News tagged with optics express
Physicists store short movies in an atomic vapor
The storage of light-encoded messages on film and compact disks and as holograms is ubiquitous---grocery scanners, Netflix disks, credit-card images are just a few examples. And now light signals can be stored ...
May 29, 2012 |
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Breakthrough in ultra-sensitive sensor technology
Princeton researchers have invented an extremely sensitive sensor that opens up new ways to detect a wide range of substances, from tell-tale signs of cancer to hidden explosives.
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Quantum quirk: Scientists pack atoms together to prevent collisions in atomic clock
In a paradox typical of the quantum world, JILA scientists have eliminated collisions between atoms in an atomic clock by packing the atoms closer together. The surprising discovery, described in the Feb. ...
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Your vital signs, on camera
You can check a person’s vital signs -- pulse, respiration and blood pressure -- manually or by attaching sensors to the body. But a student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program is ...
Oct 04, 2010 |
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New solar concentrator design (w/ Video)
A new solar concentrator design from an electrical engineering Ph.D. student at the University of California, San Diego could lead to solar concentrators that are less expensive and require fewer photovoltaic ...
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Ultra-powerful Laser Makes Silicon Pump Liquid Uphill with No Added Energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics have discovered a way to make liquid flow vertically upward along a silicon surface, overcoming the pull of gravity, without pumps or other ...
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Up-scale: Frequency converter enables ultra-high sensitivity infrared spectrometry
In what may prove to be a major development for scientists in fields ranging from forensics to quantum communications, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new, ...
Aug 26, 2009 |
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The guiding of light: A new metamaterial device steers beams along complex pathways
Using a composite metamaterial to deliver a complex set of instructions to a beam of light, Boston College physicists have created a device to guide electromagnetic waves around objects such as the corner ...
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Gene transcribing machine takes halting, backsliding trip along the DNA
(PhysOrg.com) -- The body's nanomachines that read our genes don't run as smoothly as previously thought, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, scientists.
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Liquid crystal lasers promise cheaper, high colour resolution laser television
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics (CMMPE) (part of the Department's Photonics Research Group at the University of Cambridge) are leading the way ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Using light to move and trap DNA molecules
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major goal of nanotechnology research is to create a "lab on a chip," in which a tiny biological sample would be carried through microscopic channels for processing. This could make possible ...
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Jan 02, 2009 |
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Detecting malaria early to save lives: New optical technique promises rapid and accurate diagnosis
Correctly and quickly diagnosing malaria is essential for effective and life-saving treatment. But rapid detection, particularly in remote areas, is not always possible because current methods are time-consuming ...
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Flipping a light switch in the cell: Quantum dots used for targeted neural activation
By harnessing quantum dots—tiny light-emitting semiconductor particles a few billionths of a meter across—researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a new and vastly more targeted ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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A smarter way to make ultraviolet light beams
Existing coherent ultraviolet light sources are power hungry, bulky and expensive. University of Michigan researchers have found a better way to build compact ultraviolet sources with low power consumption ...
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Manufacturing microscale medical devices for faster tissue engineering
In the emerging field of tissue engineering, scientists encourage cells to grow on carefully designed support scaffolds. The ultimate goal is to create living structures that might one day be used to replace ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Optics Express
Optics Express is a peer-reviewed rapid-publication scientific, electronic journal published by the Optical Society of America. It reports on all fields of optical science and technology. The journal is free. The costs are paid by the authors of the published articles.
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