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New Miniature Hexapod for Photonics Alignment provides Dynamics and Precision, and Automated Alignment Algorithms

PI has added a high dynamics model to its range of compact hexapods. Designed for photonics alignment applications, the hexapod provides 6 degrees of freedom, actuator resolution of 5 nanometers and repeatability as good...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 31 May 2018

Laser-Induced Transition of an Insulator into a Metal-Like Conductor

In the last few decades, the speed of computers has increased, and storage chips and hard disks have attained tremendous capacities. However, there have been physical limits restricting silicon-based computer technology from achieving any remarkable speed gains from the current level.

18 Apr 2018

Atomically Resolved Images of Beam-Sensitive Materials

Scientists have developed a new technique for obtaining atomically resolved images of beam-sensitive materials by adopting transmission electron microscopy.

19 Jan 2018

Novel Effects Seen on Photonic Crystals

Researchers announced the discovery of novel topological effects on photonic crystals in open systems, where energy or material can freely enter or leave.

15 Jan 2018

New Nanotech Crystal Could Magnify Very Small Details on a Living Cell

Just visualize: An optical lens so powerful that it allows users to view features the size of a small virus on a living cell’s surface in its natural environment.

12 Dec 2017

Scientists Use New Class of Liquids to Develop Innovative Material Platform for TTA Photon Upconversion

A concept called the Shockley-Quesser limit currently restricts the conversion of solar energy into electricity. This restriction causes lower energy photons to be wasted, while enabling those that possess higher energies than those of the bandgap to be utilized.

4 Dec 2017

Study Focuses on Effective Isolation of Ions in Optical and Electrostatic Traps

The results of a research team at the University of Freiburg’s Institute of Physics have been given a special place in the “Nature Photonics” journal: a supplementary “News & Views” article in the print version of the science journal focuses on the work of the team headed by Prof. Dr. Tobias Schätz, Dr. Leon Karpa, Julian Schmidt, and Alexander Lambrecht.

3 Nov 2017

Harvard Team Observes Infinitely Long Wavelengths for First Time

The first on-chip metamaterial with a refractive index of zero was developed by researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in 2015. This meant that the phase of light could be stretched substantially long.

10 Oct 2017

DNA-Based Organic Materials Could Make Better Biomedical and Photonic Devices

Using DNA from salmon, researchers in South Korea hope to make better biomedical and other photonic devices based on organic thin films. Often used in cancer treatments and health monitoring, thin films have all the capabilities of silicon-based devices with the possible added advantage of being more compatible with living tissue.

3 Oct 2017

Norway's Grieg Seafood Deploys Particle Analysis Cameras in Salmon Farming Operations

Norway’s Grieg Seafood has bought three particle analysis cameras from a US company for use in its salmon farming operations in Canada and the UK, reports Environment Coastal & Offshore.

3 Aug 2017

Photonics News

New Miniature Hexapod for Photonics Alignment provides Dynamics and Precision, and Automated Alignment Algorithms

Laser-Induced Transition of an Insulator into a Metal-Like Conductor

Atomically Resolved Images of Beam-Sensitive Materials

Novel Effects Seen on Photonic Crystals

New Nanotech Crystal Could Magnify Very Small Details on a Living Cell

Scientists Use New Class of Liquids to Develop Innovative Material Platform for TTA Photon Upconversion

Study Focuses on Effective Isolation of Ions in Optical and Electrostatic Traps

Harvard Team Observes Infinitely Long Wavelengths for First Time

DNA-Based Organic Materials Could Make Better Biomedical and Photonic Devices

Norway's Grieg Seafood Deploys Particle Analysis Cameras in Salmon Farming Operations

Industrial uses of WaterBorne, High Ratio Zinc Silicate Coating Systems

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Power Protection for the Semiconductor Industry

Inclusion Analysis in Steel with the ARL iSpark OES Spectrometer

Low Power 3D Hall Sensors with I2C Interface

Industrial Mass Flow Meters and Controller with IP67 Protection

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