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Thousands of young women and girls have had the chance to explore the world of science, engineering, and light technologies thanks to a European photonics research consortium that has created their girls in STEM ecosystem, a series of 33 workshops and 11 Photonics Challenger projects across 10 European countries in a bid to tackle the underrepresentation of women in science.

European PHABLABS to tackle underrepresentation of women in photonics through STEM

According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), less than 30% of the world's researchers are women. However, a new outreach project has been tackling this underrepresentation by engaging young female minds with STEM.

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has agreed to purchase Xmark Media, including Photonex Europe, Photonex Scotland, Photonex London, and Vacuum Expo.

SPIE to acquire UK’s Xmark Media and its Photonex events

Laser-based frequency combs are being used to both generate and receive radio frequency (RF) signals.

Frequency combs trick a laser into producing/receiving an RF signal

Illustrative drawing of optical tweezer.

New type of optical tweezers reduces laser intensity at focus by up to 100 times

High-Resolution Laser Spectrum Analyzer - 771 Series

High-Resolution Laser Spectrum Analyzer - 771 Series

Detectors & Imaging

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has agreed to purchase Xmark Media, including Photonex Europe, Photonex Scotland, Photonex London, and Vacuum Expo.

SPIE to acquire UK’s Xmark Media and its Photonex events

Images of Utah's Salt Lake Valley captured in visible light (left) and shortwave infrared (SWIR; right) illustrate how SWIR imaging can cut through haze.

Short- and mid-wavelength infrared nanowire photodiodes are uncooled

LASER World of PHOTONICS 2019: Inspiring

Lasers & Sources

Laser-based frequency combs are being used to both generate and receive radio frequency (RF) signals.

Frequency combs trick a laser into producing/receiving an RF signal

Illustrative drawing of optical tweezer.

New type of optical tweezers reduces laser intensity at focus by up to 100 times

SUNY Poly professor Satyavolu Papa Rao (shown) and colleague Nathaniel Cady were awarded $900,00 from AFRL to advance quantum computing.

AFRL awards SUNY Poly $900K to advance quantum computing

Optics

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has agreed to purchase Xmark Media, including Photonex Europe, Photonex Scotland, Photonex London, and Vacuum Expo.

SPIE to acquire UK’s Xmark Media and its Photonex events

A still from a video (link below) shows polymer microdisks being transferred to glass via laser catapulting. Laser catapulting can also be used to fabricate an array of microlenses directly on top of a photodetector array (inset), useful for directing more light onto the most sensitive parts of the detector.

Laser catapulting is fast, low-cost way to create microlens arrays

SUNY Poly professor Satyavolu Papa Rao (shown) and colleague Nathaniel Cady were awarded $900,00 from AFRL to advance quantum computing.

AFRL awards SUNY Poly $900K to advance quantum computing

Fiber Optics

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has agreed to purchase Xmark Media, including Photonex Europe, Photonex Scotland, Photonex London, and Vacuum Expo.

SPIE to acquire UK’s Xmark Media and its Photonex events

A tiny fiber-optic probe and methods from the University of California, Riverside are improving the ability to understand molecular bonds for a host of important applications.

Fiber-optic probe maps molecular bonds with 1 nm resolution

LASER World of PHOTONICS 2019: Inspiring

Software & Accessories

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has agreed to purchase Xmark Media, including Photonex Europe, Photonex Scotland, Photonex London, and Vacuum Expo.

SPIE to acquire UK’s Xmark Media and its Photonex events

LASER World of PHOTONICS 2019: Inspiring

Nobel Laureates push to include photonics in Horizon Europe 2021-27 program

Test & Measurement

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has agreed to purchase Xmark Media, including Photonex Europe, Photonex Scotland, Photonex London, and Vacuum Expo.

SPIE to acquire UK’s Xmark Media and its Photonex events

Laser-based frequency combs are being used to both generate and receive radio frequency (RF) signals.

Frequency combs trick a laser into producing/receiving an RF signal

LASER World of PHOTONICS 2019: Inspiring

Webcasts

Comsol New 300x27

July 11, 2019: Digital Twins for Bioengineering: Optomechanical Modeling of the Human Eye Webinar

Teledyne Princeton 350x70

June 20th: Investigating 2D materials using new, ultrasensitive NIR spectroscopy

Lumentum 345x70

June 11th - Integrated Photonics for Practical Lidar Solutions

White Papers

Why HOT MWIR Might Be a Better Fit than Uncooled LWIR

Tolerancing and its Role in Illumination and Nonsequential Optical Design

Editorial Guide: Infrared optics draw on unique materials

Nanometer motion control — perspectives on supplier & technology selection and the formulation of new standards for verification of precision parameters

Mean Time To Failure: How Laser Quantum achieves a Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) of half a million hours

Videos

Optical Device Manufacture & Test

Optical Aligning/Probing Equipment

Infinite Field of View (IFOV)

5-Axis Laser Micromachining Head

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SPIE Photonics West 2019

High-Performance Interference Filters Improve LIDAR Signal-to-Noise Ratio

High-Performance Interference Filters Improve LIDAR Signal-to-Noise Ratio

Besucherstroeme

LASER World of PHOTONICS 2019 exhibition to showcase latest in photonics

ULIS and Sofradir are now Lynred

Sofradir and ULIS rebrand as Lynred to accelerate infrared technology development

Laser Components Az

Laser Components breaks ground on detector manufacturing facility in Chandler, AZ

Synchrotron Plano Convex Lens

Ultrasmooth transmission optics enable advances in synchrotron research in the visible to mid-UV region

Nominate your colleagues for upcoming Laser Institute of America awards

III-V semiconductor nanowire lasers are integrated directly on patterned silicon

Ursula Gibson Ntnu

Laser processing improves mid-IR semiconductor-core optical fibers

Yole Micro Le Ds

CEA-Leti develops CMOS wafer-based microLED fabrication technique

3D printing company Carbon seeks more funding for Digital Light Synthesis technology