Apr 1, 2026 | Atmospheric, Color Measurement, News, Optical Metrology, Solar SpectroRadiometry, SpectroRadiometry
The Science Behind Rainbows Rainbows form when sunlight interacts with water droplets in the atmosphere. As light enters a droplet, it refracts (bends) due to the change in medium from air to water, which slows down the light waves. Once inside the droplet, some of...
May 24, 2022 | Application, NIR, Optical Metrology, Transmission
P. Lakshmi Madhuri, Saranya Bhupathi, S. Shuddhodana, Zaher M. A. Judeh, Sheng-Hsiung Yang, Yi Long, and Ibrahim Abdulhalim Abstract Smart windows based on VO2 can control the infrared radiation entering the building based on the temperature, however, the visible part...
Sep 28, 2021 | Application, Fluorescence, Optical Metrology
Yu Jin, Marco Govoni, Gary Wolfowicz, Sean E. Sullivan, F. Joseph Heremans, David D. Awschalom, and Giulia Galli Abstract Optically and magnetically active point defects in semiconductors are interesting platforms for the development of solid-state quantum...
Jul 30, 2021 | Application, Optical Metrology, Thin Film, Transmission
Egwunyenga, N.J.; Onuabuchi, V.C.;, Okoli, N.L.; and Nwankwo, I.E. Abstract Cobalt Selenide thin films were fabricated using Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) deposition technique at different SILAR cycles. The precursors for Cobalt and Selenium...
Jul 10, 2020 | Application, News, Optical Metrology
Haze is an important appearance attribute that directly affects human perception and plays an important role in consumer demand. It can be the difference between deeming something as shiny, beautiful and new, or dingy, weathered, and worn. Haze can be quantified and...
Feb 28, 2020 | Astrospectroscopy, News, Optical Metrology
What do we mean by ruggedness and reliability when we talk about StellarNet spectrometers? One example in this weeks “Flashback Friday” is when StellarNet spectrometers were chosen to be part of the MISSE (Materials International Space Station Experiment),...