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    FIGURE 1. Maximum power of fiber lasers used in cutting systems from 2016.
    Sept. 20, 2022
    (Courtesy of Sébastien Dolidon, for Quandela/Matt La Prod)
    FIGURE 1. Quandela’s stand-alone single-photon source.
    Sept. 19, 2022
    (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.
    Sept. 15, 2022
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    Sept. 15, 2022
    (Courtesy of Patrick Dodson)
    FIGURE 1. A lens on SupreMEtric’s nondestructive spectroscopy-based system produces an inverted image of researchers.
    Sept. 13, 2022

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    (Photo credit: Young Min Song, GIST)
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    Researchers combine novel optical engineering, nonplanar imaging, and flexible electronics to create a “crab-eye camera” designed for both aquatic and terrestrial environments...
    Sept. 12, 2022
    Elizabeth Illy, head of marketing for HÜBNER Photonics and director of marketing, regional sales at Cobolt, a HÜBNER company.
    Meet Elizabeth Illy, the head of marketing for HÜBNER Photonics and director of marketing, regional sales at Cobolt, now a HÜBNER company.
    Sept. 9, 2022
    (Courtesy of James Y. S. Tan)
    FIGURE 1. A new on-chip optical processor is challenging the conventional building blocks of AI systems.
    A new associative learning-based technique could pave the way toward faster, more efficient optical computing.
    Sept. 9, 2022
    (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.
    Treating spider silk as fiber optics, researchers are examining its use in biomedical applications.
    Sept. 8, 2022
    (Photo credit: Delta Diagnostics)
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    The benefits of embracing photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have understandably piqued the interest of major computer manufacturers.
    Sept. 7, 2022
    FIGURE 1. Solid-state PIC scanner.
    With photonic integration reaching the steering wheel, autonomous mobility may help enable the future of transportation.
    Sept. 7, 2022
    (Photo credit: S. Zhou)
    FIGURE 1. In Marandi’s lab (from right to left): Q. Guo, A. Marandi, L. Ledezma, and R. Sekine.
    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...
    Aug. 30, 2022
    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.
    By inserting the microcavity inside a laser, scientists generate soliton pulses to keep portable optical clocks in an ‘on’ state.
    Aug. 26, 2022
    (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.
    Active nano-optomechanical ‘metadevices’ open the door for development of compact, low-power photonic switching devices.
    Aug. 19, 2022