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    FIGURE 1. Maximum power of fiber lasers used in cutting systems from 2016.
    Rouzbeh Sarrafi
    Sept. 20, 2022
    Ultrahigh-power fiber lasers enable fast, high-quality thick cutting, including air-assist cutting of steels, and offer many advantages over other cutting options.
    (Courtesy of Sébastien Dolidon, for Quandela/Matt La Prod)
    FIGURE 1. Quandela’s stand-alone single-photon source.
    Panagiotis Vergyris
    Sept. 19, 2022
    Integrated quantum photonics offers a paradigm shift for quantum computing, quantum communications, and quantum sensing.
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    Peter Fretty
    Sept. 15, 2022
    The optics and photonics community has hit significant milestones in the latest industry report from industry association SPIE.
    (Courtesy of Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science)
    FIGURE 1. Red fluorescence of the Eu-MOF illuminates on a non-fluorescent porous plate under a UV lamp.
    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 15, 2022
    By pairing chemistry with a new optical sensing platform, scientists are shining light on food quality and safety.
    (Courtesy of Patrick Dodson)
    FIGURE 1. A lens on SupreMEtric’s nondestructive spectroscopy-based system produces an inverted image of researchers.
    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 13, 2022
    Crime scene investigation can be difficult when evidence is scarce, or when there is no way to efficiently and accurately analyze it. Researchers are alleviating such challenges...

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    (Photo credit: Young Min Song, GIST)
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    Sally Cole Johnson
    Sept. 12, 2022
    Researchers combine novel optical engineering, nonplanar imaging, and flexible electronics to create a “crab-eye camera” designed for both aquatic and terrestrial environments...
    Elizabeth Illy, head of marketing for HÜBNER Photonics and director of marketing, regional sales at Cobolt, a HÜBNER company.
    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 9, 2022
    Meet Elizabeth Illy, the head of marketing for HÜBNER Photonics and director of marketing, regional sales at Cobolt, now a HÜBNER company.
    (Courtesy of James Y. S. Tan)
    FIGURE 1. A new on-chip optical processor is challenging the conventional building blocks of AI systems.
    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 9, 2022
    A new associative learning-based technique could pave the way toward faster, more efficient optical computing.
    (Courtesy of Cheng-Yang Liu, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
    Using spider silk as an optical fiber, researchers are creating a sensor to detect blood glucose and other biochemical analytes in the body in real time.
    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 8, 2022
    Treating spider silk as fiber optics, researchers are examining its use in biomedical applications.
    (Photo credit: Delta Diagnostics)
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    Peter Fretty
    Sept. 7, 2022
    The benefits of embracing photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have understandably piqued the interest of major computer manufacturers.
    FIGURE 1. Solid-state PIC scanner.
    Michael Richter
    Sept. 7, 2022
    With photonic integration reaching the steering wheel, autonomous mobility may help enable the future of transportation.
    (Photo credit: S. Zhou)
    FIGURE 1. In Marandi’s lab (from right to left): Q. Guo, A. Marandi, L. Ledezma, and R. Sekine.
    Sally Cole Johnson
    Aug. 30, 2022
    Caltech engineers built an all-optical switch ideal for time-division multiplexing, and it may enable time-multiplexed information processing and computing architectures to tap...
    The Emergent Photonics group presenting the microcomb during the quantum showcase, from left to right: Vittorio Cecconi, Antonio Cutronia, Luana Olivieri, Alessia Pasquazi, Maxwell Rowley, and Luke Peters.
    Sally Cole Johnson
    Aug. 26, 2022
    By inserting the microcavity inside a laser, scientists generate soliton pulses to keep portable optical clocks in an ‘on’ state.
    (Photo credit: The Nanophotonics and Metamaterials research group at the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre)
    Doctoral research student Jindiang Li working on experimental measurements of optomechanical transmission symmetry.
    Sally Cole Johnson
    Aug. 19, 2022
    Active nano-optomechanical ‘metadevices’ open the door for development of compact, low-power photonic switching devices.
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    Peter Fretty
    Aug. 18, 2022
    Record number of entries yields astonishing class of honorees for LFW's 2022 Innovators Awards.