Keyword: optical components and systems

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Shifting colors for on-chip photonics

27.12.2021 -

On-chip frequency shifters in the gigahertz range could be used in next generation quantum computers and networks.

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Tiny, efficient modulators at visible wavelengths

24.12.2021 -

Compact and power-efficient phase modulator will improve lidar for remote sensing, AR/VR goggles, quantum information processing chips and implantable optogenetic probes.

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Bridging optics and electronics

26.11.2021 -

A simple spatial light modulator made from gold electrodes covered by a thin film of electro-optical material changes its optical properties in response to electric...

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New kind of a local quantum network

22.11.2021 -

Quantum network exemplifies how experts might routinely connect quantum computers and sensors at a practical scale.

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Bioplastics for use in optical technologies

15.11.2021 -

Scientists from Paderborn University, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences and the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM) are researching new...

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A new type of mirror coating for LIGO

12.11.2021 -

One important factor in increasing the sensitivity of the observatories involves the coatings on the glass mirrors that lie at the heart of the instruments.

Photonics

Novel material allows 3D printing of black structures

11.11.2021 -

Highly precise 3D structures in black can now be printed using a 2-photon polymerization (2PP) 3D printing process. This seemed for a long time impossible as non...

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Nano-precision metrology of X-ray mirrors

10.11.2021 -

A team from the Diamond Light Source set about creating a brand-new instrument which can potentially improve the toolbox for metrologists and manufacturers around the...

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