Introducing XLuminA: an AI-driven framework that optimizes optical system design, enhancing capabilities in super-resolution ...

Navigation and Localization: Precise navigation is critical for delivery robots. They use state-of-the-art technologies like ...

Although not as widely known as convex or concave lenses, cylindrical lenses play an important role across numerous ...

The primary principle behind optical sensors is the transmission and reception of light. Light that is reflected or interrupted by a target object is analyzed using several optical devices ...

Image Credit: MKS Instruments, Inc. This water-cooled, calorimetric sensor measures powers from 10 kW to 15 kW over the spectral range of 900-1100 nm. Extremely low back reflection of <0.5% ...

PHASA-35 Autumn stratospheric flight. Image Credit: BAE Systems During the first flight at Spaceport America in New Mexico, US, in recent weeks, the solar powered aircraft flew for 24 hours ...

Perovskite materials exist in various forms, each offering unique properties that make them suitable for different imaging applications, particularly in radiation detection. Single-crystal ...

EPIGAP OSA Photonics GmbH, a leading global manufacturer of custom and standard LEDs and photodetectors, announces an innovative single chip broadband LED source, the OCL-480 GIR. EPIGAP is the ...

Researchers showed that their new hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar system can detect and identify various types of plastics from 6 m away. The plastic sample they tested (pictured) has a ...

An article published in Accounts of materials research explored the use of tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) nanocrystals (NCs) as components for infrared (IR) metasurfaces. The goal was to address ...

A recent Scientific Reports article explored the synthesis and integration of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) into three-dimensional (3D) printed optical fiber probes (OFPs). By combining 3D printing ...

Traditionally, polarization was achieved using bulk optics like polarizers and wave plates. However, advancements in nanotechnology have led to the development of metasurfaces—engineered 2D ...