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Fiber Amplifiers: Wide-Band Solutions for Optical Signal Processing
Fiber Amplifiers: Wide-Band Solutions for Optical Signal Processing
The history of glass making can be traced back to at least 3600 BC, perhaps accidentally created from slags of metal-working processes. Since then this transparent material has provided us with beautiful ...
Semiconductors: Two High Impact Applications
Semiconductors: Two High Impact Applications
Semiconductors are essential for modern day life as we know it. From their usage in integrated circuits for computers’ logic functions to satellite communications, semiconductors allow for efficient ...
Fiber Bragg Grating Ultrasonic Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring
Fiber Bragg Grating Ultrasonic Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring
It turns out Fiber Bragg Gratings have a noteworthy application in aerospace industry that we will explore today together. Because of their phenomenal optical multiplexing capabilities they can act as ...
Optical Cavities: Design Considerations for Mode Selection
Optical Cavities: Design Considerations for Mode Selection
Optical cavities form one of the crucial elements in the laser system design apart from the gain medium and other active and passive elements. For applications other than lasers, optical cavities can ...
Surface Plasmon Resonance: Smartphone Senses Temperature
Surface Plasmon Resonance: Smartphone Senses Temperature
Introducing Surface Plasmon Resonance Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is an optical detection technique commonly used to study biomolecular interactions. SPR is highly-sensitive to changes in the ...
Superconductor Spectroscopy Devices and Single Photon Detectors
Superconductor Spectroscopy Devices and Single Photon Detectors
Introduction to Superconductors (Traditional) Superconductivity was first discovered in 1911 by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes when he found Mercury to have an abrupt drop in electrical resistance at a temperature ...
Pulsed Diode Lasers: Devices for Frequency Combs and Data Transfer
Pulsed Diode Lasers: Devices for Frequency Combs and Data Transfer
Ultrafast optics is a very popular field for using short pulses to investigate phenomena that have remained a mystery with traditional optics. It has enabled investigation of fast reactions, high power ...
Electro-Optic Modulators: Considerations and Outlook
Electro-Optic Modulators: Considerations and Outlook
Electro-optic modulators are increasingly becoming a vital component of optical processing systems. We have previously written about electro-optics generally, the different kinds of electro-optical ...
Quantum Dot Applications: Green Lasers and Quantum Optics
Quantum Dot Applications: Green Lasers and Quantum Optics
Nanotechnology continues to fascinate us with smaller and smaller devices. Engineers all around the world are constantly pushing and perfecting our manufacturing capabilities to fit more devices within a ...
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: An Inexpensive Alternative
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: An Inexpensive Alternative
Introduction to Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Dye-sensitized solar cells have the potential to replace traditional and costly crystalline silicon solar cells. The sun emits about 3.86 x 1026 joules every ...