For many practical applications involving lasers, it's important to be able to control the direction of the laser beams. Just ask Han Solo, or the captain of the Death Star. Researchers from North Carolina State University ...
Optics & Photonics
May 2, 2011
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Researchers are developing a new type of biological and chemical sensor that has few moving parts, is low-cost and yet highly sensitive, sturdy and long-lasting.
Engineering
Feb 8, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Counterfeiting money is the "second oldest profession in the world" -- a profession that truly took off with the introduction of paper money. In order to spoil things for counterfeiters, Australia introduced ...
Materials Science
Apr 7, 2010
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People debating politics are well-advised to shed more light than heat. Engineers working in optical technologies have the same aspiration.
Nanophysics
Feb 17, 2009
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Fiber sensing scientists from Shenzhen University have developed an encrypted fiber optic tag that can be used for all-optical labeling and recognition of optical transmission channels such as access networks.
Optics & Photonics
Jul 6, 2023
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In order to integrate logic gates and communicate over short distances optically, plasmonic interconnections are essential components of optical interconnection schemes. Therefore, switching has attracted much attention.
Plasma Physics
Aug 3, 2022
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Ultrafast light-driven control of magnetization on the nanometer length scale is key to achieve competitive bit sizes in next generation data storage technology. Researchers at Max Born Institute in Berlin and of the large ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 15, 2022
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Researchers at ARCNL have found a way to detect nanostructures buried under many layers of opaque material using high-frequency sound waves induced by light. Their findings could have applications in the semiconductor manufacturing ...
Nanophysics
Jul 8, 2020
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Owing to the excellent dispersion ability, diffraction gratings are playing an important role in widespread fields ranging from spectrometers to chirped pulse amplifiers. However, decades of extensive study on various broadband ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 26, 2020
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A chemist at The University of Texas at Arlington has engineered a device capable of collecting drops of liquid as it travels through space and analyzing their content for conditions that support life.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 11, 2019
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