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Tiny antennas let long light waves see in infrared

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed arrays of tiny nano-antennas that can enable sensi…

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Beyond Quantum Simulation: JILA Physicists Create 'Crystal' of Spin-swapping Ultracold Gas Molecules

Physicists at JILA have created a crystal-like arrangement of ultracold gas molecules that can swap quantum "spin" prope…

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Harvard-led Consortium Forms Center for Integrated Quantum Materials

National Science Foundation grant will enable research and education in field that promises breakthroughs in electronics, photonics and computing

The Center for Integrated Quantum Materials will integrate three areas of research. The first will involve synthesizing…

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Lens Combines Human and Insect Vision to Focus Wide-Angle Views

Multi-Part Lens Expands, Contracts to Change Focus

A lens invented at The Ohio State University combines the focusing ability of a human eye with the wide-angle view of an…

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Fast Deep UV Spectrometer

New detector and filter implementation improves data collection rate two fold.

The spectrometer is clean. Attention to materials selection, machining techniques, and finish permit high vacuum operati…

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Opto Diode Introduces UVG100 Photodiode with 100 mm^2 Active Area

Shipped with a temporary protective cover plate, the device delivers an unsurpassed 100 percent internal quantum efficie…

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High Performance Sensor Comes in Two Sizes

Baumer's O500 Series Photoelectric Sensor Technology Is Now Available in a Smaller, 1-inch Housing Size

Both optical sensors offer the same outstanding performance. While the small O300 is especially suited for systems with…

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Photodiode Sensors: Digital Vis-NIR Detector Modules

The MAJOR series will be available in two versions: For the wavelength range from 500 - 1700 nm the products will be equ…

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UK’s largest photonics and electronics centre to launch in Southampton

The new Zepler Institute is a unique multidisciplinary research centre that brings together world-leading expertise in p…

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Researchers propose a new system for quantum simulation

Scientific paper on ultracold atoms and fermionic ions published in Physical Review Letters

Researchers from the universities in Mainz, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Ulm have proposed a new platform for quantum simulati…

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Acton Optics & Coatings Provides Critical Optical Coatings for NASA’s IRIS Explorer Mission

These far ultraviolet and ultraviolet reflective optical coatings are an integral part of both the IRIS telescope and th…

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Lab-made complexes are “sun sponges”

A ring of protein and pigments, half synthetic and half natural, can be used to quickly prototype light-harvesting antennas that absorb more sunlight than fully natural ones

A ring of protein and pigments, half synthetic and half natural, can be used to quickly prototype light-harvesting anten…

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New superheavy elements can be uniquely identified

International research collaboration at GSI including researchers of Mainz University uses element 115 to highlight a way for taking new superheavy elements' fingerprints

the first time, the exploitation of a new detector system allowed registering photons along with the alpha-decay of the…

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Zinc Selenide Plano-Convex (PCX) Lenses Now Available with 8-12µm AR Coating

Low absorption coefficient and high resistance to thermal shock

Zinc Selenide Plano-Convex (PCX) Lenses are available individually, in diameters of 12.7, 25.4 and 50.8mm with a variety…

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Waterloo mathematic​ian solves 40-year-ol​d problem

The three men worked for almost 15 years to solve this problem posed by the famous mathematician and philosopher Gian-Ca…

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HORIBA Scientific Launches MicOS, an Innovative and Cost-Effec​tive Microscopy Optical Spectromet​er

MicOS is a fully integrated and flexible microspectrometer that combines a versatile microscope head directly coupled to…

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Möbius strip ties liquid crystal in knots to produce tomorrow’s materials and photonic devices

University of Warwick scientists have shown how to tie knots in liquid crystals using a miniature Möbius strip made from…

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Rice technique expands options for molecular imaging

One-of-a-kind spectrometer reads vibrations between atoms to find structures of molecules

By measuring the vibrations between atoms using femtosecond-long laser pulses, the Rice lab of chemist Junrong Zheng is…

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Graphene may shed new light on terahertz metamaterials and plasmonics

Metamaterials are man-made structures that exhibit properties not possible in natural materials, such as refracting ligh…

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New Electron Beam Writer Enables Next-Gen Biomedical and Information Technologies

The new electron beam writer housed in the Nano3 cleanroom facility at the Qualcomm Institute is important for electrica…

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