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DSS 2013: NP Photonics to Debut Mid-Infrared Transport Fiber

NP Photonics, Inc., a leading manufacturer of fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers and specialty optical fiber, today announced that it will introduce a mid-infrared (IR) transport fiber at the Defense, Security, and Sensing (DSS) 2013 exhibition from April 30 to May 2, 2013, in Baltimore, Maryland.

23 Apr 2013

New Nanoscale Device Converts Optical Signal into Waves That Travel along a Metal Surface

A Harvard-led team of researchers has created a new type of nanoscale device that converts an optical signal into waves that travel along a metal surface. Significantly, the device can recognize specific kinds of polarized light and accordingly send the signal in one direction or another.

23 Apr 2013

Novel Inexpensive Coating Boosts Solar-Cell Efficiency

Throughout decades of research on solar cells, one formula has been considered an absolute limit to the efficiency of such devices in converting sunlight into electricity: Called the Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit, it posits that the ultimate conversion efficiency can never exceed 34 percent for a single optimized semiconductor junction.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 19 Apr 2013

Enhanced NanoRam Handheld Raman Spectrometer Launched by B&W Tek

B&W Tek, an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems, is proud to announce major enhancements to their NanoRam handheld Raman spectrometer.

From Metrohm AG 17 Apr 2013

Innovative Solar Panel Made of Engineered Nanophotonic Materials Cools Buildings in Sunlight

Homes and buildings chilled without air conditioners. Car interiors that don't heat up in the summer sun. Tapping the frigid expanses of outer space to cool the planet. Science fiction, you say? Well, maybe not any more.

16 Apr 2013

Global Nanophotonic Devices Market Forecast to Grow at 35.8% CAGR over the Period 2012-2016

Research and Markets announces the addition of "Global Nanophotonic Devices Market 2012-2016" to its catalogue.

From Research and Markets 16 Apr 2013

Novaled, Cambrios Partner to Create Silver Nanowire-Based Large Area OLED Lighting Tiles

Cambrios Technologies Corporation, the leader in nanotechnology-based solutions for the transparent and flexible conductor markets, and Novaled, a leader in the research, development and commercialization of technologies and materials that enhance the performance of OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diode) and Organic Solar Cells, announced today the successful creation of a metal grid free large area 100 cm2 (10 cm by 10 cm) OLED lighting tile, using Cambrios ClearOhm™ transparent electrodes.

16 Apr 2013

Researchers Announce Progress in Developing Room Temperature Operable Low-Power Nanolasers

Nanolasers could potentially provide the next big breakthrough to make computers and similar technologies operate faster and more reliably.

From Arizona State University 15 Apr 2013

Researchers Develop Ultrathin, Flexible Optoelectronic Devices

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis developed ultrathin, flexible optoelectronic devices – including LEDs the size of individual neurons – that are lighting the way for neuroscientists in the field of optogenetics and beyond.

12 Apr 2013

Intermolecular Joins SEMATECH’s Lithography and Front End Processes Programs

In an effort that will accelerate commercialization of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology and the development of next-generation transistors, SEMATECH announced today that Intermolecular, Inc. has joined SEMATECH's Lithography and Front End Processes (FEP) programs.

10 Apr 2013