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    (Photo credit: Konstantin Vodopyanov/CREOL)
    The team’s dual-comb spectroscopy system produces precise and stable frequencies.
    High-res dual-comb spectroscopy system generates light across two ultrabroadband ultraviolet (UV) spectral regions.
    Jan. 15, 2025
    (Image credit: M. Krůs and M. Londesborough, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2024)
    FIGURE 1. Anti-Octadecaborane isomer: blue = hydrogen, green = boron.
    To create abundant clean energy and help save the planet, the race is on to find an optimal laser fusion fuel.
    Jan. 10, 2025
    (Image credit: INNOCISE)
    INNOCISE's gripper technology features special polymers that can be integrated into different automation units with varying handling needs in both micro- and macro-handling.
    Marc Schöneich, CEO and co-founder of INNOCISE, discusses his career path, business mindset, and shares advice for up-and-coming entrepreneurs.
    Jan. 10, 2025
    (Image credit: Xuchen Wang)
    FIGURE 1. A time-varying resonant metasurface: The meta-atom is described by time-modulated surface capacitance and a constant surface inductance. A red arrow depicts a surface eigenmode with amplitude growing in time because its wavenumber is within the metasurface’s momentum bandgap.
    By expanding the momentum bandgap of photonic time crystals via resonant structures, researchers make a crucial advance toward practical photonic time crystals at optical frequencies...
    Jan. 9, 2025
    Rivada's Outernet: an independent, fully meshed network via laser links.
    A new space race is being driven by unprecedented advancements in photonic technologies, which is revolutionizing satellite networks and redefining global communication infrastructure...
    Jan. 8, 2025
    (Image credit: Andreas Mischok)
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    By tapping into the quantum mechanical principle of strong light-matter coupling, researchers manage to outmaneuver the problem of angular dependence within optical systems.
    Jan. 6, 2025
    (Image credit: Kuva Space)
    Kuva Space’s Hyperfield-1 microsatellite in the lab.
    Imaging technology defines your advantage in New Space—the emerging commercial space industry—and customization can provide long-term competitive advantages.
    Dec. 26, 2024
    (Image credit: DELO)
    FIGURE 1. Black epoxy coatings can have an absorption factor exceeding OD1/µm (left), which leads to excellent light blocking properties over a broad spectral range within the thinnest coating layers (right).
    Black epoxy coatings enable designers to achieve high optical performance within compact, durable systems, which makes them suitable for optical technologies ranging from scientific...
    Dec. 23, 2024
    (Image credit: Wei Wei and Mei Xueting)
    Depiction of the adaptive sampling scheme, in which a laser beam patterned by a digital micromirror device selectively illuminates neurons and their activity in brain tissue.
    A novel fluorescence microscope offers enhanced insight into how different neurons in the brain communicate and interact.
    Dec. 13, 2024