A controlled multiparticle entanglement in a system of 20 quantum bits has been achieved by a research team at the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck, together...

Watch the video as professor Federico Capasso explains his group's discovery. Wi-Fi and cellular data traffic are increasing exponentially, but unless the capacity of wireless links can be increased,...

A device that uses a small plate to absorb microwave energy and bounce it into laser light could provide a solution for sending quantum signals over long distances. Scientists at JILA, a joint...

Researchers have used light to excite a light-sensitive channel in the membrane of optogenetic mouse neurons. When the channels were excited, they allowed ions through, which caused the neurons to...

The BeamSquared M2 laser beam propagation system from Ophir Optronics Solutions Ltd. has been announced by MKS Instruments Inc. The compact, portable system measures beam quality to optimize...

The HVCM-051-025-019-01 low-inertia hollow-core voice coil or moving coil linear motor from Moticont features high acceleration, precise positioning to <1 µm, high reliability, and low cost....

The Carmel X-series of femtosecond fiber lasers from Calmar Laser Inc. provide high power, ultrashort pulses, and high stability in a compact package for OEM, scientific and industrial applications....

Meller CaF2 Optics from Meller Optics Inc. operate from the UV to IR range for use in spectroscopy, laser and front-surface protection applications. The optics are manufactured to OEM...

Technology Transfer Programs are often a concerted effort to share skills, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing, and facilities among governments or...

Luminate NY, the only optics, photonics and imaging (OPI) accelerator and investment fund in the world, announced the final winners at the Light Tomorrow with Today event in Rochester, NY. For the...

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...

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...

Diode laser technology is advancing at a breathtaking pace as suppliers add new wavelengths and improve output power but still present one big challenge to the system designer: their output is...

Companies developing cutting-edge lasers, optics, and imaging products face significant hurdles getting products to market ahead of competitors. Learn about a new way for optical and mechanical...

Laser Raman spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique that is used in a variety of applications for the compositional analysis of solid, liquid and gaseous samples. This whitepaper looks at...

As fiber and free-space optical communication bandwidths increase, the need for very high speed optical modulators and detectors has also increased. The frequency response characterization of these...

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...

Photonics Media presents two perspectives on communications, one provides an overview of quantum theory of optical communications, and the other discusses confronting the challenge of creating...

Fused silica is a key material in a multitude of optical applications, including high-power laser systems, spectroscopic instrumentation, astronomy and telecommunications. In this webinar, presented...

This is a free webinar presented by Photonics Media. Sponsored by: DRS Technologies Our speaker: Dr. Hooman Mohseni Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science...

A type of optical communications technology dealing with the use of lasers and other light sources to send telecommunication signals along a line of sight through the atmosphere. Also called...

The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and...

1. In optics, the bending of rays away from each other. 2. In lasers, the spreading of a laser beam with increased distance from the exit aperture. Also called beam spread. 3. In a binocular...

The study of the optical properties of living tissue. Increased understanding of the behavior of light in this varied, turbid medium, especially its scattering and absorption characteristics, is...

Almost 60 years have passed since the first demonstration of a laser in 1960. After the initial spark of interest, lasers were for a while categorized as “a solution waiting for a...

When purchasing an industrial laser system, the astute buyer will look for a Class 1 laser product – a system where the laser beam hazard is completely enclosed and there is no potential laser...

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...

A fiber bragg grating is a section of an optical fiber where the refractive index has been altered at periodic intervals so that certain wavelengths are transmitted and others are reflected.

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