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NIST Researchers Create UV Metamaterial Lens from Alternating Silver Nanolayers and Titanium Dioxide

For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of lens that bends and focuses ultraviolet (UV) light in such an unusual way that it can create ghostly, 3D images of objects that float in free space.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 24 May 2013

Mentor Graphics Collaborates with Lumerical Solutions and OpSIS to Develop PDK for Silicon Photonics Process

Mentor Graphics Corp., a leader in electronic design automation, today announced it has teamed with OpSIS and Lumerical Solutions to develop a complete EDA-style, full flow process design kit (PDK) for the OpSIS IME (Institute of Microelectronics) silicon photonics process.

24 May 2013

Robust New Method for Arranging Metal Nanoparticles in Geometric Patterns for Optical Processing

Rice University scientists have unveiled a robust new method for arranging metal nanoparticles in geometric patterns that can act as optical processors that transform incoming light signals into output of a different color. The breakthrough by a team of theoretical and applied physicists and engineers at Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) is described this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

22 May 2013

Penn Engineers Use Nanoantenna Pattern to Enable High-Sensitivity Infrared Sensing

A team of University of Pennsylvania engineers has used a pattern of nanoantennas to develop a new way of turning infrared light into mechanical action, opening the door to more sensitive infrared cameras and more compact chemical-analysis techniques.

21 May 2013

NanoSIMS Helps Visualize and Quantify Nitrogen within Reef-Forming Corals

Microscopic algae that live within reef-forming corals scoop up available nitrogen, store the excess in crystal form, and slowly feed it to the coral as needed, according to a study published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

15 May 2013

Triangulenium Dyes Enable Production of Images without Background Noise until 100 ns

From microscopes to MRI scanners, imaging technology is growing ever more vital in the world's hospitals, whether for the diagnosis of illness or for research into new cures.

13 May 2013

Queensgate Instruments to Introduce New Nanopositioning Products at Laser World of Photonics 2013 Conference

Queensgate Instruments – an Elektron Technology brand – is to introduce three exciting new nanopositioning products at this year’s Laser World of Photonics in Munich, Germany, from the 13th to the 16th of May.

From Queensgate Instruments Ltd 10 May 2013

Comprehensive Manual to Calculate Energy Levels of Atoms Modified by Light from Optical Tweezers

A small piece of paper sticks to an electrically charged plastic ruler. The principle of this simple classroom physics experiment is applied at the microscopic scale by so-called optical tweezers to get the likes of polystyrene micro-beads and even living cells to "stick" to a laser beam, or to trap atoms at ultra-low temperatures.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 9 May 2013

Semiconductor Device Using Nano-Scale Materials Emits Two Distinct Colours

A new semiconductor device capable of emitting two distinct colours has been created by a group of researchers in the US, potentially opening up the possibility of using light emitting diodes (LEDs) universally for cheap and efficient lighting.

3 May 2013

MOSIS to Offer Advanced Silicon Photonics Technology

MOSIS, a provider of low-cost prototyping and small volume production services for custom ICs, teams up with imec, Tyndall and ePIXfab -- the European Silicon Photonics support center providing low-cost prototyping services for photonic ICs.

From IMEC 3 May 2013

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

NIST Researchers Create UV Metamaterial Lens from Alternating Silver Nanolayers and Titanium Dioxide

Mentor Graphics Collaborates with Lumerical Solutions and OpSIS to Develop PDK for Silicon Photonics Process

Robust New Method for Arranging Metal Nanoparticles in Geometric Patterns for Optical Processing

Penn Engineers Use Nanoantenna Pattern to Enable High-Sensitivity Infrared Sensing

NanoSIMS Helps Visualize and Quantify Nitrogen within Reef-Forming Corals

Triangulenium Dyes Enable Production of Images without Background Noise until 100 ns

Queensgate Instruments to Introduce New Nanopositioning Products at Laser World of Photonics 2013 Conference

Comprehensive Manual to Calculate Energy Levels of Atoms Modified by Light from Optical Tweezers

Semiconductor Device Using Nano-Scale Materials Emits Two Distinct Colours

MOSIS to Offer Advanced Silicon Photonics Technology

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