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Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy: Fundamentals and Embryonic Imaging
Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy: Fundamentals and Embryonic Imaging
Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy (LLSM) is a variant of conventional Light Sheet Microscopy (LSM). In short, LLSM utilizes a lattice of light beams to image a specimen. While LSM techniques illuminate single ...
Alternatives to Silicon: Graphene, Gallium Nitride and Perovskites
Alternatives to Silicon: Graphene, Gallium Nitride and Perovskites
The advent of the semiconductors as it pertains to electronics has been nothing short of revolutionary. Specifically, semiconductors have enabled the processing of large amounts of data in smaller devices. ...
Photonics in Medicine: Top 5 Biomedical Impacts
Photonics in Medicine: Top 5 Biomedical Impacts
Researchers began manipulating laser technologies to use in scientific research long time ago. Which began as abstract exploration of the behavior of light and its interaction with nature, soon turned into ...
Ring Laser Gyroscopes for Inertial Navigation and Transportation Systems
Ring Laser Gyroscopes for Inertial Navigation and Transportation Systems
Ring laser gyroscopes have come a long way since the first prototypes. The first gyrocompass was co-invented in 1908 by Elmer Sperry, a.k.a “the father of modern navigation technology,” and ...
Phased Array Antennas and MIMO Applications
Phased Array Antennas and MIMO Applications
Phased Arrays were first invented in 1905 by Karl Ferdinand Braun in order to demonstrate long distance radio communication. During WWII, Phased Array antennas were also used in aircraft landing radar ...
Perfect Solar Panels Require Perfect Lasers
Perfect Solar Panels Require Perfect Lasers
Introduction Solar energy is an industry that has gained passionate and widespread support, given its environmental impact. Solar is key to providing sustainable energy and weaning humanity’s dependence on ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Light Bulb: From Arc to Incandescent to Fluorescent to LED
The Light Bulb: From Arc to Incandescent to Fluorescent to LED
Introduction The invention and utilization of artificial light was crucial to the development of civilization because it enabled humans to extend the length of the day. Today, certain light bulbs are ...
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 ...