Exfo Launches Next-Generation Field-Testing Platform

Use of a modular system, enabling individual components to be replaced and thereby extending service life — can make satellite systems more sustainable. To ensure a problem-free interface...

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...

An international team of researchers has reportedly set a data transmission record using just a single laser and optical chip to transmit more than 1 Pbit/s. The researchers, from the Technical...

Many technologies — from communications, to radar and sensing, to positioning and navigation — rely on low-noise microwave signals for precise timing and synchronization. Advances in...

The NPG102 from NewPhotonics is a PIC with an integrated optical equalizer for linear receive optics and linear drive pluggable optics applications in the data center. An octal and quad parallel...

Coastal Connections has produced thousands of Fiber End-Caps over the past 15 years for laser pigtails and free-space laser communications. Fiber End-Caps in ferrules and connectors reduce power...

TicoXS FPGA IP cores from intoPIX SA enable JPEG XS high frame rates and real-time encoding from 120 to >1000 fps. Depending on the selected IP-core, 4K can go up to 480 fps and HD can go up...

The uncooled pump laser modules from Coherent are made with Coherent’s G10 series laser diode technology and are meant to be used in submarine and both single- and dual-chip terrestrial...

The use of precision polymer optics is becoming an increasing necessity today as products demand sophisticated light handling components to achieve desired results. Polymer optics can be thought of...

Adhesives for fiber optic components that perform well on glass, metal, ceramic and most plastic substrates provide excellent chemical and solvent resistance. They also can act as an electrical...

Ultraprecision machining can be defined in general terms as the removal of material from a substrate utilizing a machine tool that operates at a resolution of 10 nm (0.4 μin.) or less. The...

As bit rates increase to meet expanding demand, systems have become increasingly sensitive to polarization-related impairments. These include polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in optical fibers,...

Demand for high sensitivity and high dynamic range motivates new approaches for image sensors. The quanta image sensor (QIS) concept involves counting individual photons on sensors made of 1...

Golshan Coleiny of Fundamental Optical Solutions shares a brief history of nanoscale imaging with a focus on optical technologies, addressing many of today’s challenges in optical limitation...

Vision applications have been dominated by silicon (Si)-based image sensors, which are perfectly suited for visible and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths up to ~1 µm. Shortwave infrared (SWIR) is...

Please note: you can access the slides for this webinar at the CST web site: https://www.cst.com/photonics-2017 This webinar will discuss electromagnetic (EM) simulation workflows for photonics...

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is an international standard for medical imaging created by both the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and the American...

A frequency comb is a precise and regular series of equally spaced spectral lines, or frequencies, that are generated with great accuracy. The term "frequency comb" is often associated with the Nobel...

In semiconductor physics and materials science, the term "III-V materials" refers to compounds composed of elements from group III and group V of the periodic table. More specifically, these...

The addition to the information signal in communications of redundant bits that enable the originally encoded message to be decoded without degradation of the data. In compact disc technology, the...

Students from large and small size companies and bigger Department of Defense affiliates of the AIM Photonics Institute took part in the recent AIM Photonics Summer Academy at MIT. This was the third...

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...

Peter O’Brien, director of the PIXAPP Photonics Packaging Pilot Line and head of the photonics packaging group at the Tyndall Institute, overviews the current state of integrated photonics...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...