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    AI models are driving an exponential increase in compute requirements, where performance is now doubling every 3 to 4 months, compared to the historical doubling every two years, according to Moore’s Law.
    Partnering with the right optical communications provider is critical to drive optimization and scalability of data center infrastructure.
    Nov. 6, 2023
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    Photonics professionals face a changing—and challenging—competitive landscape driven not only by emerging technologies.
    Nov. 3, 2023
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    Microscopic dust, oils, or other contaminants on fiber ends or along the cable length can severely degrade performance.
    Contamination and the fiber fuse effect can have disastrous consequences for laser performance. Learn how to keep your optical systems performing at their best.
    Nov. 3, 2023
    (Photo credit: Werner Slocum/NREL)
    National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers Tim Silverman and Nicole Luna look over data generated by PLatypus, which was connected to a photovoltaics system on the Flatirons campus.
    Solar cells inside a photovoltaic module can crack during hail events or other extreme weather without breaking the glass—which effects their power output—but a ‘PLatypus’ tool...
    Nov. 2, 2023
    (Photo credit: Stephan Spangenberg)
    Birgit Stiller in the lab working on an optoacoustic project.
    While exploring whether light and sound waves can monitor the thermodynamic behavior of completely sealed liquid-core optical fibers, researchers make a discovery that may lead...
    Oct. 31, 2023
    (Image credit: Kyoko Kitamura)
    Conceptual image of a distorted photonic crystal and photonic crystal.
    Researchers achieve photonic crystal in-plane beam steering within the terahertz range—which has wide-ranging implications for the realms of optics, materials science, and 6G ...
    Oct. 30, 2023
    (Courtesy of PhotonDelta)
    Ewit Roos at the PIC Summit Europe 2022.
    With the announcement, the co-founder and CEO of the European integrated photonics accelerator reflects on the two organizations’ progress to date and plans for the future.
    Oct. 24, 2023
    (Courtesy of Grégory Moille, Joint Quantum Institute, NIST/University of Maryland)
    FIGURE 1. Dissipative Kerr solitons are now being used to create chip-based optical frequency combs with high output power.
    The result? Experimentation showed another way to build effective optical frequency combs.
    Oct. 20, 2023
    (Courtesy of Civan Lasers)
    The 500 W, single-mode, continuous-wave 532 nm green laser, based on coherent beam combining, has broken the world’s beam quality and power record for this type of laser.
    A new green laser based on coherent beam combining brings more to the table than its traditional counterparts.
    Oct. 19, 2023
    FIGURE 1. Group in the lab: Prof. Elad Koren, Dr. Assael Cohen, Dr. Vladimir Kleiner, Chieh-li Liu, Prof. Erez Hasman, Dr. Kexiu Rong, Dr. Xiaoyang Duan, Vladi Gorovoy, and Dror Reichenberg.
    Spin-optical light sources combine photonic modes and electronic transitions—and provide a way to explore the exchange of spin information between both electrons and photons.
    Oct. 17, 2023
    (Image credit: Professor Ana C.M. Rodrigues/CeRTEV)
    Making specialty glass in the laboratory by quickly cooling the glass melt on a cold metal slate (melt-quenching).
    By combining nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and computational modeling, researchers explore the role of glass intermediate oxides—often a key ingredient of specialized...
    Oct. 12, 2023