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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Briefs: Aerospace
Applications include terahertz medical imaging and communications.
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Briefs: Imaging
This system provides low-cost, reliable 3D LiDAR images in nearly any lighting condition.
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Briefs: Materials
Ultra-thin and flexible metalenses could replace traditional camera lenses.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The improved rectennas could operate low-power devices such as temperature sensors.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This device fits on a computer chip but can analyze infrared light in the same way as a conventional spectrometer.
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Briefs: Wearables
A stretchable system can harvest energy from human breathing and motion.
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Blog: Materials
Inspired by the squid's color-changing chromatophore, Rutgers engineers set out to create an artificial one.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Bandpass Filters MidOpt® (Palatine, IL) introduced the BP450 Indigo Bandpass and the BN450 Narrow Indigo Bandpass, two new filters designed for multi-application use. The BP450 enhances the viewing of subjects illuminated by a...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The performance of flexible large-area organic photodiodes has advanced to the point that they can now offer advantages over conventional silicon photodiode...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers from the University of Bristol’s Quantum Engineering Technology Labs (QET Labs) and Université Côte d‘Azur have made a new miniaturized light...
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INSIDER: Imaging
A phenomenon first detected in the solar wind may help solve a long-standing mystery about the sun: why the solar atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than the...
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Special Reports: Photonics/Optics
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Optics & Photonics Innovations - January 2021
An ultrafast camera that takes up to one trillion pictures per second...using light alone to levitate objects and propel spacecraft...the groundbreaking optics enabling the world's most powerful...

Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Computations are done solely with beams of light.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Radar sensors, cameras, RF processing systems, and more.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This simple and inexpensive design achieves high-quality ozone measurements.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The system can recharge the internal battery of devices without invasive surgery or risky penetrative procedures.
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Facility Focus: AR/AI
Stanford University’s School of Engineering has been at the forefront of innovation for nearly a century
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel electronic devices with useful properties, such as an ability...
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Blog: Imaging
Optical interference filters are critical to the overall performance of machine vision applications. So how do you select the right one?
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Applications include characterizing additively manufactured components and baggage screening.
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Briefs: Unmanned Systems
Any high-performance communication systems operating in RF or optical frequencies may benefit from this system.
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Briefs: Materials
Invisible displays on walls and windows would be bright when turned on but invisible when turned off.
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Briefs: Transportation
The camera collects the spatial and spectral information required for self-driving cars, machine vision, corrosion detection, and other applications.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This technique for optical data transmission from satellites uses laser arrays to provide fine pointing capability.
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See how Dr. Andrei Kolmakov and his team are using low-energy electron beams to 3D-print tiny gel structures in liquids.
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Briefs: Materials
Method Tests Microscopic Aeronautical Materials
This process breaks the temperature barrier in small-scale materials testing.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This subsystem is used in free-space optical communications and fiber-optic communications.
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INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
Spectrophotometer for a Microscope CRAIC Technologies (San Dimas, CA) has introduced the 508 PV™ UV-visible-NIR spectrophotometer for your microscope. The 508 Perfect Vision™ is designed to be added to an open photoport of a...
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