Stealth technology, the idea of reducing the ability of the enemy to detect an object, has driven advances in military research for decades. Today, aircraft, naval ships and submarines, missiles and satellites are often covered ...
General Physics
May 27, 2020
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Crustaceans that thrive in the vastness of the open ocean have no place to hide from their predators.
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2016
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Although it may not be immediately obvious, the mechanical properties of optical components have a significant impact on the performance of lasers employed in precision sensing applications. Currently, the mechanical damping ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 21, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached a major milestone in its development. The mirrors that will fly aboard the telescope have completed the coating process at Quantum Coating Inc. in Moorestown, ...
Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you look closely at the surface of a moth's cornea, you see that it is comprised of tiny protruding bumps. These bumps exist to keep moths safe from predators by preventing light from reflecting in their ...
Engineering
Mar 8, 2011
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Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland at College Park, can speed up photons (particles of light) to seemingly ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 26, 2010
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Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made progress in the preparation of mixture-based quarter-wave plate laser beam splitter (PLBS) coatings to improve ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 19, 2022
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Not only are greasy fingerprints on shiny stainless steel surfaces unattractive, they also attack the surface. A new nanocoating being developed by Fraunhofer researchers will in the future prevent the annoying smudges that ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 1, 2019
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Optical fibers enable the internet, and they are practically everywhere: underground and beneath the oceans. Fibers can do more than just carry information: they are also fantastic sensors. Hair-thin optical fibers support ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 29, 2019
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M. S. M. Saifullah and Hemant Raut of A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore and their co-workers have developed a coating that matches the optical properties of the best conventional anti-reflective ...
Materials Science
Oct 23, 2013
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