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    The laserfocusworld.com Science & Research channel includes articles and other content spotlighting the latest research advances and scientific discoveries related to photonics and optics.

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    Optics

    Quantum light can ‘see’ quantum sound within molecules

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Nov. 8, 2023
    U.K. researchers discover the quantum mechanical interplay between vibrations and photons—which may demystify interactions between light and matter at the molecular scale.
    Optics

    Encoding quantum information in states of light

    Nathanaël Cottet
    Nov. 7, 2023
    How can photonics light the way and play a key role in quantum computing?
    FIGURE 3. 4D image of a dividing cell that was detected by Aivia in a feedback loop with LAS X from Leica Microsystems.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    How AI and other microscopy advances answer complex life science questions

    Luciano Lucas
    Nov. 7, 2023
    Microscopy enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) will improve life sciences research and development across key therapeutic categories. Promising developments include autonomous...
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    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.
    Detectors & Imaging

    Photoluminescence imaging tool inspects solar cells for invisible damage

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Nov. 2, 2023
    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...
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    Birgit Stiller in the lab working on an optoacoustic project.
    Optics

    Optoacoustics unveils thermodynamic surprise: Negative pressure within liquids

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Oct. 31, 2023
    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...
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    Making specialty glass in the laboratory by quickly cooling the glass melt on a cold metal slate (melt-quenching).
    Optics

    Niobium oxide plays a ‘network former’ role within silicate glass structures

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Oct. 12, 2023
    By combining nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and computational modeling, researchers explore the role of glass intermediate oxides—often a key ingredient of specialized...
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    FIGURE 1. Cooled lava becomes blocks, sometimes as large as houses.
    Test & Measurement

    Laser spectrometry method reveals the chemistry of volcanic magma

    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 11, 2023
    Predicting and preparing for volcanic eruptions is highly desirable, and a new high-resolution analytical laser spectrometry approach could be just the way to do it.
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    FIGURE 1. Han Htoon in the lab.
    Lasers & Sources

    Chiral quantum light emitter generates single photons, controls chirality, to encode data

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Oct. 9, 2023
    A chiral quantum light emitter acts as a novel two-fer by generating a stream of single photons and also controlling their polarization state.
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    Philippe Guyot-Sionnest (right) and Xingyu Shen in the laboratory at the Gordon Center for Integrative Sciences at the University of Chicago.
    Lasers & Sources

    Colloidal quantum dots generate infrared light

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Oct. 6, 2023
    A novel quantum dot approach to generate infrared light opens the door to mid-infrared lasers and cost-effective sensors.