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Blog: Photonics/Optics
NASA’s big return to the Moon by 2024 will call for the support of small technologies – specifically, the miniature spacecraft known as CubeSats.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Altering the traditional intensity distribution of fiber lasers improves weld quality.
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Briefs: Aerospace
In the middle ground between microwaves and visible light lies terahertz radiation, and the promise of “Tray vision.”
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Special Reports: Aerospace
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Unmanned Systems - March 2020
The latest advances in aerial, ground, and underwater unmanned systems are covered in this special report, a compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology.

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This vibrometer has uses in analyzing spasms in humans, as a breath analyzer for diagnosis of cancer and other diseases, and as a preventative healthcare sensor.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Midwest Engineered Systems, Waukesha, WI, offers the ADDere metal 3D printing system that consists of a 6-axis industrial robot combined with a 2-axis coordinated motion workpiece positioner. The laser wire additive system...
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Blog: Photonics/Optics
Editor Bruce A. Bennett shares his observations from SPIE Photonics West, including the emergence of LiDAR.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See what caught Bruce A. Bennett's eye during Day 1 of Photonics West 2020 in San Francisco.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Nagoya University scientists have succeeded in designing a laser diode that emits deep-ultraviolet light. It emits the world's shortest lasing wavelength, at 271.8 nanometers, under pulsed electric current...
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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
To further shrink electronic devices and to lower energy consumption, the semiconductor industry is interested in using 2D materials, but manufacturers need a quick...
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The system provides three-dimensional imagery of potential threats at closer ranges.
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Briefs: Communications
This atom-based receiver has the potential to be smaller and work better in noisy environments than conventional radio receivers.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This technology could be used to create smartphones that don't scratch or shatter, metal-free pacemakers, and electronics for space and other harsh environments.
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INSIDER: Imaging
Researchers have demonstrated a new all-optical technique for creating robust second-order nonlinear effects in materials that don’t normally support them. Using a...
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Products: Imaging
Photopolymer films, LED light engines, measurement systems, and more.
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Articles: Imaging
SPIE Photonics West 2020 returns to The Moscone Center in San Francisco, February 1 through February 6
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Increased laser capacity has enabled, and will continue to enable, new manufacturing possibilities.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
AM is an especially good fit for products that require a high level of customization.
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Q&A: Materials
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Facility Focus: Aerospace
See how NOAA provides daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, climate monitoring, and more.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
If you want to pursue in-house PCB prototyping and testing, there are several routes you can take.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new laser-based system offers an efficient way to detect fires in challenging environments such as industrial facilities or large construction sites.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A system senses tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Current laser interferometry pressure pulse detection techniques use the shock-induced change in index of refraction to track detonation and/or shock fronts in a single fiber optic by reflecting laser light...
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This approach removes the limitation on peak power densities that exists for fiber lasers.
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Briefs: Materials
This optical switch controls the direction of light passing through optical fibers faster and more efficiently.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
LIDAR Systems, Smart Cameras, Optical Communications, and more.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
A process was developed for producing oxide perovskite crystals in flexible, free-standing layers. A two-dimensional rendition of this substance is intriguing because 2D materials have been shown to...
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