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Concept art showing the 3D mapping of microscopic objects by the phonon probe system. The optical fibre contains a metal layer on its tip and projects red laser light into the specimen
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Dr Salvatore La Cavera
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Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fibre, and will be insertable into the human body to visualise cell abnormalities in 3D.
World s first fiber-optic ultrasonic imaging probe for future nanoscale disease diagnostics
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IMAGE: Concept art showing the 3D mapping of microscopic objects by the phonon probe system. The optical fibre contains a metal layer on its tip and projects red laser light into. view more
Credit: Dr Salvatore La Cavera
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fibre, and will be insertable into the human body to visualise cell abnormalities in 3D.
The new technology produces microscopic and nanoscopic resolution images that will one day help clinicians to examine cells inhabiting hard-to-reach parts of the body, such as the gastrointestinal tract, and offer more effective diagnoses for diseases ranging from gastric cancer to bacterial meningitis.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced a technological breakthrough from its Photonics Research Group in Santa Barbara, California. The team has recently developed high-performance comb lasers, high-speed modulators, and photodetectors as components for next gen HPC systems. It reckons these innovations will be key for low-cost, low-latency, energy-efficient, and traffic-free data communication solutions.
Earlier this week HPE submitted a paper to the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) about its most recent photonics breakthrough which it calls a Memristor Laser . As a refresher, memristors are devices which store memory as a resistance value. Applying a voltage can change the resistance and that value will remain even if a device is powered off.