infrared light but our television sets can as we happily surf through reality shows, sitcoms and sports. Infrared has forged a distinct niche in our lifestyle. It’s as much a tool as X-rays in the ...

Astronomers are finding dozens of the fastest stars in our galaxy with the help of images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. When some speedy, ...

Halogen and infrared heaters may both be space heaters, but they operate differently. Here's how to choose the right one ...

Peking University, December 3rd, 2024: Prof Zhang Zhiyong’s team developed a heterojunction-gated field-effect transistor (HGFET) that achieves high sensitivity in short-wave infrared detection, with ...

The ability to detect infrared radiation is the basis of any infrared thermal imaging technology. All objects emit infrared radiation as a function of their temperature; the detection of such ...

Long-wave infrared (LWIR) microbolometers are essential for thermal imaging in harsh environments, yet their performance typically degrades at ...

Figure 1. (a) Chalcogenide glass; (b) All chalcogenide glass metalens, scale bar is 2 mm; (c) SEM image of chalcogenide glass micropillars, scale bar is 20 μm; (d) Local magnification image of (c), ...

New ultrafast method for controlling magnetic materials might enable next-generation information processing technologies. This illustration shows that a pair of intense THz laser pulses drives spin ...