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Using Laser Speckle Imaging to Provide Early Warning for Hemorrhages During Labor

A wearable optical device for early detection of hemorrhage during labor or after childbirth has been developed by scientists.

22 Sep 2023

Biocompatible and Biodegradable Optical Fiber for Biomedical Sensing

Electrical signals play a critical role in governing numerous functions within the human body, including transmitting messages between brain neurons, triggering the heart's muscle contractions, and enabling movement in the hands and feet, among other vital processes.

21 Sep 2023

Advanced Instruments for Performing Accurate Lens Measurements

Optical Surfaces Ltd. reports how high precision off-axis parabolic mirrors it is supplying to OPTIKOS Corporation function as key components for collimation in their OpTest® product line of MTF measurement devices.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Sep 2023

Teledyne FLIR Expands Ex Pro-Series Thermography Cameras for Quick and Effective Inspections

Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, today announced the focus-free FLIR E5 Pro and FLIR E6 Pro cameras, providing a larger 3.5-inch touchscreen display along with access to FLIR Ignite Cloud connectivity within the same point-and-shoot, pistol-grip form factor as legacy Ex-Series thermal cameras.

From Teledyne FLIR LLC 20 Sep 2023

Amplifying Upconversion Emissions With a Dielectric Metasurface

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) exhibit several excellent features, including broadly tunable multicolor emission and extended emission lifetimes.

19 Sep 2023

SLAC Fires up the World’s Most Powerful X-Ray Laser: LCLS-II Ushers in a New Era of Science

The newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory successfully produced its first X-rays, and researchers around the world are already lined up to kick off an ambitious science program.

19 Sep 2023

Pyroelectric Receiver PR No1 Closes Market Gap

PR No1 is the first in LASER COMPONENTS’ latest product series that unites high-quality detector technology with high-end electronics.

19 Sep 2023

STL Starts to ‘Make in America’ With Its Next-Gen Lugoff OFC Facility

STL, a leading global optical and digital solutions company, today formally announced the launch of its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Lugoff, South Carolina - The Palmetto Plant.

19 Sep 2023

An Affordable Way to Execute Ultrafast Imaging

Expensive ultrafast cameras that capture millions of images per second are required to capture blur-free images of fast movements like falling water droplets or chemical interactions.

15 Sep 2023

Achieving High-Accuracy Classification Using Semiconductor Lasers

The so-called photonic neural network systems, which are quick and energy-efficient, are particularly beneficial for dealing with huge amounts of data.

13 Sep 2023

MKS Announces Ophir® FoldIR 30-450 mm f/3.4 Compact, Folded Optics Zoom Lens for MWIR Cameras

MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, has announced the Ophir® FoldIR 30-450 mm f/3.4 continuous zoom lens, a long-range, compact folded optics IR zoom lens for gimbal systems and payloads.

12 Sep 2023

Lockheed Martin Opens Futuristic Satellite Operations Center Test Bed

Lockheed Martin today announced the opening of its Operations Center of the Future, a technology test bed showcasing how tomorrow’s satellite operators will be able to manage multiple space missions simultaneously using a web-based, secure cloud infrastructure.

12 Sep 2023