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: Semiconductors & ICs
This system can amplify a faint signal from a neighboring system even when that signal’s amplitude is as small as ten trillionths of a meter.
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Briefs: Unmanned Systems
The process provides a cost-effective solution for applications in space-based imaging systems, military reconnaissance, and satellite and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Learn abut Bosch Sensortec's “Light Drive” system.
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Briefs: Motion Control
Combined muscles and sensors made from soft materials allow for adaptable robots.
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Briefs: Imaging
This program provides a relative navigation capability for spacecraft, remotely operated terrestrial vehicles, and machine vision.
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News: Photonics/Optics
A new tool for medical professionals may help shed light on tumors.
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Blog: Aerospace
An empty airport tells you more than you might think.
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INSIDER: Materials
The future’s getting brighter for solar power. Researchers from CU Boulder have created a low-cost solar cell with one of the highest power-conversion efficiencies to date...
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INSIDER: Imaging
Stanford University researchers created an inverse design codebase called SPINS that can help researchers explore different design methodologies to find...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A research team has used the Molecular Foundry, a Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, to create miniature lasers. These lasers are stable and work continuously. What...
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INSIDER Product: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Low-Power Sealed Laser Luxinar (Kingston Upon Hull, UK) has introduced the SR 08s for marking, scribing and kiss cutting applications requiring average rather than peak power. The new low-power sealed CO2 laser source targets...
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Aspheric lenses greatly improve the performance and efficiency of a wide range of optical applications.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Researchers described a new strategy of designing metamolecules.
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Articles: Semiconductors & ICs
The last thing you probably do when a fly buzzes toward you is marvel at its graceful wing and body kinematics. But that’s exactly what researchers at Cornell University’s Itai Cohen Group do...
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
A team is exploring new materials for telecommunications and LIDAR applications.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Photodetectors, ultrafast lasers, energy sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Imaging
Engineers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The nonlinear camera captures high-resolution images of the interior of solid objects using terahertz (THz) radiation.
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Articles: Motion Control
Xilinx is now applying AI to the in-cabin environment.
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Application Briefs: Materials
With the recent boom in touch-based, polymer display substrates must be fingerprint-resistant.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This method uses fiber optic probes for measurement of semiconductors, optical coatings, magnetic read/write heads, and precision machines.
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NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA’s LED lighting system enables food and other crops to be grown indoors in places like skyscrapers.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A liquid crystal elastomer can be programmed to exhibit controllable, dynamic behavior without the need for complex electronic components.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A highly sensitive, CMOS-compatible, broadband photodetector was created by tailoring material defects.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Applications include optical data transfer, infrared and night-vision systems, environmental sensors, and breath analysis for medical diagnosis.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Sealing connection tools, oscilloscopes, snap-action switches, and more...
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Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Laser technology will remain at the forefront of tomorrow’s digital manufacturing processes.
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Technology Leaders: Automotive
Ever since Henry Ford introduced the first moving production line to the industry in 1913, automotive manufacturers have been constantly striving to streamline their processes,...
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Technology Leaders: Sensors/Data Acquisition
To reduce the increasing frequency of attacks, the ground-based Laser Aircraft Strike Suppression Optical System (LASSOS) has been developed by researchers from the MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
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