The company behind a revolutionary process which uses 3D printing to produce optics and lenses has secured ‘several million Euros’ worth of funding from three international venture capital funds. Luxexcel announced that ...
Driven by superior features and falling costs, the market for LED luminaires, or optimized permanent light fixtures, will grow more than 12-fold over the next decade – at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25% from $2bn currently ...
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. Falling product costs will help to propel the market for LED-based luminaires to some $25 billion in 2023, up more than a factor of 12 from today’s figure of $2 billion and equivalent to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25 ...
Comparable sales growth combined with increased profitability in first quarter LED-based business (SSL) with revenue share of one third for the first time Osram confirms outlook for full fiscal year In a still challenging environment, ...
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Power management company Eaton today announced the introduction of new Halo Surface LED Downlights (SLD) from its Cooper Lighting division. Ideal for new construction, remodel and retrofit projects, the Halo downlights incorporate ...
SPIE Photonics West 2014—Attend the largest and most influential event for the laser and photonics community in North America: 20,000 attendees, two exhibitions, 1,300 exhibiting companies, a wide range of papers on ...
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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 ...
Tags: Scattering Light, Light, Electrical, Electronics
The situation, mixed with the entry of several new players at the chip and device levels (mostly from Asia), created a climate of overcapacity, price pressure, and strong competition. As a consequence, packaged LED volumes were sharply ...
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Living cells are ready for their close-ups, thanks to a new imaging technique that needs no dyes or other chemicals, yet renders high-resolution, three-dimensional, quantitative imagery of cells and their internal structures – all ...
Until recently measuring a 27-dimensional quantum state would have been a time-consuming, multistage process using a technique called quantum tomography, which is similar to creating a 3D image from many 2D ones. Researchers at the ...
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The Spanish Institute of Textile Technology (AITEX) and the Technological Institute of Optics, Color and Imaging (AIDO) has launched a new project to develop textiles that employ fibre optic technology and functional impression known as ...
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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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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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Users from Northwestern University, working with the Center for Nanoscale Materials EMMD Group at Argonne, have demonstrated the first growth of graphene on a silver substrate. Unique wave-like electron scattering at the edges of the ...
Vuzix Corporation has entered into a development agreement with a major consumer electronics brand to develop and incorporate Vuzix advanced see-through waveguide optics technology into a pair of next generation Smart Glasses. The agreement ...
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