Powering Your Phone With a Laser
From smart grids to the internet of things, the modern world is increasingly reliant on connectivity between electronic devices. Thanks to University of Ottawa researchers, these devices can now be... Read More
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GameChange Solar Expands LATAM Footprint with Eight New Solar Projects Totaling 715 MWp
GameChange Solar announced a significant expansion in Latin America with eight new solar projects, including three in Chile, one in El Salvador, and four in Colombia, totaling 715 MWp. GameChange Solar’s continued growth... -
Teledyne FLIR OEM Unveils New Brand and Website
Teledyne FLIR OEM, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY) today announced the strategic evolution of the Teledyne FLIR OEM brand. The brand update is highlighted by the launch of a dedicated website... -
Laser World of Photonics 2025: Record numbers, cutting-edge innovations and a boost for the industry
Laser World of Photonics 2025 in Munich came to a close under glorious summer skies, setting a new record for number of exhibitors and showcasing cutting-edge innovations. From June 24 to 27, 1,398 exhibitors from 41 countries... -
VLC Photonics Secures Funding for Advancing the Design and Test of Photonic Integrated Circuits
VLC Photonics, a Hitachi High-Tech group company and a global leader in engineering services for photonic integrated circuits (PICs), has secured significant funding to advance photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design and... -
Sonnedix Signs Offtake Agreement to Provide 420 GWh of Renewable Power Per Year
Sonnedix, a leading renewable energy producer with over 4 GW of global operating capacity, today announces the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Spanish national rail network operator Renfe, for the purchase of... -
SPIE Announces $323,000 in Student Scholarships
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, awarded $323,000 in scholarships to 74 outstanding SPIE Student Members based on their potential contribution to optics and photonics, or a related discipline. The... -
imec Spin-Off eyeo Raises 15M Euros to Give Cameras "Perfect Eyesight"
eyeo, a new imec spin-off, today announced it has raised €15 million in seed funding, co-led by imec.xpand, Invest-NL, joined by QBIC fund, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Brabant Development Agency (BOM). Eyeo... View All
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Illinois Researchers Demonstrate Giant Photonic Isolation and Gyration
Researchers from the Illinois Grainger College of Engineering are the first to demonstrate a simple and tunable method for realizing asymmetric couplings in integrated photonics. Their findings, published in Physical Review Letters and selected as... -
Oxford Scientists Develop New Technique for Capturing Ultra-intense Laser Pulses in a Single Shot
Ultra-intense lasers can accelerate electrons to near-light speeds within a single oscillation (or ‘wave cycle’) of the electric field, making them a powerful tool for studying extreme physics. However, their rapid fluctuations and... -
How AI is Making 2D Materials Stronger: An AI-driven Framework to Improve Material Design
Two-dimensional patterned hollow structures (2D-PHS) are an advanced class of metamaterials known for their unique mechanical properties and lightweight nature. Comprising a solid matrix with periodically arranged hollows, 2D-PHS effectively reduce... -
What the Human Brain Can Do That AI Can't
How do you intuitively know that you can walk on a footpath and swim in a lake? Researchers from the University of Amsterdam have discovered unique brain activations that reflect how we can move our bodies through an environment. The study not only... -
Successful Development of Innovative and Versatile Evaluation Platform for Spatial Light Modulators
For the first time, Fraunhofer IPMS presents its advanced, high-performance evaluation kits for spatial light modulators, which now feature tilting or piston mirrors as actuator types. The tiny micro mirrors of the spatial light modulators can... -
Breaking Limits: A Technology for Deep Vascular Visualization
Researchers at Saratov State University and their colleagues have developed an innovative approach to improving the visualization of subsurface blood vessels using laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) enhanced with principal component analysis... -
High-Voltage CMOS Backplane for Very Bright OLED Microdisplays
A common method to increase the brightness of OLEDs while maintaining a long lifespan is the use of multiple stacked OLEDs. Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS have now developed an innovative high-voltage CMOS... View All
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Powering Your Phone With a Laser
From smart grids to the internet of things, the modern world is increasingly reliant on connectivity between electronic devices. Thanks to University of Ottawa researchers, these devices can now be simultaneously connected and powered with a simple... -
MEMS Vector Scanning Module for Space Applications
Galvanoscanners have so far provided reliable services in optical communication in space or in Earth observation via LIDAR. However, in the future, these systems could be replaced by smaller and more compact systems with MEMS scanners. In the... -
3D Reconstruction System Overcomes Challenges of Imaging Through Transparent Surfaces
In industrial inspection environments, 3D vision systems often must be enclosed in a transparent protective cover to avoid damage. Due to the deflection of light rays on the transparent medium, 3D imaging an object using traditional vision methods... -
The US Has a New Most Powerful Laser
The ZEUS laser facility at the University of Michigan has roughly doubled the peak power of any other laser in the U.S. with its first official experiment at 2 petawatts (2 quadrillion watts). At more than 100 times the global electricity power... -
Luxinar and Iradion Showcase Electrode Laser Cutting Advantages at The Battery Show Europe
Luxinar, a laser technology leader since 1998, is co-exhibiting with new partner Iradion Laser at The Battery Show Europe. The companies are spotlighting their CO 2 , short pulse and ultrashort pulse lasers for the first time on stand 8-B65 from 3... -
What is Happening in My Laser Process? Making the Invisible Visible with Synchrotron Radiation
Led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and the RWTH Aachen University – Chair for Laser Technology, the interdisciplinary team "Laser Meets Synchrotron" at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg is... -
Tracking Greenhouse Gases With a Laser
The summer of 2024 was by far the hottest since we began keeping records. This global warming is caused by the gas emissions in the atmosphere, mainly those of methane and carbon dioxide. As a greenhouse gas, methane is more than 25 times more... View All
