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    FIGURE 1. In a single-tab electrode design, electrons travel along the entire distance (a); in a tabless electrode design, full-flags along the foil mean shorter distances for electrons to travel (b).
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    High-speed battery foil laser cutting improves productivity in tabless battery manufacturing

    Huihong Qian
    Jan. 13, 2025
    Tabless battery technology offers route to increase the energy density of battery packs, and laser cutting via galvanometer-based scan system offers a manufacturing solution.

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    FIGURE 1. Anti-Octadecaborane isomer: blue = hydrogen, green = boron.
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    The quest for laser fusion fuel intensifies

    Vittorio Lippay
    Jan. 10, 2025
    To create abundant clean energy and help save the planet, the race is on to find an optimal laser fusion fuel.
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    FIGURE 1. A time-varying resonant metasurface: The meta-atom is described by time-modulated surface capacitance and a constant surface inductance. A red arrow depicts a surface eigenmode with amplitude growing in time because its wavenumber is within the metasurface’s momentum bandgap.
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    Photonic time crystals reimagined

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Jan. 9, 2025
    By expanding the momentum bandgap of photonic time crystals via resonant structures, researchers make a crucial advance toward practical photonic time crystals at optical frequencies...
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    New space race: Photonics is revolutionizing satellite networks

    Jérémy Picot-Clémente
    Jan. 8, 2025
    A new space race is being driven by unprecedented advancements in photonic technologies, which is revolutionizing satellite networks and redefining global communication infrastructure...

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    Photonics Hot List: January 10, 2025

    Justine Murphy
    Jan. 10, 2025
    In this episode: New sensors detect plant distress, SPIE names 2025 society Fellows, and the latest business news roundup.
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    Photonics Hot List: December 20, 2024

    Justine Murphy
    Dec. 20, 2024
    In this episode: researchers build an optoacoustic neural network, a report on the booming semiconductor laser market, and the latest SPIE award recipients.
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    Photonics Hot List: December 13, 2024

    Justine Murphy
    Dec. 13, 2024
    In this episode: research teams discover laser shadows, Coherent receives CHIPS Act funds, and the latest business partnerships and new hires.

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