Scientists will use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study sections of the sky previously observed by NASA's Great Observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope, to understand the ...
Astronomy
Oct 4, 2017
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A new reconfigurable device that emits patterns of thermal infrared light in a fully controllable manner could one day make it possible to collect waste heat at infrared wavelengths and turn it into usable energy.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 13, 2017
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Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are small, semiconductor-based lasers that emit optical beams from their top surface, and one of their main applications is in gas sensing. Gases each have a unique set of ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 14, 2017
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The primary source of infrared radiation is heat—the radiation produced by the thermal motion of charged particles in matter, including the motion of the atoms and molecules in an object. The higher the temperature of an ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 26, 2016
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A new development from Northwestern University's Manijeh Razeghi could be another tool for protecting our borders.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 8, 2016
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Sagrario Domínguez-Fernández, a telecommunications engineer, has managed to increase light absorption in silicon by means of nanostructures etched onto photovoltaic cells. This increases the efficiency obtained in these ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 8, 2016
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Researchers have developed the first standard LED covering the full visible light, in collaboration with Nichia Corporation.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Apr 14, 2016
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A revolutionary new type of laser developed by the University of Adelaide is promising major advances in remote sensing of greenhouse gases.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 5, 2016
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Laser physicists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics developed a measuring system for light waves in the near-infrared range.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 19, 2016
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As New Horizons flew by Pluto, it recorded spectacular images of the icy world's surface using the LORRI and MVIC cameras. It recorded the plasma and dust environments with the PEPSSI, SWAP, and SDC instruments. But one instrument, ...
Space Exploration
Dec 27, 2015
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