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    FIGURE 1. Image of an electromagnetic wave trapped inside a disordered metal.
    July 18, 2023
    (Courtesy of Axtra3D)
    FIGURE 1. The slit-based beam profiler is used to ensure the reproducibility of the additive manufacturing process.
    July 17, 2023
    (Courtesy of Äpre Instruments)
    FIGURE 1. When the SCI produces a single laser line, the fringe contrast is the same everywhere; this is the laser Fizeau mode (top). The spectral width determines the width of the interference fringes, just like a broadband source (bottom).
    July 14, 2023
    (Courtesy of J. Chen et al., Nat. Methods; doi:10.1038/s41592-023-01820-3)
    FIGURE 1. An optomechanical design of the SMURF two-photon microscope.
    July 13, 2023
    (Photo credit: Raytheon)
    Raytheon developed the H4, a palletized 10 kW high-energy laser weapon system that fits in the back of a pickup, for the U.S. Air Force.
    July 12, 2023

    More content from Volume 59, Issue 08

    (Courtesy of Macquarie University; inset courtesy of NICT)
    FIGURE 1. Simon Gross, an ARC Future Fellow at the Macquarie University School of Engineering, works with the new multicore optical fiber setup; the new 19-core optical fiber is shown in the inset.
    An advancement in optical fiber produces the equivalent of 10 million high-speed home internet connections at full capacity.
    July 11, 2023
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    It is interesting to watch company behaviors as robust markets, like photonics, mature.
    July 10, 2023
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    FIGURE 1. Microscope image of a photonic chip hosting the programmable processor used for the photonic neural network.
    A photonic neural network chip has calculation times less than a billionth of a second, with the precision of conventional neural networks.
    July 10, 2023
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    Finnish Earth observation company Kuva Space received a five-year commercial contract worth €5M to be the sole provider of hyperspectral data services for the European Commission...
    July 7, 2023
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    Scientists Graham Fleming (left) and Quanwei Li in the lab with their quantum light spectroscopy setup.
    Quantum light spectroscopy, a new tool under development, reveals quantum dynamics at play during photosynthesis.
    June 30, 2023
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    In this interview, Jose Pozo, Optica’s CTO, talks to Roman Axelrod and Valentyn Volkov, co-founders of XPANCEO, about their vision for the future of “deep tech” development and...
    June 28, 2023
    (Courtesy of Optical Zonu)
    Meir Bartur, cofounder and CEO of Optical Zonu.
    Meet Meir Bartur, cofounder and CEO of Optical Zonu, a provider of radio-frequency-over-fiber (RFoF) transport solutions.
    June 27, 2023
    (Image credit: Northrop Grumman Space Systems)
    Artist rendering of a high-energy laser in action.
    In this Q&A, Northrop Grumman Space Systems answers our questions about the evolution of high-energy lasers.
    June 23, 2023
    (Courtesy of Wang Group)
    A stretchable OLED material developed at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering is poised to revolutionize display technologies.
    A revolutionary organic light-emitting diode (OLED) could someday transform technologies including wearable health sensors and computer screens.
    June 15, 2023
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    Ivan Nikitski, EPIC’s Photonics Technology program manager, talks to Mirella Koleva, CEO and cofounder of Quantopticon, makers of simulation software to streamline the design ...
    June 14, 2023
    (Photo credit: University of Konstanz)
    FIGURE 1. The group’s first Er:fiber laser system, designed for two-color femtosecond experiments on single-electron systems.
    Researchers from the University of Konstanz establish guidelines to design ultraprecise femtosecond frequency combs that maximize the passive frequency stability of scientific...
    June 13, 2023
    (Courtesy of Lumicell)
    FIGURE 1. Lumicell’s LUMISIGHT optical imaging agent and direct visualization system assists surgeons in detecting residual cancer after surgery.
    Currently under review by the U.S. FDA, a handheld imaging probe may help surgeons detect residual cancer after surgery via a contrast agent.
    June 12, 2023
    (Courtesy of Leonardo Ayala/DKFZ)
    The newly developed multispectral imaging-AI device (left) makes it possible to visualize functional properties of tissue, compared to conventional devices (right), which only generate an RGB video image.
    As minimally invasive surgeries become more commonplace, a combination AI/multispectral imaging method is laying the groundwork for more personalized, effective disease treatments...
    April 17, 2023