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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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
If you want to pursue in-house PCB prototyping and testing, there are several routes you can take.
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Products: Imaging
Processors, imaging sensors, dimensioning systems, and more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties.
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Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
See how NOAA provides daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, climate monitoring, and more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
These advances are useful for transportation, infrastructure, and aerospace.
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Q&A: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
NASA and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) recently tested a new way to see the Sun
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Articles: Software
See how software supported the design of an advanced antenna.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
AM is an especially good fit for products that require a high level of customization.
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Articles: Materials
Increased laser capacity has enabled, and will continue to enable, new manufacturing possibilities.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A nanoantenna-enabled detector boosts the usable signal of a thermal infrared camera by up to three times.
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Briefs: Aerospace
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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Articles: AR/AI
SPIE Photonics West 2020 returns to The Moscone Center in San Francisco, February 1 through February 6
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.
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Products: Imaging
Photopolymer films, LED light engines, measurement systems, and more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
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
This innovation dynamically provides fast signal processing and precision measurement.
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Briefs: Materials
Optically Fixable Shape Memory Polymers
These polymers can combine thermal and optically fixable shape memory.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The method could impact optical imaging, vision correction, and disease diagnosis.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions and could transmit data for years before they need to be replaced.
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Q&A: Energy
Changing directions of twist and coiling changes whether a material cools or heats.
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Briefs: Automotive
This multifunctional hybrid laminate composite can be used for residential and commercial construction.
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Articles: Aerospace
Products include an aerosol scattering sensor; metal foam; and a new coated drug capsule.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This optical switch controls the direction of light passing through optical fibers faster and more efficiently.
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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: 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
Low-Bandwidth Radar Technology Provides Improved Detection of Objects
Radar technologies were originally designed to identify and track airborne military targets. Today, they're more often used to detect motor vehicles, weather formations, and geological terrain. Until now, scientists believed that radar accuracy and resolution are related to the...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This system uses fiber optic strain sensing to detect and locate micrometeoroid/orbital debris.
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