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Optical Cavities: Design Considerations for Mode Selection
Optical Cavities: Design Considerations for Mode Selection
Optical cavities form one of the crucial elements in the laser system design apart from the gain medium and other active and passive elements. For applications other than lasers, optical cavities can ...
Electro-Optic Modulators: Considerations and Outlook
Electro-Optic Modulators: Considerations and Outlook
Electro-optic modulators are increasingly becoming a vital component of optical processing systems. We have previously written about electro-optics generally, the different kinds of electro-optical ...
Photoacoustic Imaging for Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis
Photoacoustic Imaging for Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis
Cardiovascular Disease and Photoacoustic Imaging Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death in the world, accounting for 31% of all deaths. This class of diseases includes heart ...
Optical Fibers for Medical Sensors and Light Delivery
Optical Fibers for Medical Sensors and Light Delivery
Optical fibers are a convenient instrument for robust light transfer. Their low losses have enabled their wide use in long distance telecommunication systems while service providers like AT&T, Verizon ...
Visual SLAM: Sensor Application in Autonomous Mobile Robots
Visual SLAM: Sensor Application in Autonomous Mobile Robots
Visual SLAM is now a trending approach in autonomous mobile robot development. Mobile robot is the one capable of transporting itself from place to place. For example, the first mobile robot emerged as a ...
A Practical and Low-Cost Approach to Artificial Compound Eyes
A Practical and Low-Cost Approach to Artificial Compound Eyes
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 ...
Dental Caries Diagnosis Using Fluorescence Imaging Techniques
Dental Caries Diagnosis Using Fluorescence Imaging Techniques
A research team from the Military Technical College and from Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt have developed a fluorescence hyper-spectral imaging system which can be employed for diagnosis and detection ...
A Novel Adaptive Optics System For The Very Large Telescope
A Novel Adaptive Optics System For The Very Large Telescope
The Very Large Telescope – located in northern Chile- is one of the world’s most advanced optical instruments.  The VLT consists of four unit telescopes capable of high-resolution spectroscopy and ...
Silicon Photonic Circuits for Optical Interconnects and All Optical Processing
Silicon Photonic Circuits for Optical Interconnects and All Optical Processing
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 ...
Optical Frequency Combs for Molecular Fingerprinting
Optical Frequency Combs for Molecular Fingerprinting
Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder have been experimenting with laser sources called optical frequency combs to find a new way of studying molecular structures. Frequency combs get their ...