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  • 3D-Printed Achromatic Metalens Brings Fiber Imaging Into Focus

    Nov 2, 2022, 03:00 AM By: RSS Feed

    Because light of different wavelengths is shaped and refracted differently, lenses located on the end faces of optical fibers can experience strong chromatic aberration. Chromatic aberration can lead to a shift in the focal point and blurred imaging over a range of wavelengths, hindering these lenses, which are used for applications that include endoscopy for medical diagnostics.

    To remedy these aberrations, an international research collaboration optimized an optical glass fiber so that light of different wavelengths could be focused with extreme precision. The researchers designed and nanoprinted a 3D achromatic, diffractive metalens on the end face of a single-mode fiber.

    The 3D achromatic metalens, which the researchers...
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  • Chi-Chang Kao to Step Down as SLAC Director: People in the News: 11/02/22

    Nov 2, 2022, 03:00 AM By: RSS Feed

    Adrian Mancuso has been appointed as the physical science director for the United Kingdom’s national synchrotron, Diamond Light Source. Mancuso previously served as group leader and leading scientist for the Single Particles, Clusters, and Biomolecules & Serial Femtosecond Crystallography instrument group at the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility. Mancuso will be responsible for overall strategic leadership, direction, and management of Diamond’s Physical Science Division.
    Adrian Mancuso. Courtesy of Diamond Light Source. MENLO PARK, Calif. — Chi-Chang Kao, director of the DOE’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, will step down from the role. Kao joined SLAC as a faculty member and associate lab...
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  • AMETEK Acquires Navitar, RTDS Technologies

    Nov 2, 2022, 03:00 AM By: RSS Feed
    AMETEK has added to its photonics portfolio through its acquisition of Navitar Inc., the Rochester, N.Y.-based provider of advanced optical components and solutions for high-precision applications. Navitar’s optical solutions serve critical applications in medical and life sciences, machine vision and robotics, industrial automation, and other end markets.

    AMETEK also acquired RTDS Technologies Inc., a provider of real-time power simulation systems that is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

    The combined acquisition price for both companies was $430 million. With the companies, AMETEK acquires approximately $100 million in annual sales. Both acquired companies join AMETEK as part of its electronic instruments group. The...
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  • This Lemur's Creepily Long Finger Is Perfect for Nose Picking

    Nov 1, 2022, 16:00 PM By: RSS Feed

    Aye-ayes use their long middle finger to pick their nose, a first for this lemur species. But scientists aren’t sure why these animals picked up the habit

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  • Ambarella and eInfochips collaborate on edge AI vision designs

    Nov 1, 2022, 13:11 PM By: RSS Feed
    Companies’ expertise to drive AI perception-based innovation based on Ambarella’s CVflow edge AI SoC platform.
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  • Strong US dollar clips IPG sales

    Nov 1, 2022, 13:11 PM By: RSS Feed
    But demand for green lasers used in solar cell manufacturing rebounds, and electric vehicle battery applications accelerate.
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  • FBH team develops mini-diode pump lasers for ophthalmology

    Nov 1, 2022, 12:11 PM By: RSS Feed
    Narrow pump sources at 1154 and 1064 nm can be doubled into yellow-green for retinal treatments.
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  • Neuroscience Conference Returns to San Diego as Live Event

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:20 AM By: RSS Feed

    The Society for Neuroscience will return to the San Diego Convention Center Nov. 12-16 for Neuroscience 2022, the society’s annual conference. The largest neuro-specific conference in the world for physicians and scientists who are devoted to understanding the central nervous system will be held in person for the first time since 2019, with portions of the event available virtually.

    The conference attracts more than 30,000 researchers, scientists, students, and physicians from around the world to hear about the latest advancements in neuroscience. Though the conference is not exclusively a photonics-focused event, light-based technologies are becoming increasingly important in neuroscientific research. Optogenetics,...
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  • First Solar to build $270M research and development center

    Nov 1, 2022, 10:11 AM By: RSS Feed
    Large new site near existing Ohio manufacturing facility will include pilot line able to produce full-scale prototypes.
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  • New Omicron Variants Are Here--What We Know So Far

    Nov 1, 2022, 07:30 AM By: RSS Feed

    The variants appear to sneak past the immune system, but vaccines will likely continue to hold strong

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