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Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 |
Laser-Diode Modules with TTL Modulation U.K.-based Photonic Products added TTL modulation options to its Photon range of laser-diode modules, which will accept signals from DC up to 100 kHz minimum. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008 |
Electro-Optics Briefs VueMetrix delivers laser diode controller for high-power fiber lasers... DILAS offers conduction-cooled fiber-coupled laser modules for military applications... Axsys to provide infrared imaging lenses for Army CROWS program... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004 |
Briefs LED photometric detector meets CIE 127-1997... Laser nanosensor for measurement applications... All-in-focus high-speed microscopy camera... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005 |
Optoelectronics Briefs Breakthrough in solid-state laser technology... Fiber-optic field-simulation test instrument... TTL modulation added to photon devices... New high-power optical fiber... Light-sensitive camera... High-power multimode diode bar... Laser Diode earns ISO 9001:2000 certification... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 |
Products Direct flash lamp pumped die laser... Military- and space-qualified laser diodes... Near-infrared diode laser... etc. |
Chemistry World October 29, 2012 James Urquhart |
Fireflies inspire low-cost LED lighting Colleagues at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have examined the intricate nanostructure of the firefly's lantern cuticle and created an artificial version for use as a high-power LED lens. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 |
Briefs Indigo changes camera name to ThermoVision Micron... Army chooses Northrop Grumman for target laser rangefinder... Opto Diode unveils silicon PIN photodiode... Custom-fabricated durable sapphire windows offered... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009 |
IRphotonics Offers Mid Infrared Fiber for Avionics Applications IRphotonics is introducing the II-V mid infrared fiber for defense and aerospace applications... Optek releases low-thermal-resistance LED lights in several colors... Newport introduces high-power diode drivers... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005 John Keller |
Editor's Notebook: Darpa Details Requirements for High-Energy Diode-Laser Initiative The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is moving ahead with a program to develop a 100-kilowatt weapons-grade diode laser capable of destroying military targets. |
National Defense November 2009 Grace V. Jean |
In the Eye of the Beholder: Contact Lenses as Displays and Sensors Scientists believe that the little plastic discs that hundreds of millions of people rely on to see clearer may one day serve military personnel and medical patients as information displays and health monitoring devices. |
Technology Research News June 15, 2005 |
Lens Boosts LED Efficiency One-fifth of the electricity consumed in the U.S. is used for lighting. Researchers have come up with a way to boost light emitted from white light-emitting diodes by as much as 60%. |
Technology Research News March 9, 2005 |
Silicon Chip Laser Goes Continuous Useful lasers made from silicon would make it possible to move data between and within computer chips using light rather than electricity. This would make for faster chips that could be more tightly integrated with optical communications equipment. |
Technology Research News November 19, 2003 |
Plastic display circuit shines Researchers from the University of Tokyo have taken a step forward by fabricating on a glass surface a circuit that contains an organic light-emitting diode and an organic thin-film transistor. The diode was bright enough to be used in a display, according to the researchers. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006 |
Raytheon researchers eye boosting laser power to weapons-grade levels High-power laser systems made from low-power modules would leapfrog bottlenecks to create ever-higher-power monolithic laser systems. |
Scientific American August 2005 Steven Ashley |
Making Light of Silicon Scientists at UCLA and Intel have obtained coherent photons of light from silicon. This low cost alternative to "exotic" semiconductor materials currently used as lasers will pave the way for many technological advances. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 |
Briefs 10 million cycles is probable for new optical switch... Newport announces Oriel Light Resource Catalog... Coherent expands line of high-power laser diodes... etc. |
Technology Research News February 23, 2005 |
Rod arrays focus sound Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain have produced a pair of flat lenses that control soundwaves. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 |
Coherent's 100-Watt Diode Bar Can Combine with Others to Produce Kilowatt-Class Lasers The primary application for the diode laser bar is as a pump light source for use in solid state lasers for medical and industrial applications. |
Chemistry World December 20, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
pH adjustable protein micro-lenses Scientists in China have used a common protein to create tiny optical lenses, a few tens of micrometres in diameter, whose focus can be adjusted simply by changing the pH of the surrounding medium. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 |
Surface-Mount RGB LED for High-Intensity Colors LEDtronics is offering the SML505RBG1K-TR low-profile surface-mount red, green, and blue light-emitting diode (RGB LED), which provide high visibility in a size of 5.5 by 5.5 millimeters. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Paniccia & Koehl |
The Silicon Solution In the future, ordinary silicon chips will move data using light rather than electrons, unleashing nearly limitless bandwidth and revolutionizing computing |
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Anna Basanskaya |
Electricity Over Glass Photonic Power offers the option of measuring high currents by placing a transducer directly on the line, obviating the use of transformers to overcome voltage differences, as the power-over-fiber system converts electricity directly to light. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 |
Electro-optics Briefs Global laser market to grow by 7 percent in 2008... Coherent introduces diode laser module with brightness and high reliability... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 |
Sandia Uses Presstek Diode in Shuttle Camera The LT-1110 is a CS-mounted diode- laser bar that delivers 20 watts of power at wavelengths of 808 and 915 nanometers. The lasers are useful for both commercial and solid-state pumping applications. |
Technology Research News June 1, 2005 |
Lasers Built Into Fiber-Optics Researchers have crossed a gas-filled fiber optic laser with ordinary fiber optics to make a Raman laser and a frequency stabilizer -- devices that provide precise control of laser beams. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Jeremy Lott |
Pupils Wide Open Prescription laws, generally regarded as a safeguard for the public, may be facilitating protectionism and price-fixing instead. Attorneys general in 33 states are suing the American Optometric Association for jacking up the price of contact lenses... |
Chemistry World August 2, 2006 Jessica Ebert |
Smart Microlenses Come Into Focus Liquid lenses that can flex between convex and concave forms in response to a change in temperature or pH could find uses in autonomous imaging systems for medical diagnostics, their inventors say. |
InternetNews September 18, 2006 David Needle |
Intel Sees The Laser Light Intel announced its latest research designed to create a super-fast hybrid silicon processor capable of moving data at terabits-per-second speed. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 John Keller |
Military, Industry Seek to Boost Efficiency of Diode Lasers Efficiency is a driving trend in military optoelectronics technology development. Increasing efficiency of lasers would translate into fewer batteries that fighting forces in the field would have to carry. |
Technology Research News September 8, 2004 |
Photonic Crystal Throttles Light Researchers have showed that the spacing of a photonic crystal can be used to control the timing of light emitted by a quantum dot. |
PC Magazine September 28, 2005 David Murphy |
Eyeballing Your Camera A Liquid lens for cameras is currently in development and would allow quicker and more precise focusing and optical zooming. |
Technology Research News November 3, 2004 |
Photonic Crystal Lasers Juiced Researchers have made a photonic crystal laser that is driven by electric current. The device could eventually be used as a source of single photons for quantum cryptography and communications devices. |
Technology Research News December 29, 2004 |
LED Array Turned Into Touch Button This researcher is using a grid of light-emitting diodes, which are widely used as light sources, as an input device. |
Reactive Reports Issue 52 David Bradley |
Microscopic Contact Lenses Make Sense Gel lenses, resembling microscopic contacts, could find a role in biosensors for analysis and diagnostics, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. |
AskMen.com Eric Huang |
FAQ On Contact Lenses If you wear contacts, or are considering getting them, you might have some unanswered questions. We've all heard stories and myths about contact lenses; the following is a list of some of the most frequently asked questions concerning this little invention. |
PC Magazine June 8, 2004 Grotta & Wiener |
More Than Just Megapixels Image size is important in selecting a digital camera, but it's far from the complete picture. |
Technology Research News June 16, 2004 |
Laser Tweezer Grabs Varied Specks Researchers have advanced the use of optical tweezers with a method that allows them to simultaneously trap and independently manipulate microscopic materials that have different indices of refraction. |
Technology Research News April 20, 2005 Eric Smalley |
Telescopes Make Bug-Eye Optics Researchers have developed a prototype artificial compound eye made from three stacked sets of microlenses that form an array of tiny telescopes that could be used for camera phones, infrared vision systems and optical sensors. |
PC Magazine October 11, 2006 Sebastian Rupley |
The Tiniest Projector Miniaturized gizmos could arrive in handhelds, cars, and robots. |
Chemistry World April 5, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Variable Focus at the Flick of a Switch Aging eyes could soon have an alternative to bifocal spectacles, with the development of liquid crystal lenses that focus on near or distant objects at the flick of a switch. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2010 Mark Anderson |
Little Big Cameras Your next digital camera may adhere to a standard you've never heard of: Micro Four Thirds |
IEEE Spectrum September 2011 Wanke & Lee |
Transceivers to Conquer the Terahertz Frontier New ICs harness the untamed terahertz band |
Technology Research News June 29, 2005 |
Crystal promises more light Spontaneous emission from chip-based devices like light-emitting diodes can lower efficiency and create noise. Researchers have created a device that can harness the energy from the emissions and put them towards positive ends. |