News tagged with laser metrology
Researchers produce ultra-short light pulses using on-chip microresonator
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Purdue University have designed and fabricated an on-chip microresonator that converts continuous laser light into ultra-short pulses ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Studying the female form: Math could lead to sexier lingerie, safer labcoats
Researchers in Japan have turned to mathematics to build a computerized 3D model of the female trunk that could help lingerie and other clothes designers make more sensuous, comfortable, and better fitting product ranges.
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Mar 12, 2009 |
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NPL research helps drive forward the creation of a Digital Britain
With government plans for a Digital Britain firmly underway, the amount of data that will be sent on the internet is set to increase dramatically.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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CNST collaboration demonstrates nanoscale focused ion beam employing laser-cooled lithium atoms
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and FEI Company have adapted a commercial focused ion beam (FIB) column to use photoionized laser-cooled lithium atoms as an ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Bright future for gaN nanowires
The gallium nitride nanowires grown by PML scientists may only be a few tenths of a micrometer in diameter, but they promise a very wide range of applications, from new light-emitting diodes and diode lasers ...
Nov 29, 2011 |
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LISA Pathfinder takes major step in hunt for gravitational waves
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sensors destined for ESA’s LISA Pathfinder mission in 2014 have far exceeded expectations, paving the way for a mission to detect one of the most elusive forces permeating through space ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Adding up photons with a transition edge sensor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have demonstrated that a superconducting detector called a transition edge sensor (TES) is capable of counting the number of as many as 1,000 photons in a single pulse of light ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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New European project launched to address shortcomings in climate data
A major European joint research project has kicked off to establish the infrastructure and expertise needed to make earth measurements which are sufficiently accurate to make reliable predictions about the effects of climate ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Redefining the SI base units
(PhysOrg.com) -- Metrology is poised to undergo a profound change that will benefit scientists, engineers, industry and commerce – but which almost no one will notice in daily life.
Nov 03, 2011 |
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EU-funded project improves global data transmission
Researchers have developed two new components that could help Europe meet some of its most pressing communication challenges in optical amplifier research.
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Improving lasers with microring mirrors
(PhysOrg.com) -- We use lasers everyday, though many of us may not think about it. “Lasers are in a number of consumer products,” Lynford Goddard tells PhysOrg.com. “We have them in DVD players, printers, and in ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Squeezed laser will bring gravitational waves to the light of day
A quantum phenomenon allows detectors which sense oscillations of space-time to measure with 50 percent more accuracy.
Sep 11, 2011 |
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