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    • Optics

    The laserfocusworld.com Optics channel features articles and other content that discuss precision optical components, systems, and applications.

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    Optics

    Optics industry addresses the germanium issue

    Peter Fretty
    July 25, 2024
    Potential supply issues have optics manufacturers and the U.S. government looking at alternative materials to head off disaster.
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    Optics

    Photonic integrated circuit packaging prototype moves to testing

    Marco H. Koelink
    July 17, 2024
    A low-cost alternative to the existing hermetic butterfly-style package, an air-cavity liquid crystal polymer (LCP) package, can replace traditional hermetic butterfly packages...
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    Podcasts

    PODCAST: Interview with Juha Pietarinen, OptoFidelity

    Justine Murphy
    July 16, 2024
    Episode 11 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Juha Pietarinen, chief product officer at OptoFidelity.
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    Optics

    Adaptive optics at speed of light via nonlinear optics?

    Sally Cole Johnson
    July 8, 2024
    University of Witwatersrand researchers in South Africa find fast fix for distortions—without measurement—using structured light with nonlinear optics.
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    Optics

    Precision infrared technology and evolving regulations revolutionize emissions tracking

    Mark Naples
    July 5, 2024
    Thanks to advances in filter coating technology, laser absorption spectroscopy (LAS) detectors are becoming more readily accessible for methane emission detection and tracking...
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    Quantum

    Quantum technologies take off!

    Daniel Oi
    June 14, 2024
    Taking quantum technologies into space opens a universe of possibilities—including prospects for a globe-spanning space quantum internet.
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    Fiber Optics

    Optical transceiver module supports up to 20 km reach

    LFW Staff
    June 12, 2024
    The XGS-PON & GPON combo OLT SFP+ BiDi optical transceiver module facilitates seamless network rate deployment within optical distribution networks based on optical network unit...
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    Executive Forum

    Optical material companies top May's VC activity

    Eric Hall
    June 7, 2024
    Companies using innovative thin film or surface texturing technology to tailor optical properties made VC news.
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    Optics

    Pockels cells available in aperture sizes up to 9 mm

    LFW Staff
    June 6, 2024
    The Pegasus series Pockels cells are designed for the 700–3500 nm wavelength range.