CMP Media Moves Forward With October Dates for Communications Design Conference

Researchers at the University of Sheffield designed and developed an avalanche photodiode (APD) with significant potential for low photon detection. The highly sensitive gallium arsenide...

High-bandwidth germanium-tin (GeSn) photodetectors, developed by a team at Polytechnique Montréal to support CMOS-compatible technologies in the extended shortwave infrared (e-SWIR)...

The 2023 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) returns to San Diego March 5-9, bringing a projected 12,000-plus attendees, 500-plus exhibitors, and dozens of cutting-edge...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded BAE Systems a $17.5 million contract for the Generating RF with Photonic Oscillators for Low Noise (GRYPHON) program. The technology...

The Long Range Lidar system from Draganfly Inc. provides accurate distance measurements and improved resolution over conventional photogrammetry methods. With a scanning range of 750 m, the...

The LXM from TeraXion is a narrow linewidth laser module for coherent applications including wind sensing, distributed acoustic sensing, FMCW lidar, optical network monitoring, and quantum...

The Dove 850 from Credo is a 800G digital signal processor (DSP) integrated circuit (IC) that is optimized for linear receive optics (LRO). A unidirectional 8 × 112 Gb/s DSP purpose built for...

The WaveShaper® 1000B and 4000B and WaveAnalyzer™ 400A/Super-C from Coherent are designed for operation across the super C-band. The WaveShaper® 1000B and 4000B are programmable optical...

Manufacturing the laser diode is complicated by the existence of multiple proprietary techniques and intellectual property barriers together with complex device physics and unique materials. ...

An indicator of how well the entire system performs is a measurement called bit-error-ratio (BER). Acceptable BERs range from one error per billion to one per trillion bits transmitted. It is rare...

Photonic components are key elements for the information technology (IT). Photonics technology covers the generation of information (cameras, sensors), its transportation (optical communication),...

There are three fundamentally different dispersive phenomena in optical fiber, of which polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is the most complex. In digital multimode fiber systems, a light pulse...

Join us for a FREE webinar! CMOS-integrated nanophotonics (CINP) has the potential to bring traditional semiconductor industry efficiency and low-cost manufacturing to single-mode, short-reach...

This event is supported by the European initiatives presented and is moderated by EPIC, the European Photonics Industry Consortium. The European Commission is helping companies access the...

Packaging remains one of the most challenging aspects of PIC technology. Specifically, the integration of light sources and optical fibers into a package requires high-precision alignment and...

Rising cases of ocular disorders are expected to boost the growth of the global ophthalmology diagnostics and surgical devices market. Supporting this growing demand will be new innovations that help...

The frequency domain is a concept used in signal processing and analysis to represent signals and data in terms of their frequency components. In contrast to the time domain, where signals are...

A function that quantifies the performance degradation of coherent communications systems, imaging systems and all systems that rely on the spot size of a laser beam that has propagated along an...

A detector and signal demodulator used in optical communications systems to receive a signal and often to translate it into an electronic signal.

Infrared (IR) refers to the region of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths longer than those of visible light, but shorter than those of microwaves. The infrared spectrum spans wavelengths...

Researchers at Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered a new phenomenon of quantum cascade laser frequency combs, which would allow the devices to...

In this episode, we take you to the stage with a professional lighting designer who uses the latest technologies to create the ambience of theatre productions. And we take a look at just how...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you on a brief tour of the Higgins Laboratories at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Quinsigamond Community College and WPI received a $4M grant...

On this week’s show we’ll discuss how optogenetics is advancing sleep research, and how lasers are helping speed up satellite transmissions. But first we’ll learn about a government program fueling...

IPG Photonics is the world's leading provider of high power fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers that are revolutionizing performance and utility in a remarkable array of materials processing,...

We are a manufacturer of Diffraction Limited Fiber Coupled Laser Systems, Optical Systems, and Fiber Optic Systems from 240 nm to 6000 nm. Unique products include various sizes of Fiber Collimators,...

The Synopsys Optical Solutions Group provides design tools that model all aspects of light propagation. With intelligent, easy-to-use solutions and an expert support team anchored by optical...

Our company's vision and mission are to become one of the top three providers in the global fiber laser industry and the space laser communication industry within the next ten years. We aim to...