News tagged with optical performance

Researchers develop graphene supercapacitor holding promise for portable electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrochemical capacitors (ECs), also known as supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, differ from regular capacitors that you would find in your TV or computer in that they store substantially ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (25) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

New compact microspectrometer design achieves high resolution and wide bandwidth

A new microspectrometer architecture that uses compact disc-shaped resonators could address the challenges of integrated lab-on-chip sensing systems that now require a large off-chip spectrometer to achieve ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mini-projectors -- maximum performance

(PhysOrg.com) -- The number of mini-projector devotees keeps growing. The combination of a new kind of optical structure with high-performance LEDs enables completely new compact and brilliant lighting and ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 20, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Osram LEDs for Mini Projectors

New, particularly high-performance light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from Osram make it possible to build mini projectors. These LEDs produce enough light to project images measuring over one meter in diagonal ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Nanoparticle Scattering Improves Laser Performance

(PhysOrg.com) -- “Light scattering” and “optical performance” are two concepts that usually head in opposite directions, but they have recently been shown to walk happily hand-in-hand. The results are impressive ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0