Versatile LED irradiation system — From disinfection to medical treatments
Credit: FBH/P. Immerz For disinfection purposes, the compact system can be equipped with UV LEDs to eliminate germs on critical ...
Tag: Optics
Spider silk can create lenses useful for biological imaging
When properly cured, lenses built on dragline spider silk generate a special type of light jet that can image large ...
Light from inside the tunnel
Credit: University of Rostock, B. Liewehr Steering and monitoring the light-driven motion of electrons inside matter on the time-scale of ...
Optoelectronic parametric oscillator
Credit: by Tengfei Hao, Qizhuang Cen, Shanhong Guan, Wei Li, Yitang Dai, Ninghua Zhu, and Ming Li Parametric oscillators are ...
Cartwheeling light reveals new optical phenomenon
Rice University study finds novel type of polarized light-matter interactionCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 29, 2020) - A ...
Rice lab’s bright idea is pure gold
Physicists see surprisingly strong light, high heat from nanogaps between plasmonic electrodesCredit: Illustration by Longji Cui and Yunxuan Zhu/Rice University ...
Researchers employ antennas for angstrom displacement sensing
Credit: ZANG Tianyang et al. Micro - nano Optics and Technology Research Group led by Prof. LU Yonghua and Prof. ...
Accurate thermal-welding of resins for high-quality products
To improve the quality of small electronic components, microchannel, flat panel, and the likeCredit: SEIWA OPTICAL CO., LTD. JST announced ...
TU Graz researchers want to fundamentally improve concrete diagnostics
Credit: © Melbinger - TU Graz Whether crumbling tunnel walls, cracks in concrete facades or porous bridge piers, according to ...
Developing new techniques to improve atomic force microscopy
Credit: Image courtesy the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and ...
SPIE announces a $1 million endowed diversity-focused chair at ICFO
Credit: © ICFO ICFO is a unique place. Located in Barcelona, it has managed to attract a very special group ...
Physicists obtain molecular ‘fingerprints’ using plasmons
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Scientists from the Center for Photonics and 2D Materials of the Moscow Institute of Physics ...
Quantum entanglement demonstrated aboard orbiting CubeSat
Advance poised to enable cost-effective space-based global quantum network for secure communications and moreCredit: Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University ...
Plug-and-play lens simplifies adaptive optics for microscopy
Credit: T. Furieri (CNR-IFN), G. Calisei and A. Bassi (Politecnico of Milan), E. Daini and A. Vilella (University of Modena ...
Researchers sharply reduce time needed for glass and ceramic 3D printing
Credit: Motoyuki Iijima, Yokohama National University The fabrication of complex ceramic or glass structures via stereolithography, a type of 3D ...
Imaging magnetic instabilities using laser accelerated protons
An international team of researchers highlighted two variants of Weibel's instabilityCredit: David Tordeux The magnetic structures resulting from a plasma ...
Laser allows solid-state refrigeration of a semiconductor material
Credit: Anupum Pant To the general public, lasers heat objects. And generally, that would be correct. But lasers also show ...
Innovative smartphone-camera adaptation images melanoma and non-melanoma
Innovative research published in SPIE's Journal of Biomedical Optics suggests low-cost, accessible diagnostic tool for skin cancerCredit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, ...
Hot ring produces microwave-powered ultrasound pulses wirelessly
Innovative wireless split-ring resonator concentrates microwaves into a hot-spot for ultrasound emissionCredit: SPIE Ultrasound imaging is one of the workhorses ...
Physicist Andrea Alù selected for a highly competitive Simons Collaboration Research Award
Supported by a major multi-year funding, the collaboration seeks to change our understanding and control of wave propagation, enabling leapfrog ...