Lockheed Martin announced Nov. 17 that it had conducted the first flight test of a new distributed infrared threat warning ...

The ScopeX Lab and the Yao Group are on the cutting edge of photonics-based research and mid-infrared sensing technologies ...

Researchers have developed a highly sensitive method for detecting hotspots in the environment, such as bushfires or military ...

Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed an organic infrared photodiode that achieves record-level ...

Proximity detection adds many smart features to the devices we use.For example, when making a call with a phone held to your ear, face detection using proximity sensing can disable the touchscreen and ...

(InfraRed detector) A sensing device that picks up radiation in the infrared band. Used extensively for still and video night vision cameras, cooled IR detectors can sense the makeup of nebulae light ...

Near-infrared (NIR) photon detection and object recognition are crucial technologies for all-weather target identification.

Tandon researchers found that semiconducting material may offer a safer and cheaper alternative to the toxic heavy-metal compounds typically used in infrared detectors because of its capacity for near ...

Mosquito-borne diseases affect hundreds of millions of people every year, with a disproportionate impact on the developing world. One mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, is a primary vector of viruses ...

Canadian researchers have developed an inexpensive and highly sensitive infrared chip that could improve night-vision goggles and medical imaging. Made by spin-coating a glass slide or silicon chip ...

A superconducting kinetic inductance detector improves sensitivity limits needed for observing cold astrophysical objects, ...