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Technology update RSS feedNanotubes get fibre lasers pulsing
Mar 10, 2009
A broadband saturable absorber based on carbon nanotubes can be used with fibre lasers emitting anywhere between 1 and 2 µm.
Thin-walled boron nitride structure emits in the deep UV
Feb 26, 2009
Scaled up nanotube device may suit micro-reactors and compact laser systems
Bismuth nanostructures provide mechanism for automatic switching
Feb 25, 2009
Thermo-optical properties tuned by varying the size of embedded nanostructures
Spray-on carbon nanotube electrodes offer scalable solution
Feb 24, 2009
Supercapacitors and paper batteries could benefit from modified spray deposition technique
Nanowire wafer tunes over 200 nm
Feb 6, 2009
Nanowire technology relaxes lattice mismatch limitation
QD broadband source suits OCT
Jan 26, 2009
Post-growth annealing process yields SLED with very flat emission spectra for use in optical coherence tomography
Electric field pilots nanowires into position
Jan 16, 2009
AC voltage lines up DNA-coated nanowires for biosensing applications
Carbon nanotubes know where to grow
Jan 13, 2009
Localized heating guides particles into position during growth phase
Integrated LED leads to user-friendly SNOM
Dec 11, 2008
Compact, pre-aligned design makes imaging technique much easier to implement
Cree embeds phosphors at LED die level
Dec 9, 2008
Semiconductor nanocrystals convert blue emission from GaN chips into white light
Nanoparticles scatter light in solar cells
Dec 3, 2008
Tiny gold particles increase power conversion efficiency of InP/GaAsP quantum-well devices
European synchrotron secures €177m upgrade
Nov 26, 2008
New beamlines will allow nanoscale experiments at Grenoble lab
Periodic stack tunes into photonics market
Nov 18, 2008
Nanoimprinting method simplifies the fabrication of tunable optical filters
CNTs en route for nanophotonic applications
Oct 27, 2008
IBM integrates electrically-driven carbon nanotube emitter with optical microcavity
Feathered photonic crystal takes off
Oct 23, 2008
Peacock feather tunes the optical emission of embedded ZnO nanoparticles
Practical Y-splitter channels plasmons
Oct 16, 2008
Miniaturized photonic circuits could benefit from branched plasmonic waveguide
Light probes mechanical properties of viruses
Oct 15, 2008 2 comments
Nanoscale pathogens are much more rigid than expected
PhOREMOST maps out future of nanophotonics
Oct 13, 2008
EU network highlights potential applications and flags up technical challenges in new report