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Quantum Plasmon Study Offers New Engineering Possibilities at Nanoscale

An engineering team comprising Jennifer Dionne and Jonathan Scholl from the Stanford School of Engineering has investigated plasmon resonances of single metal particles that have a diameter of down to 1 nm. The research study will be reported in the journal, Nature.

23 Mar 2012

Physicists Propose New Way to Study Quantum Gravity Predictions in Lab

An international partnership between the teams of Myungshik Kim at Imperial College London and Markus Aspelmeyer and Caslav Brukner at the University of Vienna has put forward a novel quantum experiment utilizing Planck-mass mirrors, paving the way to study some predictions of quantum gravity proposals in a lab.

20 Mar 2012

MetaMaterials Provide Scope to Develop Advanced Optical Devices

Researchers from the Duke University have shown that a metamaterial device developed by them was able to produce holograms in the infrared light range for the first time.

From Duke University - Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics 20 Mar 2012

Suss Microtec Launch Manual Resist Coat and Develop Platform for Substrates

SUSS MicroTec, a leading supplier of equipment and process solutions for the semiconductor and related markets, launched the RCD8, a new manual Resist Coat and Develop Platform for substrates. The new platform offers ...

From SUSS MicroTec AG 19 Mar 2012

DNA Origami Method Helps Develop Self-Assembling Metamaterials

A team of international researchers led by Professor Tim Liedl, a LMU physicist, has developed novel, optically active, three-dimensional structures based on the structure of DNAs. DNA strands act as scaffolds for bonding gold nanoparticles in predestined patterns.

17 Mar 2012

Researchers Propose a Way to Improve Wireless Energy Transfer Using Metamaterials

A research team comprising scientists from the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories and Duke University has put forward a theory that the efficacy of wireless power transfer systems can be improved by increasing their inductive coupling through the integration of superlens, a lens made of artificially-structured metamaterials.

15 Mar 2012

Novel Metamaterial Structure Efficiently Absorbs a Wide Range of Light

A research team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a novel metamaterial for more efficient absorption of a broad range of light, paving the way to a new class of optical sensors and solar cells.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 13 Mar 2012

MEMSCAP Achieves Milestone in Supplying Variable Optical Attenuator MEMS Chips

MEMSCAP has announced that over the last years, it has supplied over one million MEMS-based thermally actuated variable optical attenuator chips.

From MEMSCAP 8 Mar 2012

EXFO Adds New MEMS Optical Switch Test Module to its IQS-600 Platform

EXFO has introduced its MEMS optical switch test module called the IQS-9100B, the latest addition to the company’s Windows-based IQS-600 platform.

8 Mar 2012

2012 Winter College on Nano-Optics and Plasmonics Conducted in Italy

Key topics of nano-optics and plasmonics and their applications in research, lasers and solar energy were discussed at the 2012 Winter College on Optics conducted from February 6 to 17, 2012, at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste.

7 Mar 2012