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Test & Measurement
Credit: Heriot-Watt University
Professor Robert Thomson (left) and Dr. Aurélien Benoit in the lab.
Optics
‘Beam combiner’ PIC proves powerful for astronomical interferometry
Can a special photonic integrated circuit (PIC) link CHARA telescopes to form one powerful instrument for on-sky observations of the universe? Yes—and it enables measurements ...
Nov. 4, 2026
Credit: Assemblify
Module for testing automotive developments.
Detectors & Imaging
Meet Oliver Grass, CEO of Assemblify
Oct. 29, 2026
Conventional CMOS automotive camera with in-camera HDR shows significant motion blur on a road sign.
Detectors & Imaging
Single-photon avalanche diode arrays: An avalanche of photon data for sharper imaging
Oct. 27, 2026
Building a beam profiler in-house with hardware and basic software can produce usable results under controlled conditions, but delivering accurate, repeatable, and traceable measurements over time requires far more.
Buy vs. build a laser beam analysis solution: 11 considerations
Oct. 14, 2026
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Oct. 13, 2026
Credit: Ocean Optics
FIGURE 1. Hyperspectral imaging system operating in a field.
Detectors & Imaging
Optical imaging and spectroscopy enhance precision agriculture
Oct. 13, 2026
FIGURE 1. An echelle spectrograph disperses input light into multiple overlapping orders using a steep-blazed grating. A grism separates these orders perpendicularly and produces a 2D array of parallel spectra that are focused onto a CCD detector.
Optics
Advanced echelle gratings enable high-precision exoplanet detection
Oct. 9, 2026
Credit: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
2026 Nobel Prize in Physics winner Francis Halzen.
Detectors & Imaging
2026 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen for IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Oct. 6, 2026
Credit: Kyv Grøn/DTU Electro
Andrea Arduin (left) and Professor Ole Bang, who heads the Fiber Sensors and Supercontinuum Group at DTU Electro, in the lab.
Lasers & Sources
‘Cooked’ fiber doubles range of ultralow-noise supercontinuum lasers
Sept. 30, 2026
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