News articles tagged with 'photonics'
Light at the speed of a bicycle and much more
— 9 Sep 2009 14:58 | PhysicsThe speed of light, 300 million metres per second, was long thought an immutable constant and has defined our understanding of matter and energy but recent research in the area of optics…
Scientists create nanoscale zipper cavity that responds to single photons of light
— 5 Jun 2009 17:29 | TechnologyPhysicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a nanoscale device that can be used for force detection, optical communication, and more. The device exploits…
Scientists demonstrate laser with controlled polarisation
— 13 Apr 2009 14:36 | TechnologyApplied scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated,…
Laser-sculpted optical devices for future giant telescopes
— 6 Feb 2009 12:28 | TechnologyFuture telescopes, with mirrors half the size of a football field, will need special components to deal with the light they collect. Astronomers are turning to photonic devices that…
Researchers lay out vision for lighting 'revolution'
— 19 Dec 2008 13:20 | TechnologyA 'revolution' in the way we illuminate our world is imminent, according to a paper published this week by two professors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Innovations in photonics…
Adelaide to be world photonics leader thanks to 28 million funding
— 13 Dec 2008 16:26 | TechnologyThe University of Adelaide is poised to become a world leader in photonics and advanced sensing technologies thanks to a major funding injection of $28.8 million from the Australian…
Future nanoelectronics may face obstacles
— 8 Sep 2008 16:50 | TechnologyCombining ordinary electronics with light has been a potential way to create minimal computer circuits with super fast information transfer. Researchers at Umea University in Sweden…
Researchers demonstrate highly directional semiconductor lasers
— 27 Jul 2008 17:00 | TechnologyApplied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated, for the first time, highly directional…
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