Light sensors are important in power management, as they control the dimming of display backlights. Yet typical semiconductor-based light sensors are too sensitive to infrared energy, causing them ...

In the race to develop faster and more flexible wireless communication technologies, researchers are turning to an unexpected ...

Capable of working with virtually any display, whether employing fluorescent lamps or LEDs, the LX1970 visible light sensor is said to automatically control the brightness of ...

Device Delivers Precise Signal Detection in 4.8 mm by 2.5 mm SMD Package With Industry-Low 0.48 mm ProfileMALVERN, Pa., May 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWS ...

In 1962, when he was 33, the scientist Nick Holonyak, Jr., created the first practical visible light-emitting diode. At GE, they called it "the magic one." Someone actually wrote that on the back ...

1962: Nick Holonyak, Jr. demonstrates the world's first visible light-emitting diode (LED) to General Electric suits, changing the world of lighting forever. Holonyak later said that the LED would ...

More information: N. W. Rosemann et al. A highly efficient directional molecular white-light emitter driven by a continuous-wave laser diode, Science (2016).DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf6138 ...

Panasonic has been working on organic imaging sensors for a few years now, but its latest design goes beyond full-color imaging to offer near-infrared (NIR) sensitivity suitable for night vision ...