An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter typically slightly thicker than that of a human hair. Optical fibers are used most often as a means to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber and find wide usage in fiber-optic communications. Fibers are →
http://www.core77.com/posts/56917/Finnish-Company-Develops-Laser-That-Can-Paint-Colors-Onto-Metal Cajo lasers paints colors to metal surface with lasers and without using pigments. →
http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/5445.html?utm_content=buffer1794f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Sounds like scifi, but is real, and can have applications in secure communications. →
http://futurism.com/unbreakable-encryption-work-has-begun-on-the-worlds-first-quantum-enigma-machine/ Quantum encryption promises better encryption – at least in theory. →
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/08/orbital-angular-momentum-states-may-vastly-increase-fibers-bandwidth/ With OAM it is possible to increase bandwidth, but we will need new fibers. →
http://www.geek.com/science/triple-lens-camera-no-larger-than-a-grain-of-salt-can-be-injected-1659926/ This is really tiny camera. When those will be available at reasonable price? And what other applications this optics technology might have… Really interesting. →
http://www.geek.com/news/new-form-of-light-may-change-the-future-of-fiber-optics-1655201/ Interesting finding. May have some uses in optical communications. →
The name of the game in optical metasurfaces is shortening the wavelengths of light. This yields devices that can manipulate light for information processing and also reduce the bulk of the devices based on traditional optics. Metasurfaces have been pretty good at offering small, flat features, but the integrated metallic resonators they use to filter light according →
Physicists have succeeded in confirming one of the theoretical aspects of quantum physics: Subatomic objects switch between particle and wave states when observed, while remaining in a dual state beforehand. In the bizarre world of quantum mechanics, events rippling back in time may not seem that much stranger than things like “spooky action at a →
Here is an introduction on building optical encoders http://www.engineersgarage.com/contribution/conversion-of-single-optical-encoder-to-dual-encoder-using-digital-pulse-division-method?page=2 Posted from WordPress for Android →