Compressed optical-streaking ultra-high-speed photography (COSUP) uses a digital micromirror device (DMD) and a galvo scanner to reach millions of frames per second for standard...

The ninth annual Optics & Photonics Global Salary Report from SPIE shows the continuing rise in income associated with jobs in photonics—along with a few surprises.

Mechanical fiducials and precise 3D positioning can greatly simplify and improve the metrology tools needed to accommodate the introduction of deterministic surface generation...

A newly developed fiber laser provides real-time tunability of beam characteristics directly from the laser output fiber using an all-fiber mechanism.

Techniques to reduce the impact of fabrication and assembly tolerances as part of the optimization process result in lower-cost optics for high-volume applications.

For mirrors with reflectance values above 99.5%, measuring total loss through cavity ring-down spectroscopy is more accurate than conventional methods.

The performance of image-fusion algorithms depends heavily on how spatial information is extracted and processed through a variety of spatial-filtering techniques.

Blending on-chip ultrathin-film elements, nonlinear crystals, polymer interposers, and single-photon detectors, the UNIQORN project aims to develop a quantum system-on-chip methodology...

Label-free time-resolved (“lifetime”) fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging have demonstrated capability for multiple clinical applications, as evidenced by a new robotic surgery...

Editor in chief John Lewis discusses the Laser Market Review & Forecast report and invites you to enjoy Laser Focus World’s April 2019 issue, which includes trends in photonics...

Tm:YLF and Tm:BYF crystals are cooled by mid-IR laser light and can enable cryocoolers and radiation-balanced lasers (RBLs).

By placing a lossy superpartner array of waveguide cavities in proximity to a standard array, one can suppress unwanted higher-order transverse modes and amplify the fundamental...

Injected ytterbium- and erbium-containing nanoparticles bind to rods and cones and convert 980 nm light to green light with a 535 nm peak.

Detecting parathyroid tissue using near-IR laser light to induce autofluorescence can aid in distinguishing tissue in surgery.