Photonics Hot List: January 12, 2024

Jan. 12, 2024
In this episode, we cover a sensing approach that advances permafrost insight, a novel focal-plane array that tackles imaging challenges, and 3D-printed micro-optics that transform laser tech.

In this episode of Photonics Hot List...

With its difficult-to-access terrain and frigid temperatures, the Arctic has historically been a very poor data source for scientists. But a potentially game-changing solution by Sandia National Labs is in the works to better study and understand marine permafrost and its environmental impacts.

A novel terahertz focal-plane array is among advancements helping a University of California Los Angeles-led team to overcome some long-standing imaging challenges. The technology can, among other breakthroughs, rapidly generate images and produce rich, high-quality terahertz information.

In a first-of-its-kind development, a team at the University of Stuttgart is using precision 3D printing to create polymer-based microscale optics to produce a hybrid laser. It’s significantly smaller than others and has demonstrated a high damage threshold, while also maintaining the strength and benefits of conventional lasers.




About the Author

Justine Murphy | Multimedia Director

Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Laser Focus World and Vision Systems Design. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

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