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08 Apr 13
BAE Systems lands $20M for LIDAR minesweeper development

US Navy wants airborne system to protect personnel moving between ship and shore.

04 Apr 13
LZH files patent for 'optical CT scan'

Scanning laser optical tomography could be used to generate high-resolution images of entire organs.

03 Apr 13
Scientists propose fiber laser approach for 'next Large Hadron Collider'

Massive arrays of fiber lasers could be the driving force behind next-generation particle accelerators. Other benefits expected to be in nuclear waste remediation and medicine.

27 Mar 13
Graphene ‘multiplies’ power of light

International research team led by ICFO (UPC, Catalunya), MIT and Max Planck hail graphene photo-conversion.

25 Mar 13
Intuitive Surgical sees virtue in robots with vision

Robot-assisted surgery is a boon for clinicians and patients, but incorporation of bioimaging is at an early stage.

18 Mar 13
Tunable VCSEL brings new depth to OCT

The versatile new source dramatically improves the scan rates and imaging range of the technique.

13 Mar 13
Project aims to double LED lighting efficiency

€11.8m NEWLED European project to boost efficiency of white LEDs with “superlattices”.

11 Mar 13
UK opens 'photonics for healthcare' funding competition

£3.7 million earmarked for ‘business-led’ partnerships.

05 Mar 13
Alta breaks 30% efficiency barrier with dual-junction solar cell

Caltech start-up says that it is working with customers on mobile device applications.

01 Mar 13
Cymer pushes high-yielding EUV source to 55W

Key lithography light source provider reports 99.7% simulated die yield at 40W EUV power and 97.5% at 55W.

01 Mar 13
Aston photonics team joins EC fiber-optics project

UK research group will bring modeling expertise to remainder of ‘MODE-GAP’ effort.

27 Feb 13
Light produced from silicon nanocrystal LEDs

German-Canadian research team develops clean, versatile "nano-LEDs".

 
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