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Introduction to the Photoacoustic Effect Alexander Graham Bell, a prolific inventor most celebrated for inventing the telephone, first observed the photoacoustic effect in 1880. Bell was experimenting with ...

What are Vitreoretinal diseases? The term “vitreoretinal disease” refers to many conditions affecting the retina and the vitreous within the eye. The retina is a light-sensitive layer at the ...

New Changes in the Hands of the Everyday Individual: Photonics in Wearable Technology With rapid advancements in common devices like phones and watches, technology has become more prominent in everyday ...

Beam profiling systems are an essential technology to ensure the quality and uniformity of lasers. Beam profilers measure the optical spatial intensity of an input laser beam,  providing information about ...

Non-linear techniques in photonics have opened up new avenues for sensing and manipulating materials. In the 1960s, non-linear techniques were used to discover multiphoton absorption processes in ...

In 1963, Leon Goldman became the first person to report using lasers in dermatology. Goldman reported the effects of Ruby laser in the selective destruction of cutaneous pigmented structures, like black ...

A research team at Keio University in Japan devised a novel handheld viscosity sensor capable of quick, non-contact in situ measurements. Viscosity is a fundamental property for liquid analysis in a wide ...

Compound eyes provide insects with the ability to quickly react to danger. These eyes posses a much wider field-of-view, higher light sensitivity, and superior sensitivity to motion when compared to the ...

  Developing a clear characterization of a tumor’s microenvironment is imperative in understanding its progress. A new approach to determining cancer’s development involves a thorough study of ...

Silicon photonics is the technology of using optical processing components made of silicon itself, rather than other materials. Electronic interconnects with copper contribute to high power consumption and ...