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Laser viewing cards and ceramic viewers convert ultraviolet and infrared (UV/IR) radiation to visible radiation, thus providing a visual image of light. The cards consist of an UV/IR phosphor material that stores the energy from conventional light sources (e.g. indoor room lighting, sunlight). As the incident radiation in non-visible wavelengths stimulates the phosphor, the stored … Continue reading
TopNotch™ filters from Chroma Technology combine several high performance features, all in one notch filter: Narrow notch (3% of CWL), rejects only the intended wavelengths Extra-wide transmission range (350–1600 nm) with approximately 95% T Extra-steep transition slopes from blocking to transmission Relatively high blocking level, > 6 nm at > OD 6, providing flexibility for variable … Continue reading
Breakthroughs in imaging technology have been the primary driving force of new biological discoveries. However, up to now, high-resolution optical imaging deep in tissues was challenging because of optical aberrations and scattering of light caused by the complex structure of living matter. Here, researchers from the the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology present an adaptive … Continue reading
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Photonis recently published a paper in the journal Nature Communications showing various types of neutron imaging, using a novel laser-driven neutron source. This article shows the crucial role of Photonis’s neutron-sensitive microchannel plates (MCPs) in this research. MCP-based neutron imagers intrinsically have an excellent time resolution, which makes energy-resolved imaging possible. By fast switching of … Continue reading
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission lines suitable for laser operation span the 9.2 to 10.8 µm wavelength range. Combinations of carbon and oxygen isotopes yield another 17 molecular species – including the popular 12C18O2 and 13C16O2 configurations. With up to 80 lines for each species, these isotopic molecules fill the spectral gaps of the others and … Continue reading
In designing a filter solution, the filter manufacturer takes the values requested by the user and adds additional design margin to account for both functional effects (such as wavelength shift due to angle variation, thermal induced wavelength shift, etc.) and filter manufacturing effects (such as edge steepness, non-uniformity, wavelength targeting – see Iridian’s technical note … Continue reading