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Company accepting preorders for development kits Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Visualant, Inc. (OTCBB: VSUL) – an industry-leading provider of chromatic-based identification and diagnostic solutions with its ChromaID™ technology, announced today that it will be showing the new ChromaID F12 Scanner for the first time in Europe at the booth C2/657 at the Laser World of Photonics in Munich, Germany, taking place on May 13th-16th, 2013. The ChromaID F12 Scanner is a handheld device...
Optical media changes with age, but neural mechanisms keep color perception constant Cone receptors in the human eye lose their color sensitivity with age, but our subjective experience of color remains largely unchanged over the years. This ability to compensate for age-related changes in color perception rests in higher levels of the visual system, according to research published May 8 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Sophie Wuerger from the University of Liverpool, UK. The...
University of Strathclyde In a joint project between the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, Imperial College London and the National Physical Laboratory, researchers have developed a portable way to produce ultracold atoms for quantum technology and quantum information processing. Their research has been published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, where it is featured on the front cover. Many of the most accurate measurement devices, including atomic clocks, work by...
Single-transverse-mode design enables higher resolution of displayed images SAN JOSE, Calif., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Oclaro, Inc.( )(NASDAQ: OCLR), a tier-one provider and innovator of optical communications and laser solutions, today announced the introduction of the HL63153AT product, a red laser diode which delivers a 150 mW single-transverse-mode optical output power at a wavelength of 638 nm. The Oclaro HL63153AT laser diode offers a more brilliant image display over...
System designers can increase measurement speed and accuracy using new 100mW HL63163DG laser SAN JOSE, Calif., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Oclaro, Inc.( )(NASDAQ: OCLR), a tier-one provider and innovator of optical communications and laser solutions, today announced the release of the HL63163DG red laser diode at 633 nm wavelength providing 100 mW single-transverse-mode optical output power for the biomedical, inspection and measurement marketplace. The Oclaro HL63163DG red laser...
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology By means of special metamaterials, light and sound can be passed around objects. KIT researchers now succeeded in demonstrating that the same materials can also be used to specifically influence the propagation of heat. A structured plate of copper and silicon conducts heat around a central area without the edge being affected. The results are presented in the Physical Review Letters journal. “For the thermal invisibility cloak, both materials have to...
Distributed Feedback Seed Laser delivers highest peak power at picosecond pulses, enabling shorter pulse generation and efficient frequency conversion of fiber and solid state lasers SAN JOSE, Calif., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Oclaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLR), a tier-one provider and innovator of optical communications and laser solutions today unveiled a Distributed Feedback (DFB) 1060 nm laser diode module as the latest addition to its seed laser portfolio, designed for the seeding of...
New fiber-coupled BMU platform delivers higher power and brightness for pumping of kW and high power pulsed fiber lasers SAN JOSE, Calif., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Oclaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLR), a tier-one provider and innovator of optical communications and laser solutions, today announced the BMU80, a high power fiber-coupled laser diode pump capable of delivering 80 W power in a 105um fiber. The high brightness pump enables fiber laser manufacturers to generate higher pump power...
Dimensional Optics, a market leader in the development of 3D eyewear for the cinema, television and gaming industries announces the introduction of its new ValueView™ line of rechargeable active shutter 3D glasses for Samsung®, Panasonic® and Sharp® 3D televisions. San Luis Obispo, CA (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Dimensional Optics, a market leader in the development of 3D eyewear for the cinema, television and gaming industries announces the introduction of its new ValueView™...
Optics.org profile publishes days in advance of the Laser World of Photonics Show Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Visualant, Inc. (OTCBB: VSUL), an industry-leading provider of light-based identification and diagnostic solutions, will bring its innovative ChromaID™ technology to one of the world’s foremost photonics tradeshows, the Laser World of Photonics. The company was recently the subject of an extensive profile in Optics.org in recognition of the company’s innovative...
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Nature Photonics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 2007 and published monthly by the Nature Publishing Group. As with other Nature journals, this periodical has no external Editorial Board with editorial decisions made by a fully-functioning in-house team. The journal covers research related to optoelectronics, laser science, imaging, communications, and other aspects of photonics. It publishes review articles, research papers, news and commentary, and research...
Optics Communications is a peer-reviewed rapid-publication scientific journal published by Elsevier. This journal has been in publication since April of 1969, according to the Library of Congress. It reports on all fields of optical science and technology. The following subjects are covered in Optics Communications: Physical optics, Optical information and image processing, Guided wave optics, Atomic and molecular physics, Optical properties of condensed and soft matter, Quantum optics,...
A telescope, designed to aid the observation of remote objects, collects some form of electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light). The Netherlands developed the first known practical telescope in the 17th century. The term "telescope" was termed in order to describe Galileo's instruments in 1611. However, Galileo was not the inventor of the telescope. It was Hans Lippershey, Zacharias Janssen, and Jacob Metius who are credited with the creation of the telescope. In 1668, Isaac Newton...
Bifocals are eyeglasses, commonly prescribed for presbyopia, with two distinct optical powers. Although there are arguments against him, Benjamin Franklin is generally credited with the invention of bifocals. After a correspondence between George Whatley and John Fenno it was thought that Franklin possibly invented the bifocals fifty years earlier than previously thought. Many inventions are worked on independently by many people and bifocals may have been the same, however, Franklin was...
A magnifying glass is a convex lens, usually mounted in a frame with a handle, which is used to produce a magnified image of an object. The glass works by creating a magnified virtual image of an object behind the lens. However, the distance between the lens and the object must be shorter than the focal length for the glass to work. If the distance is not correct then the image will appear small and inverted. Many magnifying glasses are mounted on a stand to insure the proper distance...
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