Optics

Credit: Lyndsey Biddle, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Penn State
The Ni Research Group in the lab.
Rather than rely on strong material nonlinearities, high-power lasers, or complicated optical architectures, researchers generate useful nonlinear computational behavior through...
May 8, 2026
FIGURE 1. 180° LiDAR for physical AI software-defined images.
May 6, 2026
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Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
April 28, 2026
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Shot of the team’s chip glowing blue.
April 27, 2026
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Justine Murphy chats with Dr. Brian Monacelli, a professor and director of Laser Technology at Pasadena City College and a Principal Optical Engineer and supervisor of the Optical Implementation group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
April 21, 2026
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Mosaic pattern artwork that inspired this work.
April 15, 2026
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Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
April 14, 2026
Phononic’s CPO-ready thermal kit offers advanced packaging and localized cooling for copackaged optical engines in scale-out and scale-up applications.
April 13, 2026
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NIST scientist Nikolai Klimov holds a PIC with tweezers.
April 8, 2026

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