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Programmable Device Enables Optical Control at Unprecedented Speeds
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 30, 2022 — An international team led by MIT researchers has developed a spatial light modulator (SLM) that promises greater control of light at orders of magnitude more quickly than commercial devices. The team also developed a fabrication process to ensure consistent device quality when manufactured at scale. The device could be used to create superfast lidar sensors for self-driving vehicles that could image a scene about a million times faster than existing mechanical systems. It could also be
PsiQuantum, Air Force to Build Utility-Scale Quantum Computer
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 24, 2022 — PsiQuantum has inked a $22.5 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., to formalize their partnership in quantum computing. The project enables a collaboration between PsiQuantum and AFRL on quantum photonic...
BlueHalo Awarded Two AFRL Contracts
ARLINGTON, Va., June 21, 2022 — BlueHalo has been awarded two contracts by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), one for optical laser communications and one for a directed-energy modeling and simulations virtual range. The contract for the virtual directed-energy range,...
Federal Funding to Fuel NY Quantum Research
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2022 — The Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y., will receive more than $293 million in funding for fiscal year 2022 to support the Innovare Advancement Center and SkyDome, an indoor unmanned aerial system test facility, marking a $15 million...
Air Force Researchers Track Asteroid and Its Moon with Smallest Telescope Yet
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Jan. 6, 2022 — A 1.5-m Starfire Optical Range (SOR) telescope at Kirtland Air Force Base recorded an image of asteroid Kalliope and its moon Linus, making it the smallest telescope to date to image and follow an asteroid and its natural satellite over months, the...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 12/24/21
Dec 24, 2021 — SAN JOSE, Calif. — Optical networking company Infinera and Italian telecom provider Fastweb achieved what they report as a record-breaking single-wavelength service connectivity speed trial of 600 Gbit/s across Fastweb’s network,...
Air Force Partners with University to Establish Directed Energy Center
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Nov. 5, 2021 — The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate is partnering with the University of New Mexico (UNM) to establish a center for directed energy (DE) studies, a congressionally funded endeavor. The Directed Energy Center...
Development of Hybrid Silicon Lasers Takes Flight
WRIGHT-PATTERSON A.F.B., Ohio, April 15, 2021 — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) approved a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Nanoelectronics Materials Branch and Iris Light Technologies that will focus on the development of hybrid silicon lasers. Success in getting...
Strain Engineering Enables Precise Placement of Single-Photon Emitters
ROME, N.Y., and WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2019 — Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have developed a way to directly write quantum light sources, which emit a single photon of light at a time, into monolayer semiconductors such as...
DCS 2017 Brings Defense, Environment Into Focus
Feb 27, 2017 — Changes in the nature of warfare in today’s high-tech world demand the most advanced tools for soldiers and others in the defense and security sectors. Environmental and health care segments are evolving, too, as an onset of innovative...
Bodkin Design Wins Hyperspectral Imager Contract
NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 25, 2013 — Bodkin Design & Engineering LLC, under a $150,000 US Air Force contract, will develop a high-spatial-resolution hyperspectral sensor prototype operating in the long-wave infrared spectral band.
SPIE’s 2013 Officers Announced
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Rubicon Receives $4.7M to Develop Sapphire Windows
BENSENVILLE, Ill., Aug. 14, 2012 — Rubicon Technology’s new Large-Area Net-shape Crystal Extraction (LANCE) project will develop large-area, optical-quality sapphire windows for military sensing applications. The three-year project is supported by a $4.7 million grant from the...
Mound Laser Breaks Ground on New Facility
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MetaStable Instruments Awarded Patent
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MetaStable Instruments Awarded Thin-Film Metrology Patent
ST. PETERS, Mo., April 10, 2012 — The beam steerer manufacturer received US Patent No. 8,139,234 for a technique that measures very low absorption in certain thin-film optical coatings that are deposited in a vacuum chamber.
Hybrid graphene films could lead to flexible displays
HOUSTON – Graphene-based electrodes could revolutionize touch-screen displays, LED lighting and solar panels, bringing flexible, transparent electronics closer to reality. The thin films created in the lab of Rice University chemist James Tour combine a...
BAE, Navy Successfully Test Laser Tactical System
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 31, 2011 — BAE Systems, Boeing and the US Navy conducted a successful field test of the Mk 38 MOD 2 Tactical Laser System (TLS), demonstrating the high-energy laser system’s ability to identify and classify hostile targets, and to track and engage threat...
Bioeffects Researcher Wins LIA Award
ORLANDO, Fla., April 7, 2011 — The 2011 George M. Wilkening Award has been presented to Dr. Benjamin Rockwell by the Laser Institute of America (LIA) for his exceptional contributions to laser bioeffects research. Rockwell is a principal research physicist in the Air Force...
SBIR Contract Completed
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Artificial Leaf Produces Electricity
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LightPath Completes SBIR Phase II Navy Contract
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 24, 2010 — LightPath Technologies Inc., an optical components and assemblies manufacturer, announced that it has completed a $750,000 Phase II SBIR contract award from the US Navy, under the direction of the Air Force Research Laboratory. The contract...
Bio-Inspired Sensors Nab $6M DARPA Grant
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