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    FIGURE 1. Repair of a high-value Ti-6Al-4V shaft at Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory.
    Abdalla R. Nassar
    Oct. 20, 2021
    Metal directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing is transitioning into production.
    FIGURE 1. Claude Florin, founder and CEO of Fastree3D.
    Carlos Lee
    Oct. 20, 2021
    A pioneering flash imaging lidar system illuminates a large area repeatedly with a pulsed laser.
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    David Belforte
    Oct. 20, 2021
    A very exciting editorial schedule has been developed for 2022 and I am sharing some of the diverse topics to be covered.
    Courtesy of Mass Eye and Ear
    A close-up of the image processing unit of the wearable collision device.
    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 20, 2021
    A newly developed wearable computer vision device could reduce collisions and falls for those who typically use a cane to get around.
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    Dominic Louwagie
    Oct. 20, 2021
    Laser drilling advancements for producing taper holes reduce cycle times for the filtration industry.

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    FIGURE 1. The last eight images out of a series of 12 [1]. Generation of one single droplet (0.003 s) containing Cy3-labeled DNA, captured with a frame rate of 4086 frames per second.
    Jeroen Wehmeijer
    Oct. 20, 2021
    Intensified high-speed cameras in combination with fluorescence microscopy techniques are providing new insights in multiple biomedical research fields.
    Courtesy of NIST
    FIGURE 1. Optical system for the NIST trapped-ion sensor with physicists John Bollinger (left) and Matt Affolter (right). Cryogenics and a powerful superconducting magnet are inside the pillar at left.
    Jeff Hecht
    Oct. 20, 2021
    After enhancing LIGO's ability to record gravitational waves from across the universe, quantum sensing is being tuned up to hunt for elusive dark matter.
    Courtesy of Christoph Hohmann, MCQST
    FIGURE 1. Two crossed optical resonators are located inside a vacuum chamber. Each resonator’s mirrors consist of the end faces of two opposing optical fibers. These fibers are barely visible as a cross of thin dark lines in the center of the image.
    Thorsten Naeser
    Oct. 20, 2021
    Control over the interaction between photons with atoms promises quantum systems to serve as transmitters, receivers, and memory elements for information in a future quantum network...
    The liquids isopropanol and toluene appear transparent to the naked eye. In the near-IR and SWIR ranges, different portions are absorbed, which in combination enables a precise determination to be made.
    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 20, 2021
    A new device is able to image in both the near-IR and SWIR ranges, which could boost the performance of technology including smartphones, autonomous vehicles, and the Internet...
    Depiction of multiparticle scattering in plasmonic systems.
    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 20, 2021
    Researchers have discovered that rearranging photon distribution in nanoscale systems can create different forms of light.
    American Chemical Society
    A new multimodal tool combines OCT, fluorescence lifetime (FLIM) imaging, and Raman spectroscopy for rapid and efficient diagnosis (a); the FLIM and OCT data is also shown, with image details correlated with histology results (b).
    Richard Gaughan
    Oct. 20, 2021
    A newly developed imaging tool combines optical coherence tomography (OCT), Raman spectroscopy, and fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) in a single multimodal scanning microscope...
    FIGURE 1. Example of a complex and compact group of lenses inside an objective.
    Bunryu Arashi
    Oct. 20, 2021
    New objective lens technology delivers high levels of numerical aperture, chromatic aberration correction, and flatness at the same time for improved optical performance.
    FIGURE 1. Application of wavelength-selective switch in a leaf-spine architecture (a) and application of wavelength-selective switch in Hyper X architecture (b) [1].
    Akhilesh S. P. Khope
    Oct. 20, 2021
    Datacenters will be transformed by the use of silicon photonic integrated circuits; here, an 8 × 4 multiwavelength-selective ring-resonator-based switch matrix is used for interconnecti...
    The glass substrate showing the 3D printed sensor (center). At left are optical microscopy images showing the pixelated sensor in response to different vapors; at right is a scanning electron microscopy image of the pixelated sensor, depicting the different heights of the periodic structure.
    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 20, 2021
    The 3D-printed, color-changing, microscopic sensor can detect solvent vapors in the air and can be monitored in real time via connected, low-cost devices.
    Photonics Nxt Fall 2021 1440x810 Attendee Web Ad Keynote
    John Lewis
    Sept. 30, 2021
    I’m pleased to invite you to join us on October 28th at the PhotonicsNXT Fall Summit keynote presentation where we will explain how lidar is becoming a key sensor for automated...
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    John Lewis
    Sept. 27, 2021
    For the fourth straight year, Laser Focus World held its Innovators Awards program, which celebrates the disparate and innovative technologies, products, and systems found in ...