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A group of researchers has replicated the way that light would behave if it were subject to gravity, supporting a recent scientific theory about pseudogravity. According to the theory,...

SpaceLink, a space communication technology company, entered an Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center (USASMDC-TC) to...

Ultrafast-laser manufacturer Chromacity appointed Robert Black and Richard Laming to its board directors as the company seeks to expand further into industrial markets. Black joins as nonexecutive...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) have developed a method to efficiently produce nearly perfect entangled photon pairs from quantum dot sources, paving...

The Dove 800 Digital Signal Processor (DSP) series from Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. features integrated drivers for next-generation hyperscale data centers and artificial intelligence...

The M5i.3321-x16 digitizer from Spectrum Instrumentation GmbH uses the 16-lane PCIe interface for dual-channel data streaming applications. The device can handle a wide variety of signals,...

The ROF-PM-UV series of low-VPI phase modulators from Beijing Rofea Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. features a low half-wave voltage of 2.5 V. The devices provide low insertion loss, high bandwidth,...

The QSFP OCM (optical channel monitor) from PhotonPath, in collaboration with Jabil, is a pluggable optical channel monitor on a quad small form factor pluggable (QSFP) form factor created as a...

Images are produced by many means: cameras, x-ray machines, electron microscopes, radar and ultrasound. They are used in the entertainment, medical, scientific and business industries; for security...

Unlike an edge emitter, a VCSEL has a maximum operating power that is not limited by catastrophic optical damage of the exit aperture because its aperture is larger and its PN junction does not...

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

Free Webinar Additional Questions & Answers from the Webinar below: Speakers: Dr. Robert R. McLeod Associate Professor and Graduate Director Electrical, Computer and Energy...

Medical diagnosis heavily depends on innovative methods for biomedical imaging. New system concepts that combine miniaturized optical MEMS components, such as scanning mirrors and spatial light...

Join us for a FREE webinar! Dave Aikens, the leader of the project to adopt ISO 10110 as an American National Standard, will provide an introduction of OP1.0110, the American National Standard for...

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...

Laser optics refers to a broad category of optical components and systems designed for manipulating and controlling laser light. Laser optics play a crucial role in shaping the characteristics of...

Birefringence is an optical property of certain materials that causes them to exhibit different refractive indices for light of different polarizations. In other words, when light passes through a...

Magneto-optics refers to the study and manipulation of the interaction between magnetic fields and light (electromagnetic radiation). This field of physics explores how the properties of light, such...

An optical data storage device that permits the user to store data (write) and play it back (read), but not to erase or change the stored material.

In this episode, we take you to a U.S. National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. Researchers there are leading the charge for "smart"...

In this month's Light Matters Extra, we take you to the Quantum Photonics Laboratory at MIT run by Dr. Dirk Englund. Dr. Englund's group, the Quantum Photonics Group, is made up of postdocs and...

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...

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...

Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures custom laser optics, precision optical assemblies, and high LDT thin film coatings for R&D, prototype, and OEM applications. PPD's optical...

Photron has been a global market leader in high-end, high-speed camera systems for over forty years. The company’s continuing development of new state-of-the-art products illustrates a...

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,...