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Detectors & Imaging
Credit: Abdoulaye Ndao et al.
Schematic of the group’s multilayer photonic device that integrates a laser-programmable Sb2S3 phase-change layer and an UV-patterned humidity-responsive hydrogel. Optical information is encoded within the Sb2S3 layer via reversible amorphous-crystalline transitions using focused laser pulses.
Optics
Optical data storage approach dynamically conceals/reveals images
A three-layer photonic device combines phase-change materials with hydrogels to enable reversible, full-color image multiplexing for high-density optical storage devices via ambient...
Sept. 17, 2026
Credit: RCA Electro-Optics Handbook
FIGURE 1. Legacy Eleven Parameter Image Intensifier Nomograph.4
Optics
The lost art of nomography is reborn through AI
Sept. 15, 2026
Credit: Xavveo
Sven Otte, CEO at Xavveo.
Optics
Momentum story: Xavveo’s CEO Sven Otte talks production-ready silicon photonic chips for imaging radar
Sept. 14, 2026
Credit: X. Jiang et al., Commun. Mater. (2026); CC-BY 4.0
A 20 Euro bill photographed via conventional camera on left, and with its security feature revealed via NIR device on the right.
Detectors & Imaging
Tiny ‘upconverter’ turns invisible near-infrared patterns into visible green light
Sept. 3, 2026
Introducing the new CoolLED pE-10
Sponsored
LED Illumination for Spatial Biology
Sept. 1, 2026
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Bio&Life Sciences
PODCAST: Meet Jennifer Kehlet Barton, University of Arizona
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Sept. 1, 2026
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Sponsored
Custom LED Illumination for Automated Fluorescence Imaging
Sept. 1, 2026
Credit: Opto GmbH
Daniel Kraus, CEO of Opto.
Executive Forum
EPIC’s Jérémy Picot-Clémente talks to Opto’s CEO Daniel Kraus about his new role and AI’s future in microscopy
Aug. 26, 2026
Credit: Adapted from M. Fanous et al., npj Dig. Med., 8, 506 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-01882-x, CC BY 4.0
BlurryScope workflow.
Detectors & Imaging
A microscope designed around recoverable blur?
Aug. 20, 2026
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