A femtosecond laser was part of a recent successful study at a French Antarctic base to measure key trace molecular species—iodine monoxide (IO) and bromine monoxide (BrO)—at ...
Oct. 10, 2012
(Courtesy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Center for Research and Technology Hellas, and the University of Burgundy)
The combined efforts of members of PLATON—the European Union 7th Framework Programme Collaborative Project, funded since January 2010, that aims to put “plasmonics ‘in-the-box...
Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory are creating useful mid-IR nonlinear optical devices by alternating the actual crystal orientation of the semiconducting nonlinear...
Scientists at Schott AG have developed a down-draw process that moves molten glass using a nozzle and roller system into an ultrathin glass sheet, in much the same way that optical...
A group at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) has fabricated laser ceramics of Yb-doped lutetium yttrium aluminum garnet (Yb:LuAG) using a solid-state reactive sintering...
Oct. 9, 2012
Zettl Research Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California at Berkeley
University of California–Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) researchers have developed a technology that could turn any semiconductor material into a photovoltaic...
A group at Nanjing University and Tsinghua University in China is using a fluorinated phenyl-tolane-based nematic liquid crystal (LC) mixture between two thin fused silica plates...
Innovative spectral sensors help refine Raman, multipoint, and hyperspectral sensors for use in healthcare and pharmaceutical development and production.
Materials that suffer from negative thermal effects during nanosecond laser machining can potentially be machined by picosecond lasers with a much higher quality.
Arrays of fiber Bragg gratings are fabricated at the same time the fiber is drawn, resulting in high strength and enhanced optical properties needed for sensing applications.
Laser-induced fluorescence played a key role in sequencing the human genome. Now more advanced photonic systems have slashed sequencing costs and are offering new capabilities...
Analogous to the natural photosynthetic process, cultivation of cyanobacteria in photobioreactors using an optofluidic approach to illumination offers a new fuel source—if properly...
Oct. 1, 2012
(Courtesy of Yole Developpement and System Plus Consulting)
Optical data storage capacities are moving beyond Blu-ray capabilities with holographic, near-field, and even heat [laser]-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) on the horizon; however...
Photonics is often described as a critical enabling technology and evidence is ample to support that contention. In this issue, two articles illustrate the research value of spectroscop...
