Nanocrystal Technology Leads to Better Night Vision

Nanocrystal Technology Leads to Better Night Vision
Dec-07-16
A new nanocrystals technology could give night vision capabilities to standard glasses, eliminating some of the bulk of current devices.

Typically, night vision goggles work by using electricity to convert photons to electrons that then illuminate on a phosphor screen—a technology that requires both bulk and power. In contrast, the technology developed by a team from the Australian National University (ANU), eschews electricity in favor of a nanocrystal able to convert photons from infrared light into photons on the visible spectrum. This was accomplished by growing the nanocrystal on a pane of glass (the first time this has been done), which allows light to pass through it.

As the team describes it, “… with this technology, we don't need electricity anymore, we directly convert light to light, we just change the color and the frequency."



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