Photonics/​Optics

Optical Components

Access the latest technology advances in optical components and systems. Design engineers will find technical briefs and applications that are being used throughout industry.

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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The optically powered machines self-assemble and could be used for nanoscale manipulation of tiny cargo.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed an optical amplifier that they expect will revolutionize both space and fiber communication.
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Briefs: Imaging
Scientists are working to improve the image resolution of X-ray techniques.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The comb detects even the smallest amounts of greenhouse gases in the air or look for disease in human breath.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The process produces rapid, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly material.
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Briefs: Materials
Fano Resonance Optical Coatings (FROCs) can both transmit and reflect the same color simultaneously.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
The protective coating works like body armor for the atomically thin materials.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The system could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in automated manufacturing, biomedical imaging, and autonomous driving.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This combination of technologies could enable developments for many optical applications.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Applications include telecommunications, optical switching, and quantum computing.
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Briefs: Materials
The approach achieves near 100% light emission efficiency at all brightness levels.
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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...
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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...
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
With an optical microscope, spectra can be acquired from a sample area smaller than a micron.
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Application Briefs: Materials
For applications requiring high-energy material deposition coatings, you'll need to understand how stress can impact surface figure and system performance.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn about a membrane-free, broadband microphone for the highest ultrasound frequencies.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Automotive camera monitors, curved CMOS sensors, fiber lasers, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The approach could lead to more flexible health monitors, wearable devices, sensors, optical communication systems, and soft robotics.
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Briefs: Motion Control
The soft robot harvests energy from a laser beam and can crawl on horizontal surfaces and climb vertical walls and an upside-down glass ceiling.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Designed for soldier uniforms, the fiber can sense, store, analyze, and infer activity when sewn into a piece of clothing.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
These antennas dramatically increase the amount of information that can be simultaneously transmitted by a coherent light source.
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Briefs: Imaging
The ultra-compact, wearable hologram sensor immediately notifies the user of volatile gas detection.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
To modernize optical storage, Purdue researchers are replacing Morse code with colored “digital characters.”
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A novel nanostructure produces uniquely shaped light.
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Technology Leaders: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Ball screws are helping manufacturers meet the growing demand for fiber optic cables generated by 5G communications.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A new imaging method allows researchers to see inside complex semiconductors, without destroying them.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The Earth Imaging Spectrometer instrument is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022.
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Briefs: Materials
The technology potentially enables a new generation of miniaturized electronic and optoelectronic devices.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Labsphere, Inc. announced plans to locate a Field Line of sight Automated Radiance Exposure (FLARE) testing site at Arizona State University's (ASU) Polytechnic campus as part...
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