Nano-heat engine likely to operate at high efficiency / Publication in Physical Review Letters

A usual heat engine transforms heat into utilizable mechanical energy with the corresponding efficiency of an Otto engin…

A new series of protective sapphire windows for 1 micron optics that offer superior durability to zinc-sulfide and fused…

Originally published in 1970, the Handbook has undergone a number of revisions, updates and expansions since then and no…

A team of PML scientists and collaborators has achieved a five-fold reduction in the dominant uncertainty in an experime…

The LynXea series provide Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting for also the visible and near-infrared range.

High-Resolution Kinect System Records Subtlest Gestures and Activities

JDSU technology is a key component in Microsoft’s development of the unique and custom optical design for Kinect. The cu…

Athermal MWIR lenses provide greater application capability to commercial market

The athermal MWIR fixed focus objectives offer radiometric quality with superior optical MTF performance for large, high…

QUEST researchers have demonstrated: New method of precision spectroscopy allows unprecedented accuracy

Quantum logic spectroscopy – which is closely linked with the name of the 2012 Nobel prize laureate, David J. Wineland –…

Until now this technology has only been used in the Vis and NIR spectral range because the absorption of coating materia…

Higher uncoated transmission than Germanium

TECHSPEC IG6 IR Aspheric Lenses provide diffraction limited performance. The lenses feature a lower index of refraction…

The gold thin-film coatings are ideal for deposition on lightweight optical elements for applications where weight and p…

Technique allows tiny sensors to monitor small changes in magnetic fields, such as when neurons transmit electrical signals.

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but they could also one day help us understand how the brain processes information…

Precise non-contact thickness measurement is now available for materials up to 16 mm.

The new product has a larger measurement limit of 16 mm in order to accommodate thicker samples such as protective secur…

A team headed by Stefan Eisebitt has developed a new X-ray holography method that will enable snap-shots of dynamic proc…

Heralding a new age of terrific timekeeping, a research group led by a National Institute of Standards and Technology (N…

New work suggests that fur coats and down feathers might derive much of their impressive insulating power from an unexpected optical mechanism

In work that has major implications for improving the performance of building insulation, scientists at the University o…

In San Francisco Jenoptik will be showcasing, from February 4–6, new technologies and further developments of its produc…

New kind of see-through screen could be applied as a thin plastic coating on ordinary glass.

New kind of see-through screen could be applied as a thin plastic coating on ordinary glass.

Excellent transmission from 200 nm to 14 μm

TECHSPEC Barium Fluoride, BaF2 Windows take advantage of Barium Fluoride's low index of refraction 1.48, which provides…

The mosaic grating was fabricated as a monolithic gold-coated replica grating from two matched gratings from the same ec…