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Electrically Driven Single-Photon Emission From Atomically Thin Diodes
Oct 12, 2016The UK's University of Cambridge and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have developed single-photon emission devices using layers of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), and transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) [Carmen ...
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Noise And Aluminium Indium Arsenide Antimonide Avalanche Photodiodes
Mar 15, 2016The universities of Virginia and of Texas in the USA have been developing avalanche photodiodes (APDs) based on aluminium indium arsenide antimonide (AlInAsSb) alloys. Two papers from the group detail the implementation of a staircase ...
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Photonic Sensor and Detector Sales to Hit $15bn
Nov 5, 2015Global sales of photonic sensors and detectors will increase from $6.3 billion in 2013, an estimated $7.3 billion in 2014 and will reach $15.2 billion in 2019, according to a new market study by analyst BCC Research. This growth equates to ...
Tags: photonic sensors, detectors, ICT market
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Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia Producing 610nm-Wavelength Red Lasers
May 4, 2015Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been producing 610nm-wavelength red lasers with III-nitride nanowires (NWs) grown on silicon [Shafat Jahangir et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p071108, 2015]. With a view to plastic fiber optical ...
Tags: plastic fiber, Electronics
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K-Space and CNSE Announced a Joint Collaborative Effort in III-Nitride Materials Research
Jan 19, 2015k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA (which supplies instrumentation and software for surface science and thin-film technology applications) and the Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at SUNY Polytechnic Institute ...
Tags: III-nitride materials research, growth parameters, Electrical
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Anvil and Cambridge Centre for GaN Grown Cubic GaN on 3c-Sic on Silicon Wafers
Dec 12, 2014Anvil Semiconductors Ltd of Coventry, UK and the Cambridge Centre for GaN (part of University of Cambridge’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy) have grown cubic GaN on 3C-SiC on silicon wafers by metal-organic chemical ...
Tags: green LEDs, silicon wafers, Electrical
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AUREA Launched Its SPD_Nir_OEM_120MHz Fast Nir Single-Photon-Counting OEM Module
Dec 5, 2014AUREA Technology of Besancon, France has launched its newly designed SPD_NIR_OEM_120MHz fast NIR single-photon-counting OEM module, which is claimed to be the most compact and fastest near-infrared [900-1700nm] single-photon-detection ...
Tags: single-photon-detection module, quantum technology, Electrical
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China's Nanjing University Produced SiC APDs
Jun 4, 2014China's Nanjing University has produced silicon carbide (SiC) avalanche photodiodes (APDs) with the lowest claimed dark count rate (DCR) at high temperatures of 150°C, compared with any other semiconductor material [Dong Zhou et al, ...
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Argonne and University Have Co-Developed Inexpensive Material
Feb 21, 2014The US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have co-developed inexpensive material that has the potential to capture and convert solar energy — particularly from the bluer part ...
Tags: Solar Cells, High-Energy Photons
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University of Michigan Researchers Demonstrated a Simpler
Apr 15, 2013In a development that could make the advanced form of secure communications known as quantum cryptography more practical, University of Michigan researchers – supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) - have demonstrated a ...
Tags: GaN nanowires, semiconductor processing techniques, semiconductor
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Techcomp Is Pleased to Announce The Acquisition of The Majority Holding of Shares in EI
Feb 26, 2013Techcomp (Group) Ltd is pleased to announce the acquisition of the majority holding of shares in Edinburgh Instruments Ltd (EI) with immediate effect. Based in Livingston EI, a leading manufacturer of Lifetime Fluorescence Spectrometers, ...
Tags: Techcomp, Edinburgh Instruments, EI
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QC Completed The First-Ever Demonstration of Securing Control Data for Electric Grids
Feb 17, 2013A Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum cryptography (QC) team says it successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography. Quantum cryptography provides a means of ...
Tags: quantum cryptography, securing control data, electric grids
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You Had a CT Scan Did Your Doctor Tell You That It Would Expose You to Radiation?
Jan 14, 2013Last time you had a CT scan did your doctor tell you that it would expose you to radiation? Probably not, according to a study out this week. And even if you were told, you might underestimate the radiation dose, too. Researchers from the ...
Tags: patients, radiation risks, CT scans, radiation dose
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License, Distribution Agreement with FRI for Radiopharmaceuticals Is Renewed by Lantheus
Jan 5, 2013Lantheus Medical Imaging has renewed its long-term agreement with FUJIFILM RI Pharma (FRI) to license and distribute its technetium-based radiopharmaceutical imaging agents, used in single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), in ...
Tags: Lantheus Medical Imaging, FUJIFILM, Radiopharmaceuticals
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Navidea Has Entered Into an Agreement to License Alseres Parkinson's Disease Imaging Agent
Dec 18, 2012Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has entered into an agreement to license Alseres Pharmaceuticals' Iodine-123 radiolabeled imaging agent, [123I]-E-IACFT Injection (CFT). The patented small molecule radiopharmaceutical imaging agent, which ...
