Excelitas Technologies Corp of Waltham, MA, USA, which provides customized optoelectronics to OEMs, has announced the availability of an enhanced series of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) that provide high responsivity for ultra-low-light ...
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ProPhotonix Ltd of Salem, NH, USA, a designer and manufacturer of LED illumination systems and diode-based laser modules for OEMs and medical equipment companies (as well as a distributor of laser diodes for Oclaro, Osram, QSI, Panasonic ...
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The global silicon photonics market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate(CAGR)of 24.5%from$88.6m in 2013 to$410.78m in 2020,according to the report'Silicon Photonics Market by Products(Silicon Optical ...
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Tokyo-based Nikkiso Co Ltd,which is developing and commercializing deep ultraviolet(UV)light-emitting diodes,says that it is establishing a new factory in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture.The firm aims to start production in mid-2014 and install ...
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Researchers at New York University have developed a method for creating and directing fast moving waves in magnetic fields that have the potential to enhance communication and information processing in computer chips and other consumer ...
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In work that has major implications for improving the performance of building insulation, scientists at the University of Namur in Belgium and the University of Hassan I in Morocco have calculated that hairs that reflect infrared light may ...
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Traditional photovoltaic solar cells have an inherent limit on the efficiency at which they can convert sunlight into energy. This limit—based on the bandgap of the material used and known as the Shockley-Queisser limit—is about ...
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Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), and Telstra Global, which supplies managed ...
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Scientists have developed an acoustic lens that produces pressure pulses that are so intense they're called "sound bullets." Although they are too high-pitched to be audible to the human ear, the sound bullets could have a variety of uses ...
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A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by MIT researchers, could improve efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collected by a conventional photovoltaic cell. ...
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Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar illuminating a vast nebula of diffuse gas, revealing for the first time part of the network of filaments thought to connect galaxies in a cosmic web. Researchers at the University of California, ...
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have demonstrated broadband terahertz (THz) wave generation using metamaterials. The discovery may help develop noninvasive imaging and sensing, and make possible THz-speed ...
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Quantum dot (QD) diode laser manufacturer Innolume GmbH of Dortmund, Germany has launched a diode laser product family designed for pulse operation. Dedicated to operate as a seed source in Yb- and Nd-doped fiber laser systems, the ...
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Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O), specialists in optical manufacturing, customised optical solutions and precision thin-film coatings, announced a line of precision optical thin-film coatings for industrial applications. The company, well ...
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"The interface is the device," Nobel laureate Herbert Kroemer famously observed, referring to the remarkable properties to be found at the junctures where layers of different materials meet. In today's burgeoning world of nanotechnology, ...
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