This illustration represents a bacteria being illuminated with mid-infrared in the top left, while visible light from a microscope underneath is used to help capture the image. A team at the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) utilizes mid-infrared spectroscopy to precisely analyze molecular components such as water vapor and sulfur dioxide in exoplanet atmospheres. The key to this ...

Structural alignment in fibrous tissues like myocardium and tendons is a key biomarker of physiological integrity and ...

Mid-infrared optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) utilising BaGa4Se7 crystals represent a significant advance in the field of nonlinear optics. BaGa4Se7, a non-oxide crystal with a wide transparency ...

Scientists have developed a new method for detecting mid-infrared (MIR) light at room temperature using quantum systems. Scientists from the University of Birmingham and the University of Cambridge ...

Mid-infrared observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, shown in white, gray, and red, are combined here with X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, highlighted in blue. Together, ...

Mid-Infrared (Mid-IR) spectroscopy is extensively used for lubricant formulation and evaluation due to the detailed information on chemical composition offered by this technique. In recent years, it ...

Artificial eye: schematic of the proposed 2D mid-infrared optoelectronic retina connected to s spiking neural network. (Courtesy: Fakun Wang et al/Nature Communications/CC BY 4.0) In the push to ...

Environmental gas monitoring plays a critical role in several areas including maintaining high air quality, detection of leaks in industrial sites and regulating greenhouse gases. Infrared molecular ...

nanoplus presents continuous-wave MIR LEDs for gas sensing. The substrate-side-emitting devices display higher wall-plug efficiencies and maximum output powers than previous MIR LEDs operating in ...