April 2016 – One of the themes of the 2016 NAB show was the workflows and products for High Dynamic Range content. As content moves to 4K and 8K resolutions, they are also observing the ITU-R Recommendation BT.2020, specification. Known as Rec. 2020, it specifies two resolutions of 3840 × 2160 (“4K”) and 7680 ×…
November 2015 – At the Connected Car Expo (CCE) before the LA Auto Show (LAAS) OSRAM was showing their components for advanced driver assist systems. One of the main products on display was their new pulsed Smart Laser SPL LL90_3 which can supply an optical power of more than 75 W. This high power laser…
June 3, 2015, Society for Information Display Symposium, San Jose, CA—Yuki Maeda from Sony described the efforts in developing a high output light source for 4k projectors. The intent is to provide an alternative to flat panel displays for in-house use. The emerging 4K market can be handled reasonably well for smaller screens on flat-panel…
February 4, 2014, Photonics West Conference, Nano/BioPhotonics, San Francisco—Min Gu from Swinburne University presented his efforts in direct laser writing (DLW) to create materials that mimic biological materials. This construction can supply new characteristics to existing materials. In the biological world, many organisms have color, but the colors are not pigmentation. The colors are due…
November 15, 2011, Nanotechnology Council Symposium, Santa Clara, CA–Hakaru Mizoguchi from Gigaphoton talked about efforts to produce a manufacturing-grade EUV source. This photon source will be needed for the next-generation processes below 20 nm. Some of the shortcomings for EUV sources are low power and short lifetimes. To date, the industry has promised production-quality sources…