Photonics & Imaging

Photonics/​Optics

Explore the latest technical briefs and product breakthroughs in photonics and optics. Resources include breakthroughs in lasers, laser systems, fiber optics, optical components, and photonics.

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Application Briefs: AR/AI
Learn about a membrane-free, broadband microphone for the highest ultrasound frequencies.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new high-speed sensor pushes the boundaries in light-starved conditions.
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Briefs: Imaging
Northwestern researchers have developed a new microscopy method that allows scientists to see the building blocks of “smart” materials.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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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Articles: Imaging
With an optical microscope, spectra can be acquired from a sample area smaller than a micron.
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Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Learn how to fix one of the more annoying problems in display imaging.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
A new imaging method allows researchers to see inside complex semiconductors, without destroying them.
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Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
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 novel nanostructure produces uniquely shaped light.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
To modernize optical storage, Purdue researchers are replacing Morse code with colored “digital characters.”
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Briefs: AR/AI
The ultra-compact, wearable hologram sensor immediately notifies the user of volatile gas detection.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This method is a faster way to manufacture combustion chambers and nozzles for aerospace propulsion as well as heat exchangers in oil and gas applications.
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Briefs: Materials
An alternative, environmentally friendly production method creates permanent magnets.
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Briefs: Energy
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: RF & Microwave Electronics
These antennas dramatically increase the amount of information that can be simultaneously transmitted by a coherent light source.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An atom-based sensor can determine the direction of an incoming radio signal.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
High-yield synthesis of carbon nanotubes is enabled via free electron laser ablation.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The approach could lead to more flexible health monitors, wearable devices, sensors, optical communication systems, and soft robotics.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
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: Electronics & Computers
The technology potentially enables a new generation of miniaturized electronic and optoelectronic devices.
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Briefs: Energy
These organic solar cells can be useful where constant, low power generation is sufficient.
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Q&A: Photonics/Optics
Kristin Sampayan from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory found a fast way to switch high voltages.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
The Earth Imaging Spectrometer instrument is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022.
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Briefs: Energy
A connection between electricity and mechanical motion in soft, rubber-like materials could improve robot range.
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INSIDER: Imaging
Sometimes photos cannot truly capture a scene. How much more epic would that vacation photo of Niagara Falls be if the water were moving?
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INSIDER: Imaging
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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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
The demand for detecting infrared (IR) light, invisible to human eyes, is constantly growing, due to a wide variety of applications ranging from food quality control and remote sensing to...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Autofocus, Waterproof Lenses Edmund Optics® (EO) (Barrington, NJ) offers the TECHSPEC® LT Series and TECHSPEC® Cw Series fixed focal length lenses. TECHSPEC® LT Series fixed focal length lenses combine an integrated liquid...
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Special Reports: Imaging
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Machine Vision/Camera Advances - July 2021
Advances in cameras and image sensors are transforming the factory floor, while also enabling exciting new applications in space robotics, medicine, and more. Read all about it in this compendium of...

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