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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.
    Intensified high-speed cameras in combination with fluorescence microscopy techniques are providing new insights in multiple biomedical research fields.
    Oct. 20, 2021
    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.
    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.
    Oct. 20, 2021
    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.
    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...
    Oct. 20, 2021
    Depiction of multiparticle scattering in plasmonic systems.
    Researchers have discovered that rearranging photon distribution in nanoscale systems can create different forms of light.
    Oct. 20, 2021
    With new technology, researchers in the UK are widening the potential for applications such as the agriculture industry.
    Oct. 20, 2021
    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).
    A newly developed imaging tool combines optical coherence tomography (OCT), Raman spectroscopy, and fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) in a single multimodal scanning microscope...
    Oct. 20, 2021
    FIGURE 1. Example of a complex and compact group of lenses inside an objective.
    New objective lens technology delivers high levels of numerical aperture, chromatic aberration correction, and flatness at the same time for improved optical performance.
    Oct. 20, 2021
    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].
    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...
    Oct. 20, 2021
    A newly developed stopwatch has the potential to improve and enhance a number of imaging technologies.
    Oct. 20, 2021
    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.
    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.
    Oct. 20, 2021
    FIGURE 1. Claude Florin, founder and CEO of Fastree3D.
    A pioneering flash imaging lidar system illuminates a large area repeatedly with a pulsed laser.
    Oct. 20, 2021
    FIGURE 1. Repair of a high-value Ti-6Al-4V shaft at Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory.
    Metal directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing is transitioning into production.
    Oct. 20, 2021
    Photonics Nxt Fall 2021 1440x810 Attendee Web Ad Keynote
    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...
    Sept. 30, 2021
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    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 ...
    Sept. 27, 2021