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Photonics Breakthough Paving The Way For Improved Wireless Communication Systems
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Photonics Breakthough Paving The Way For Improved Wireless Communication Systems
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Researchers from the ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) in the University of Sydney's Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology...
The world's blackest material will play tricks on your eyes! It reflects almost no light at all!
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This object has been sprayed with the world's blackest material — and it's unnerving
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Vantablack is so dark that there's no device that can even measure how much light it absorbs — and now, there's a version that can be sprayed onto objects.
What's the difference between optical and wireless communications? Find out!
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What’s the Difference Between Optical and Wireless Communications?
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Wireless and optical communications technologies are implemented in much different ways but can often be find sharing parts of the same application.
Low-cost monitoring device uses light to quickly detect oil spills, and can identify the type of oil involved.
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Researchers have developed a simple device that can detect an oil spill in water and then pinpoint the type of oil present on the surface. The device is designed to float on the water, where it could ...
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Matthews Marking Systems, a leading manufacturer of marking and coding products, announces an affordable 10-watt CO2 laser to meet the primary coding needs o...
About OP-TEC
The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education, OP-TEC, is a consortium of two-year colleges, high schools, universities, national laboratories, industry partners, and professional societies funded by the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. The participating entities of OP-TEC have joined forces to create secondary-to-postsecondary as well as returning adult “pipelines” of highly qualified and strongly motivated students and to empower two-year colleges to prepare technicians in optics and photonics.
Headquartered in Waco, Texas, OP-TEC serves secondary STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs and postsecondary programs devoted to lasers, optics, and photonics technology or technologies enabled by lasers, optics and photonics. In addition, OP-TEC provides curriculum, instructional materials, workforce needs assessments, faculty development, student recruitment strategies/tools, and support for institutional reform. OP-TEC serves as a national clearinghouse for photonics teaching materials; encourages more schools and colleges to offer programs, courses, and career information; and helps high school teachers and community/technical college faculty members develop programs and labs to teach lasers, optics, and photonics technology.
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- Laser Optics and Photonics Series
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- Precision Optics Series
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