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In two groundbreaking firsts, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured a direct image of an exoplanet, or a planet outside our solar system, as well as the first clear evidence for carbon...

Coherent Corp. named Beck Mason executive vice president of telecommunications. Mason will lead the telecommunications business unit within the company’s networking segment. He joins Coherent...

Digital lidar company Ouster and lidar sensors and solutions developer Velodyne Lidar have entered into a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction. The combination reportedly brings...

Collaborators on the EU-funded LAMpAS project have developed what they report to be the first laser system based on interference patterning combined with a polygon scanner system for high-throughput,...

The tolerancing of optical components is a very important communication step between the optical designer, the optical fabricator, and the end user of the optics. Tolerances are a balance between...

Optical coating is a challenge for even the most well-established optical fabricators and custom coating providers. The field of optical coatings continues to evolve at a rapid pace along with the...

Raman spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique that probes vibrational states of molecules using, for example, visible light. It requires very little or no sample preparation and can be employed to...

Multidimensional fluorescence is a powerful spectroscopic approach to the analysis of complex mixtures. It tackles routine analytical problems that require sensitivity and selectivity that FT-IR,...

Free-space optics (FSO), also known as optical wireless communication or optical wireless networking, refers to the transmission of data using modulated beams of light through free space (air or a...

An opaque projector is a device used for enlarging and projecting images from opaque objects such as printed pages, photographs, or three-dimensional objects onto a screen or surface. Unlike a...

GigE, short for gigabit Ethernet, refers to a standard for high-speed Ethernet communication, capable of transmitting data at rates of up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps), or 1000 megabits per second...

A photovoltaic cell, commonly known as a solar cell, is a semiconductor device that directly converts light energy into electrical energy through the photovoltaic effect. The photovoltaic effect is...

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a single flat lens that can focus the entire visible spectrum of light in the same spot and in...

Tune into this month's edition of Light Matters for 'Part 1' of an exclusive interview with SPIE CEO, Eugene Arthurs, as he speaks about his upcoming retirement. We’ll also take you to Rochester,...

On this episode of Light Matters Extra, we introduce you to the Lighting Supervisor for the Williamstown Theatre Festival, in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Wilburn Bonnell is a freelance lighting...

On this week's show we’ll learn about a lens-free microscope that could be just as useful as its optical counterparts for pathology. But first we’ll bring you December’s top business news, introduce...