The eye's light-sensing retina taps different circuits depending on whether it is generating image-forming vision or carrying out a non-vision function such as regulating pupil size or sleep/wake ...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have created the world's first all-integrated sensor circuit based on ...

By harnessing the unique properties of tantala (tantalum pentoxide), a team of US-based researchers has created a photonic integrated circuit that can be tuned to deliver laser light across a broad ...

Optical waveguides are structures that guide and confine light within a small cross-sectional area. In nanophotonic circuits, waveguides are typically fabricated using high-refractive-index materials ...

Engineers at Rice University have developed a dual-bacterial system that converts chemical signals directly ...

This proposal outlines a research collection exploring Cryptochrome (CRY) as a multifunctional molecular hub in insects, extending well beyond its canonical ...

Proximity sensing based on infrared signal acquisition and processing typically requires two parts to form the optical front end: an infrared LED and an optical sensor. The infrared LED beams infrared ...

Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions (TAOS) has introduced two light-to-digital converters to simplify the design and deployment of ambient light sensing in display panel products. The patented, ...

Simply stated, ambient light sensing (ALS) is the ability to measure the brightness of light incident on a surface. It is often useful to utilize this brightness information to control certain aspects ...