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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A new control mechanism may prove useful in devices that make use of optical signals.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Parts remain crack-free and defect-resistant, making them conducive for use in metal-based 3D-printing applications.
Briefs: Lighting
This new design overcomes a long-standing LED efficiency problem and can also transform it into a laser.
Question of the Week: Design
Would You Use A.I-Driven Laser Cutters like SensiCut?
Laser cutters are a popular tool for today’s design engineers. Users, however, still face difficulties distinguishing among stockpiles of metals, woods, papers, and plastics.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The main Photonics West exhibition opens on Tuesday, January 25.
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Researchers from SEAS have found "hidden potential" in metasurfaces.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will usher in a new era of laser communications.
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Motors, suspension arms, slit couplings, and more.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The camera combines lasers, computers, and terahertz waves to see “unseen” details.
Articles: Imaging
See top suppliers and manufacturers in over 20 categories, including high-speed cameras, sensors, and optical components.
Articles: Materials
Silicon Carbide (SiC) optics are becoming more and more prevalent in high-energy laser (HEL) designs, and manufacturers must be aware of the potential risks
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Incorporating semiconductor components, microscopic robots are made to walk with standard electronic signals.
UpFront: Manufacturing & Prototyping
How to be a NASA intern; a new ideas for moon fabrics; and NASA's need for a better rover.
Briefs: Imaging
The design may enable miniature zoom lenses for drones, cellphones, or night-vision goggles.
Briefs: Materials
The optically powered machines self-assemble and could be used for nanoscale manipulation of tiny cargo.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The comb detects even the smallest amounts of greenhouse gases in the air or look for disease in human breath.
Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
RF & Microwave Electronics - October 2021
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in satellite and...Products: Electronics & Computers
Battery-pack test systems, data management, connector clips, and more.
Products: Photonics/Optics
Laser-distance sensors, light monitoring, flow meters, and more.
Briefs: Materials
Growing large-area graphene on optical substrates enables use in photonics devices.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The system could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in automated manufacturing, biomedical imaging, and autonomous driving.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
This method could help firefighters find victims inside buildings and could track hypersonic objects such as missiles and space debris.
Briefs: Materials
The approach achieves near 100% light emission efficiency at all brightness levels.
Question of the Week: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Will Laser Cooking Catch On?
Our lead story today looked at a cutting-edge way to prepare food: Laser cooking.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Twelve years ago, physicists turned on the first x-ray laser, and since then it and several others around the world have proved themselves revolutionary probes of...
INSIDER: Medical
Scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory recently assessed the status of research into colloidal quantum dot lasers with a focus on prospective electrically...
Application Briefs: AR/AI
Learn about a membrane-free, broadband microphone for the highest ultrasound frequencies.
Products: Transportation
Automotive camera monitors, curved CMOS sensors, fiber lasers, and more.
Top Stories
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Aerial Microrobots That Can Match a Bumblebee's Speed
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Turning Edible Fungi into Organic Memristors
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Revolutionizing the Production of Semiconductor Chips
News: Energy
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
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E/E Architecture Redefined: Building Smarter, Safer, and Scalable Vehicles
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Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
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Podcasts: Defense
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