Thin is now in to turn terahertz polarization
It's always good when your hard work reflects well on you.
Optics & Photonics
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News tagged with infrared wavelengths
Crystalline supermirrors for trace gas detection in environmental science and medicine
In an international cooperation with partners from industry and research, physicists from the University of Vienna, together with Thorlabs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the University of ...
Optics & Photonics
May 18, 2021
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Thin, large-area device converts infrared light into images
Seeing through smog and fog. Mapping out a person's blood vessels while monitoring heart rate at the same time—without touching the person's skin. Seeing through silicon wafers to inspect the quality and composition of ...
Optics & Photonics
May 5, 2021
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NASA's Webb Telescope to study young exoplanets on the edge
Before planets around other stars were first discovered in the 1990s, these far-flung exotic worlds lived only in the imagination of science fiction writers.
Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2021
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Researchers capture first 3D super-resolution images in living mice
Researchers have developed a new microscopy technique that can acquire 3-D super-resolution images of subcellular structures from about 100 microns deep inside biological tissue, including the brain. By giving scientists ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 25, 2021
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World's shortest wavelength for a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser demonstrated
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, with collaborators at Technische Universität Berlin, have demonstrated the shortest wavelength ever reported of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL). This can ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 21, 2020
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Researchers demonstrate nondestructive mid-infrared imaging using entangled photons
Researchers have shown that entangled photons can be used to improve the penetration depth of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in highly scattering materials. The method represents a way to perform OCT with mid-infrared ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 10, 2020
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Invisible organic light-emitting diodes reach new world record
You can't see it with the naked eye, but a new fluorescent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) could shed light on the development of innovative applications in devices such as smartphone and television displays using near-infrared ...
Materials Science
Nov 12, 2020
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Simulations show Webb Telescope can reveal distant galaxies hidden in quasars' glare
Quasars are the brightest objects in the universe and among the most energetic. They outshine entire galaxies of billions of stars. A supermassive black hole lies at the heart of every quasar, but not every black hole is ...
Astronomy
Oct 14, 2020
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New microchip devices produce a wide range of laser hues
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have developed a microchip technology that can convert invisible near-infrared laser light into any one of a panoply ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 14, 2020
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