The technique can resolve submillimeter-scale temperature patterns and estimate temperature gradients to advance a variety of thermal biomedical applications.
Extremely fine porous structures can be generated in semiconductors, opening up new possibilities for novel sensors, optics, and electronics -- experiments in this area have already...
A research team has developed novel 2 μm high-power short-pulse lasers based on a new technique of fiber-laser in-band pumping at 1611 nm and Kerr-lens mode locking with a new...
Recognizing that the high cost of InGaAs-based photodetectors in the visible through SWIR region is limiting certain emerging applications, research groups and sensor companies...
A group at Harvard University has come up with a miniature version of a "delta" robot that looks to be quite handy for laboratory use, including in photonics and biophotonics ...
A team of researchers has made headway in understanding why quantum dots composed of cesium-lead-halide compounds are much brighter and radiate much faster than other engineered...
Nanoscale systems from atomic-force microscopes to the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) achieve their feats through piezo nanopositioning.
Whether type-II superlattice or other exotic semiconductor architecture forced to operate in cryogenic, room-temperature, or hot conditions, infrared photodetectors are advancing...
A picosecond laser technique satisfies the need for permanent unique device identifier (UDI) marking of stainless steel medical devices without requiring postprocessing.
Augmented and virtual reality, illuminated clothing, and health monitoring are just the beginning of a photonic wearable industry enabled by low-cost, miniaturized optoelectronic...
Three metrology tools for the measurement of freeform optics are compared: the coordinate measurement machine, a high-accuracy profilometer, and a noncontact optical technique...
Advances in laser manufacturing are enabling extremely compact multi-line illumination devices that ease instrumentation design and serve researchers' needs for fuss-free reliability...
Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy in attenuated total reflection (ATR) sampling mode has diagnostic potential as a rapid, reliable, and minimally invasive screening...
