things
A network of LED lights can be controlled with new levels of ease and precision using commercially available intelligent lighting modules and control networking solutions. The initial promise of LED...
MWIR for Remote Sniffing and Locating of Gases
A mid-wave infrared camera visualizes methane gas cloud leaking from a drilling platform. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is significantly more damaging than carbon dioxide. When it leaks...
Understanding Passively Q-Switched Solid-State Lasers
The operation of Q-switched lasers can be quantitatively understood – with huge benefits for laser design. In the September issue, we covered the operation and design of actively Q-switched...
Microbolometers Move Thermal Imaging into Next-Gen Commercial Uses
Technology advances and improved manufacturing of uncooled thermal detectors are fueling this application expansion. First developed for military applications in the 1950s, thermal imaging lets...
Editorial
Amazing Space
October skies were rich with astronomical events – we saw a harvest moon, a partial solar eclipse and the Orionid meteor shower, to name a few – and jaw-dropping images were captured by amateur and professional astronomers around the world. From the humblest homemade telescopes that spark young imaginations and set the course for future careers to very large telescopes supported by...
Tech Pulse
Semi-Artificial Photovoltaics Surpassing Photosynthesis
Semi-artificial leaves could function as photovoltaic systems and with unprecedented performance. In leaves, the membrane protein complex photosystem I (PS I) absorbs light, and its energy is...
Imaging Shows Bubbles Could Make Energy-Efficient Nanoparticles
High-speed cameras and UV-sensitive materials are helping advance understanding of bubbles — which could mean big things for nanoparticles. In fact, a system in which bubbles mix liquids is an...
Spectroscopy Tests for Best Organic Photovoltaics
Spectroscopy may provide a way to identify materials for organic photovoltaics based on their charge formation efficiency. In a recent study of organic solar cells, a team at the University of...
Synchrotron Light Sources, FTIR Advance Space-Dust Study
Microscopic analysis of interstellar dust is giving scientists an in-depth look at the origins of our solar system. A team from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...
NASA to Study Incoming, Outgoing Arctic Light
A new NASA mission will examine Article sea ice loss and cloud formation in part by measuring incoming solar and outgoing IR radiation. Called Arctic Radiation IceBridge Sea and Ice Experiment...
IR Sensor Provides 'Virtual Touch' for Blind
An IR sensor and the concept of virtual touch could help the visually impaired take on many day-to-day activities. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati used an Enactive Torch, a tactile...
Metasurface Switches Polarization More Efficiently
An ultrathin metasurface can alter light polarization with 50 percent efficiency, hinting at future microscale devices for controlling light. A team from the University of Michigan and its Lurie...
Hydrogen Prevents UV Damage in Optical Fiber
Hydrogen can fortify optical fibers, making them capable of sustained transmission of high-intensity UV light. A team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology created the new fibers,...
Light Used to Measure Surface Vibrations
A technique that passively monitors light intensity modulation is able to measure the physical and optical properties of a vibrating surface. A team from the University of Louisville, in conjunction...
Highest Conversion Efficiency Reached
First Solar Inc. announced it has set a record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic research cell conversion efficiency. The record has been documented in the U.S. Department of Energy's...
Light Pulses Control Graphene Behavior
A new way to control how graphene conducts electricity could prompt its use as a broadband light detector. A research team at MIT found that changing the concentration of electrons in a graphene...
Nanoscale Features Used to Color Plastics
Nanoscale structures could one day take the place of dyes in the production of colored plastics. A team from the Technical University of Denmark has found a more environmentally friendly way to...
Technology News
Fluorescence Lifetime Measurement Enhances Recycling
Sorting plastics using fluorescence lifetime measurement could simplify and speed up the recycling process. Developed by a team from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the technique takes advantage of the intrinsic fluorescence properties found in different polymers under photoexcitation. “Plastics emit fluorescent light when exposed to a brief flash of light, and the emission decays...
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3 Questions Interview
JDSU of Milpitas, Calif., recently won The Optical Society’s second annual Enabled by Optics competition for the company’s laser light source for 3-D sensing technologies. For more insight into the winning entry, Photonics Spectra spoke with Dr. Andre Wong, director of product line management at JDSU. Wong is responsible for worldwide business development, marketing and product...
LED, Microscopy Pioneers Earn Nobels In Physics, Chemistry
Photonics enjoyed a brighter global spotlight than usual last month, as both the physics and chemistry Nobel prizes were awarded to recognize significant advances in light-based technologies: blue...
Finisar reports revenue growth, predicts slowdown
Fiber optics firm Finisar Corp. of Sunnyvale, Calif., reported its eighth consecutive quarter of revenue growth, but said clients’ ordering practices could bring the streak to an end. The...
Photronics Earnings Lower in Third Quarter
Photomask firm Photronics Inc. of Brookfield, Conn., reported earnings of $4.2 million in the third quarter of its fiscal year, which ended Aug. 3. The result represented a 28 percent decline from...
JDSU to Split in Two
JDSU plans to separate into two publicly traded companies, a move it says will help it keep pace with the changing telecommunications and cloud network markets.
LightPath Caps ‘Year of Investment’
LightPath Technologies Inc. closed the books on fiscal 2014 June 30 with a net loss of $313,000 following what it called “a year of investment in our future.” The loss compared with net...
Intel Silicon Photonics Group Wins OSA Award
OSA has recognized Intel Corp.’s Silicon Photonics Solutions Group with the 2014 Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award. The team received the award for its more than 12 years of...
North American Machine Vision Sales Grow
Machine vision sales in North America increased 11 percent to $1.04 billion in the first half of 2014, according to the trade group AIA. Component sales grew 28 percent to $155 million, and systems...
Synopsys Names Optical Design Contest Winners
Xinda Hu of the University of Arizona, and University of Rochester students Anthony Vella, Aaron Bauer and Nicolas Brown are the winners of Synopsis Inc.’s Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical...
Inrad Unsurprised By Q2 Results
Inrad Optics Inc. reported a net loss of $1.0 million in the second quarter of 2014, compared to a net loss of $648,000 in the second quarter of 2013. Revenue for the second quarter was $2.2 million,...
Oclaro Ends FY14 in Black After Business Unit Sales
After selling business segments for a total of about $120 million, optical communications firm Oclaro Inc. ended its fiscal year June 28 with earnings of $17.8 million, an improvement over its fiscal...
GreenLight
Fluorescence Lifetime Measurement Enhances Recycling
Sorting plastics using fluorescence lifetime measurement could simplify and speed up the recycling process. Developed by a team from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the technique takes advantage of the intrinsic fluorescence properties found in different polymers under photoexcitation. “Plastics emit fluorescent light when exposed to a brief flash of light, and the emission decays...
Lighter Side
Spectroscopy, Cameras to Help Explore the Red Planet
When author H.G. Wells wrote his two-volume The Outline of History in 1920, his eyes turned upward, once again, toward space. “Life,” he wrote, “for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars.” He couldn’t have been more right. And in 2020, a few photonic...
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