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A new laser platform shapes laser pulse parameters to exact specifications.
Spanish researchers describe the design and development of a prototype liquid level sensor that exploits the changes in light transmittance in a plastic optical fiber cable.
Two black holes have been pinpointed at the center of a collision of two galaxies thanks to adaptive optics at the Keck Observatory.
A new optical technique measures both the velocity and trajectory of particles in an air stream, allowing real-time detection of contaminants or chemicals.
UK fiber-laser specialist SPI Lasers has won a $2.8 million order to ship its lasers to a medical equipment integrator for aesthetics applications.
Researchers may have found an alternative to indium tin oxide for applications in flat-panel displays, solar cells and LEDs.
A US team has for the first time used a nanosecond Nd:YAG hollow-core fiber laser as the ignition source in a commercial natural-gas engine, replacing conventional electrodes.
Record growth in the image sensor market will steady over the next several years, says Strategies Unlimited’s Tom Hausken.
The optics.org editorial team gathered some interesting photos from the LASER 2007 exhibition halls. Don't forget to visit our blog to read about our experiences from the show.
A team of Canadian and American scientists has made a liquid mirror that could one day be used to build a large moon-based telescope.
Physicists in France have used laser spectroscopy to make the first direct measurement of the Boltzmann constant.
European researchers have demonstrated an integrated device that could form the basis for future on-chip optical interconnects.
JDSU has chosen Teraxion's "telecoms-grade" fiber Bragg grating (FBG) filters for its latest commercial 488 nm solid-state laser.
Bossa Nova Technologies, US, is an expert in non-destructive testing equipment. Nadya Anscombe talks to its marketing and sales director Philippe Clemenceau to find out how the steel and cosmetic industries are making the most of the company's technology.
GaN chip developers look set to benefit from an in situ pyrometer that can measure wafer temperatures with a precision of ±0.1°C. Richard Stevenson speaks to Thomas Zettler of optical sensor specialist LayTec to find out more about its ultraviolet pyrometer.
Although many applications could potentially benefit from terahertz radiation, finding a convenient way to generate it has been problematic. Anselm Deninger and Thomas Renner of TOPTICA Photonics weigh up the merits of using distributed feedback diodes and femtosecond fibre lasers.
The rapid progress that is being made in lithography and many other areas of technology owes a lot to calcium fluoride crystals. Peter Maushake, product manager of German firm SCHOTT AG, looks at the optical properties that have made this material so successful.
Diversifying an optics company can be crucial to its survival and success. In this month's interview Paul Ellis, CEO of SIFAM, discusses his experiences of keeping the company afloat after the telecoms downturn.
A European project known as NATAL is striving to produce high-power optically pumped semiconductor disk lasers emitting in the visible for projection applications. Mircea Guina from the Optoelectronics Research Centre at Tampere in Finland updates OLE on progress.
Neil Ball and Matthias Stein argue that rapid improvements in performance and lifetime will ensure that lamp-pumped solid-state lasers continue to outsell diode-pumped systems.
Dynamic lighting hot-shots Color Kinetics are picked to join Lumileds and TIR Systems on the Philips team, opening up a bright future for its award-winning lighting systems.
Light can be guided and manipulated at the nanoscale using "plasmonics physics", according to new calculations by US researchers.
Including news from Strategies Unlimited (image sensor market forecast), Biomedical Photometrics, Synova, Disco Hi-Tec, Oki Electric Industry, Philips, TIR Systems, Boeing, Lambda Research and others.
Miniaturizing spectroscopy onto a single chip is allowing researchers to study atoms in a portable device.
Manufacturing thousands of lenses on a wafer will reduce the size and cost of camera modules for mobile applications.
A UV photodetector with a bandwidth of only 6 nm could allow real-time detection of biological and chemical agents.
Thin-film coating and filter manufacturer Barr Associates has developed products for applications as wide-ranging as the study of the planet Pluto to pinpointing early signs of cancer. OLE catches up with technical experts at the US company to find out more.
Plastic electronics mapped in a matter of minutes by broadband near-field optical spectrometer with 100 nm spatial resolution.
Researchers from Greece and France offer a detailed study of the field-free alignment of a polar molecule using short laser pulses.
A scanning microscope is allowing researchers to image the modes inside a quantum cascade laser with nanometer resolution.
A laser configuration known as a composite-resonator vertical-cavity laser (CRVCL) could offer the key to high-speed optoelectronics.
A non-invasive laser scan offers a unique insight into the characteristic biochemistry of a developing skin cancer.
US researchers have achieved amplified spontaneous emission from colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals, which could pave the way for a new breed of quantum-dot lasers.
A new, slimmer version of Varioptic's Arctic lens will be integrated into STMicroelectronics' camera modules.
Gold nanoparticles are the key to a targeted photoacoustic imaging technique being developed by Dutch researchers.
High-power radially-polarized fiber lasers are a step closer thanks to researchers in Japan.
Featuring news from GSI, Electron Tubes, Gilden Photonics, Planar Systems, Satisloh, AP Technologies and others.
BinOptics CEO Alex Behfar says that his company will slash the cost of blue laser diodes by squeezing more chips onto a wafer.
Antonio García Marín and colleagues from the Albert Einstein Institute and University of Hanover describe the role that laser interferometry will play in the LISA and LISA Pathfinder missions.
Charge-coupled devices have been developing at a rapid pace over the past few decades. Antoinette O'Grady gives an overview of what's on offer today and provides useful guidelines on choosing the right detector format and the right architecture for your application.
Detecting bacterial spores by using coherent Raman scattering could help to improve national security.
Detecting bacterial spores by using coherent Raman scattering could help to improve national security.
A new report predicts further growth for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, but barriers to their penetration of the television market remain.
optics.org speaks to the team that has sent entangled photons over a record-breaking 144 km free-space link.
Featuring news from the US Department of Energy, Agilent, JDSU, Cambridge Display Technology, Nanotech Semiconductor, Jenoptik, Optikos, Heptagon and others.
Future large space-based telescopes could benefit from photon sieves containing trillions of holes to gather and focus light.
Flick through the technology press and you could be fooled into thinking that solar energy is now all about ultrathin films and flexible photovoltaics. Rick Lewandowski, CEO of Prism Solar Technologies, US, tells James Tyrrell that silicon is definitely still in the frame thanks to a clever holographic film that can squeeze more power out of traditional solar cells.
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