Research News

Long-Term Data Storage—In Glowing Dyes

Meeri Kim | 14 October 2021

Mixtures of fluorescent dyes, deposited with an inkjet printer, offer newer, potentially faster approach to molecule-based data storage. read more  

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Breathalyzer Boosts Sensitivity with Mid-IR Light

Patricia Daukantas | 13 October 2021

Spurred by the drive to “make a difference” in the anti-COVID fight, a U.S. research team dusts off and improves a previously developed optical tool for detecting biomarkers. read more  

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Spotting Solar Panel Defects Under Sunlight

Karen Kwon | 12 October 2021

New technique could allow inspectors, previously limited largely to nighttime operation, to locate solar-panel problems at any time of day—and keep panels running at maximum efficiency. read more  

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High-Performance Photodetectors for Silicon Photonics

Stewart Wills | 11 October 2021

Hong Kong group creates a monolithic InP/silicon-on-insulator platform for directly growing integrated III–V devices and coupling them to silicon waveguides. read more  

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A Step Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

Stewart Wills | 08 October 2021

Using a laser-controlled ion-trap platform, researchers demonstrate code that can detect and suppress errors—and keep them from spreading and multiplying through the system. read more  

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Creating Bright, Tiny, Full-Color LEDs

Mara Johnson-Groh | 07 October 2021

Technique that eliminates defects on the sidewalls of micro-diodes allowed researchers to go small. read more  

Industry News

Report: Smart Cars to Drive Lidar Market Growth

Sarah Michaud | 06 October 2021

Research firm predicts autonomous-vehicle applications will supply the biggest push to lidar market growth over the next five years. read more  

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Quantum-Dot Infrared Lasing at Room Temperature

Edwin Cartlidge | 06 October 2021

Scheme that places dots in distributed-feedback cavity could enable low-cost, CMOS-integrated light sources, a potential a boon for telecommunications and imaging. read more  

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Low-Noise Optical Coatings Could Swell LIGO’s Reach

Stewart Wills | 03 October 2021

Improved mirror coatings might cut background noise in gravitational-wave observatories in half, expanding the volume of space they can explore by a factor of eight. read more  

Industry News

Luminate Announces Fourth-Round Winners

Stewart Wills | 01 October 2021

PreAct Technologies walks off with top prize of US$1 million in follow-on funding from “the largest OPI accelerator on Earth” read more