Welcome to Lightwatcher. Here you will find many excellent optics resources.
Large Hadron Collider
LHC homepage - http://www.cern.ch/LHC/
CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research - http://www.cern.ch/
Interferometric Modulator Displays
Qualcomm IMOD - http://www.qualcomm.com/technology/imod/
(wiki) Interferometry
(wiki) Fabry-Perot interferometer
Advanced Photon Source
The APS at Argonne National Laboratory produces the strongest x-ray beams in the country. http://www.aps.anl.gov/
JML Optical - http://www.jmloptical.com/ - Precision optics
Luxtera - http://www.luxtera.com/ - Silicon photonics
(wiki) Spectroscopy
Light Emitting Diodes
Cree - http://www.cree.com/
GE Lumination - http://www.lumination.com/
LED Leadership Summit - http://www.ledleadershipsummit.com/
Nichia - http://www.nichia.com/
OSRAM - http://www.osram.com/
OSRAM Opto - http://www.osram-os.com/
Philips Lumileds LED Lighting - http://www.lumileds.com/
Sylvania - http://www.sylvania.com/
Toyoda Gosei - http://www.toyoda-gosei.com/
(wiki) Light-emitting diode
Art Lebedev Studio - http://www.artlebedev.com/
Solid-State Lighting - http://www.netl.doe.gov/ssl/
Worldwide Links of Solid-State Lighting - http://lighting.sandia.gov/Xlightinglinks.htm
Photoacoustic Imaging
Stanford Professor Butrus Khuri-Yakub is working on a new technology known as photoacoustic imaging for diagnosis of diseases in tissue samples.
Read about the innovations in this profile from stanford.edu
Digital Steganography
Researchers at Fujitsu have discovered a way to encode data into printed images that is invisible to the human eye, but can be read through a digital camera. The technology relies on the insensitivity of the human eye to the color yellow.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6361891.stm
Optics Express
The International Electronic Journal of Optics. opticsexpress.org
Optical Virus Sensor
Scientists at the University of Twente in The Netherlands have developed an optical sensor that can be used in a handheld device to detect various viruses. The sensor could be used as a quick screen at hospitals, airports, and other public areas to control outbreaks.
See the news article on the University site: utwente.nl
Diamond Synchrotron
The UK is a developing a massive synchrotron known as Diamond that will shine 10 billion times brighter than the sun. Also included is a photoemission electron microscope (PEEM) for studying the effects.
Check out the article on telegraph.co.uk
Lightwatcher News
2008-03-29 - (sd - Quantum channel between earth and space? Firing photons makes advance in space communication
2008-03-22 - (sd) - New 3-D camera will have 12,616 lenses
2006-07-14 - (bbc) - Diamond facility starts to shine
2006-07-13 - (bbc) - 'Super-scope' will unlock secrets
2004-10-08 - (bbc) - Extra cash for 'super-microscope'
2003-03-12 - (bbc) - Giant lab construction begins
2000-03-14 - (bbc) - Science facility goes south
Add-Vision - http://www.add-vision.com/
Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation - http://www.aasc.net/
Physical Optics Corporation - http://www.poc.com/ - light diffusers
Vision Sciences - http://www.visionsciences.com/
7:59 PM 10/14/2006
Here is a popsci.com article about the upcoming generations of video goggles. Or go to hitl.washingon.edu to see the most advanced technology.
Crystran - http://www.crystran.co.uk/
National Optical Astronomy Observatory - http://www.noao.edu/
Light Sources
ALBA - Synchrotron Light Facility
ALS - Advanced Light Source
ANKA - Angstromquelle Karlsruhe
APS - Advanced Photon Source
AS - Australian Synchrotron
BESSY - Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung
BSRF - Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility
CAMD - Center for Advanced Microstructures & Devices
CANDLE, Armenia
CESLAB - Central European Synchrotron Laboratory
CFN - Center for Functional Nanomaterials
CHESS - Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source
CLIO - Centre Laser Infrarouge d'Orsay
CLS - Canadian Light Source
CNM - Center for Nanoscale Materials
CTST - UCSB Center for Terahertz Science and Technology
DAFNE Light
DELSY - Dubna ELectron SYnchrotron
DELTA - Dortmund Electron Test Accelerator
DFELL - Duke Free Electron Laser Laboratory
Diamond Light Source
ELETTRA - Synchrotron Light Laboratory
ELSA - Electron Stretcher Accelerator
ESRF - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
FELBE - Free-Electron Lasers at the ELBE radiation source at the FZD
FELIX - Free Electron Laser for Infrared eXperiments
HASYLAB - Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor at DESY
HSRC - Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center
iFEL - Institute of Free Electron Laser
INDUS 1/INDUS 2
IR FEL Research Center - FEL-SUT
ISA - Institute for Storage Ring Facilities
ISI-800 - Institute of Metal Physics
Jlab - Jefferson Lab
Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology
KSR - Nuclear Science Research Facility
KSRS - Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation Source
LCLS - Linear Coherent Light Source
LNLS - Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Sincrotron
MAX-lab
Medical Synchrotron Radiation Facility
MLS - Metrology Light Source
Nano-Hana, Japan
NSLS - National Synchrotron Light Source
NSRL - National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
NSRRC - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
NSSR - Nagoya University Small Synchrotron Radiation Facility
PAL - Pohang Accelerator Laboratory
PF - Photon Factory
PSLS - Polish Synchrotron Light Source
SLS - Swiss Light Source
SRC - Synchrotron Radiation Center
SSRL - Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
Stanford Picosecond FEL Center
SURF - Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility
VU FEL - W. M. Keck Vanderbilt Free-electron Laser Center
Ritsumeikan University (Rits) Synchrotron Radiation Center
SAGA-LS - Saga Light Source
SESAME
SOLEIL
SPL - Siam Photon Laboratory
SPring-8
SRS - Synchrotron Radiation Source
SSLS - Singapore Synchrotron Light Source
SSRC - Siberian Synchrotron Research Center
SSRF - Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility
SuperSOR - SuperSOR Synchrotron Radiation Facility
TNK - F.V Lukin Institute
TSRF - Tohoku Synchrotron Radiation Facility
UVSOR - Ultraviolet Synchrotron Orbital Radiation Facility
