A droplet of clear liquid can bend light, acting as a lens. Now, by exploiting this well-known phenomenon, researchers have developed a new process to create inexpensive high quality lenses that will cost less than a penny ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 24, 2014
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The complexity of biology can befuddle even the most sophisticated light microscopes. Biological samples bend light in unpredictable ways, returning difficult-to-interpret information to the microscope and distorting the ...
General Physics
Apr 13, 2014
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(Phys.org) —In the search for a single photon source, researchers in Australia and France have achieved a major step towards a turn-key source of individual, precisely tailored photons from an integrated optical chip.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 31, 2014
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Thanks to optical signals, mails and data can be transmitted rapidly around the globe. But also exchange of digital information between electronic chips may be accelerated and energy efficiency might be increased by using ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 18, 2014
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Hitachi today announced the development of video processing technology enhancing the visibility of high resolution at a rate of 60 frames per second. Enhanced visibility video display was achieved by analyzing the visual ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 5, 2014
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The sensors team at DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory is working on sensor technologies to enable embedded gas sensing at high temperature. The team's goal is to develop novel materials with large optical responses ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 7, 2014
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(Phys.org) —High-speed communication just got a turbo boost, thanks to a new laser technology developed at the University of Illinois that transmits error-free data over fiber optic networks at a blazing fast 40 gigabits ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 6, 2013
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Anyone who has tried to make a cell phone call from a crowded football stadium has had a taste of what engineers call spectrum crunch.
Telecom
Oct 3, 2013
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Heart research funded by EPSRC at Durham University is using sophisticated optical technology to overcome the challenges of imaging living hearts which are located deep inside the body and move at 300 beats per minute.
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2013
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Diamond-based lasers – once a James Bond fantasy – are now becoming a reality, following research at the University of Strathclyde.
General Physics
Aug 7, 2013
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