A carefully designed optical cavity enhances the broadband thermal emission of the thin-film emitter, chosen for its unique coupling capability.

The Multipole Resonance Probe (MRP) is a promising way to supervise optical coating processes using active plasma resonance spectroscopy.

New plug-and-play fiber connector provides switchable kilowatt output power.

The ISO 21254 LIDT specification itself is a broad guideline; further refinement helps to best correlate LIDT specifications to real performance.

Spatial-light-modulator-based holographic displays’ narrow viewing angles are widened by diffraction from pinholes.

Advances in optical fibers and laser cavity engineering have dramatically improved the beam characteristics and efficiency of ultrafast lasers used for manufacturing medical devices...

An ultrastable erbium-doped fiber laser oscillator delivers femtosecond-accurate timing signals over dispersion-compensated fiber to enable global time-based coordinate reference...

Methods to measure augmented and virtual reality display quality must simulate the size, position, and field of view of the human eye to test the true visual experience of the...

Chirped-pulse amplification produces very energetic, very short ultrafast laser pulses; its use is benefiting numerous industries.

By combining images obtained with varying directional illumination and analyzing the reflections, photometric stereo is an effective computational imaging technique to enhance...

Mirage software aims to reduce an often months-long trial-and-error design process for complex metamaterials to only hours—with a more predictable and functional end-user result...

Researchers have fabricated 1480 lines/mm gratings with an efficiency exceeding 97% over a 56 nm bandwidth and with a center wavelength of 810 nm.

A rapid, point-of-care, fluorescence-based microfluidics screening device aims to decrease Ebola’s spread, and enable infected individuals to get treatment earlier.

A new type of light source is needed for the small-diameter fiber-based illumination systems that are enabling leading-edge biomedical applications.

Editor in chief John Lewis celebrates recaps LASER World of PHOTONICS China, previews LASER World of PHOTONICS Munich, and introduces Laser Focus World’s June 2019 issue, which...

Coherent detection and frequency-modulation techniques support interference-free measurement of range and velocity with minimal optical power.

MolecuLED (MLED) technology uses all-organic, nontoxic materials to shift and optimize the RGB spectra of existing white-light displays for better color gamut.

Researchers have demonstrated a room-temperature optically pumped polariton nanolaser with potential applications in quantum information systems.

The Pentagon will soon roll out 50 kW-class solid-state lasers to see how well they can function on the battlefield—bigger lasers are on the drawing boards.

Thanks to nonlinear optics plus quantum interference, images can be recorded with one wavelength that were taken with a different wavelength—opening up a vast range of new imaging...