News tagged with laser etching

Laser etching safe alternative for labeling grapefruit

Laser labeling of fruit and vegetables is a new, patented technology in which a low-energy carbon dioxide laser beam is used to label, or "etch" information on produce, thereby eliminating the need for common ...

Biology / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 8

Food 'Tattoos' an Alternative to Labels for Identifying Fruit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Those small and sometimes inconvenient sticky labels on produce may eventually be replaced by laser "tattoo" technology now being tested by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2




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Retroreflector transmits light with negligible power consumption

(Phys.org) -- In free-space optical communications (FSO), data is wirelessly transmitted by light propagating through open space. Among their applications, FSO systems are used for communications between spacecraft ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Micromechanical mirror performs under pressure... of light

(Phys.org) -- A team of scientists from PML's Quantum Measurement Division has designed and tested a novel device that may lead to substantial progress in the new and fast-moving field of optomechanics.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

NTT researchers develop breakthrough optical memory device

(PhysOrg.com) -- To improve transmission speeds, the Internet has transitioned over the years from one using copper to fiber optic cabling. Unfortunately, this has caused a bottleneck to occur where the light ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Microchips' optical future

Computer chips are one area where the United States still enjoys a significant manufacturing lead over the rest of the world. In 2011, five of the top 10 chipmakers by revenue were U.S. companies, and Intel, ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

NTT develops current-injection photonic-crystal laser

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation has developed an current-injection photonic-crystal laser with ultralow power consumption that can be applied to off-chip and on-chip optical data transmission for ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

One-third of car fuel consumption is due to friction loss

No less than one third of a car's fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction, and this friction loss has a direct impact on both fuel consumption and emissions. However, new technology can reduce friction by anything ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Development of world’s first functional polymer nanowire fabrication technology by pulsed laser irradiation

Japanese researchers selectively grew polymer nanowires using only irradiation with a pulsed laser, in a region limited to the area of irradiation. They also succeeded in imparting diverse functionalities ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Holographic 3-D looks tantalizingly closer in 2012

(PhysOrg.com) -- Applications like holographic TV have long been relegated as the next big thing in the distant future but a Leuven, Belgium-based R&D lab for nanoelectronics has come up with a process that ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (29) | comments 21 | with audio podcast report

New technique makes it easier to etch semiconductors

Creating semiconductor structures for high-end optoelectronic devices just got easier, thanks to University of Illinois researchers.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New advance could lead to even smaller features in the constant quest for more compact, faster microchips

The microchip revolution has seen a steady shrinking of features on silicon chips, packing in more transistors and wires to boost chips’ speed and data capacity. But in recent years, the technologies behind these chips ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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