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Light Injection in Waveguide Connected Microdisks (WCM)
Light Injection in Waveguide Connected Microdisks (WCM)
Researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology at Shenzhen and Shanxi University have created a new configuration for waveguide connected microdisks (WCM). Their method could significantly reduce ...
Plasmonic Electro-Optic Modulator (EOM) for Improved Data Transmission
Plasmonic Electro-Optic Modulator (EOM) for Improved Data Transmission
Researchers at the University of Washington in collaboration with ETH-Zurich, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Purdue University, have created an extremely compact plasmonic electro-optic modulator ...
Nanohole Fabrication Improves Anti-Reflective Properties
Nanohole Fabrication Improves Anti-Reflective Properties
A team of researchers from the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed improved techniques for large-scale nanohole fabrication. Importantly, these nanoholes are used in ...
Deformable Mirror Fights Thermal Distortion in Q-Switched Lasers
Deformable Mirror Fights Thermal Distortion in Q-Switched Lasers
Researchers at Tsinghua University look to optimize the performance of passively Q-switched lasers by confronting effects of thermal distortion. Their solution, a customized deformable mirror, proves to be ...
Endothelial Surface Layer Imaging: Diagnosing Early Sepsis
Endothelial Surface Layer Imaging: Diagnosing Early Sepsis
A joint team of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and the Seoul National University have achieved in vivo imaging of the endothelial surface layer. The endothelial ...
BRAD-OCT for Characterizing Brain Diseases
BRAD-OCT for Characterizing Brain Diseases
Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna and TU Wien look to optimize optical neuroimaging with their innovative BRAD-OCT technique. Their method, published in the June edition of Biomedical Optics ...
Dynamic Laparoscopic Graspers For Minimally Invasive Surgery
Dynamic Laparoscopic Graspers For Minimally Invasive Surgery
Developers at Briteseed, a biotechnology company in Illinois, devised a handheld prototype that they say will make it significantly easier for surgeons to locate blood vessels during minimally invasive ...
Confocal Microscope on Smartphones: Skin Disease Diagnosis
Confocal Microscope on Smartphones: Skin Disease Diagnosis
Researchers from around the world came together to develop a low-cost smartphone confocal microscope for imaging human skin in vivo. The team’s main concern: disease diagnosis in low- and middle-income ...
Ultrafast Fiber Lasers: A Novel Approach
Ultrafast Fiber Lasers: A Novel Approach
Researchers at Cornell, Colorado State, and Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories believe ultrafast fiber lasers could hold an abundance of untapped potential. The collaborative research team published a proposal ...
Clear Lenses as Efficient Ocular Protection against UV Exposure
Clear Lenses as Efficient Ocular Protection against UV Exposure
A joint team of researchers from the University of Tuebingen in Germany and Carl Zeiss Vision explore the efficiency of clear lenses as forms of ocular protection against UV light in a recently published ...