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The $75 billion counterfeit chip market jeopardizes the safety and security of multiple sectors that depend on semiconductor technologies, including aviation, communication, quantum computing,...

Optatec, the international trade fair for optical technologies, components, and systems, returns to Messe Frankfurt May 14-16. Its 16th iteration, the event retains its focus on optoelectronics,...

Scantinel Photonics, a startup developing next-generation lidar technology for mobility and industrial applications, secured a €10 million ($10.5 million) extended series A funding round. The...

Co-packaged optics for high performance computing and other data center applications require dense integration of silicon PICs with electronic integrated circuits (EICs). Stacking an electronic chip...

Coherent’s family of aberration-correcting, high-efficiency grisms and transmission gratings encompass the entire extended C+L band in a single optic for the construction of compact network...

Anritsu Co. and Virginia Diodes Inc.’s frequency extender modules for the Rubidium™ line of signal generators bring high performance to sub-THz applications. Covering 50 to 1100...

The GN25L81 and GN25L42 from Semtech Corporation are a 2.5-G combo chip and burst mode PIN transimpedance amplifier, respectively, for 2.5-G PON FTTR optical line terminal applications. The GN25L42...

The optical transport solutions from Nokia are meant for optical transport, IP routing, and PON applications and include coherent optical transceivers, a photonic engine, and a multihaul transceiver....

Spectral selection is a powerful tool that enhances conventional imaging tremendously. Most imaging systems, including the human eye, are designed to image light over a broad range of the spectrum....

Laser diodes vary widely in their wavelengths, powers, spectra and beam quality. Yet they share two fundamental components with all other lasers: an optical amplifier and a resonator that confines...

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...

Just as an electronic connector provides a pluggable connection between electronic circuits, a fiber optic connector provides an optical one. The goal is joining a fiber to a transmitter, receiver or...

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...

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors exhibit well-known advantages over conventional technologies. They are small and lightweight, as well as electrically passive and immune to electromagnetic...

In this presentation, Ozcan provides an overview of his recent work on using deep neural networks in advancing computational microscopy and sensing systems. He also covers their biomedical...

Tian Gu outlines the opportunities enabled by and challenges of employing metasurface flat optics in optical systems that are traditionally bulky and complicated. Leveraging a low-loss,...

A maser (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) is a device that produces coherent electromagnetic radiation in the microwave frequency range. It is the microwave analog of a...

A distributed feedback laser (DFB laser) is a type of semiconductor laser diode designed to emit coherent, narrow-bandwidth light with precise control over the wavelength. It achieves this through a...

Optical perturbation refers to any disturbance or alteration in the characteristics of light as it propagates through or interacts with a medium. This perturbation can include changes in the...

A beamsplitter is an optical device used to divide a beam of light into two or more separate beams, typically by reflecting a portion of the incident light while transmitting the remainder....

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Trade Show in Austin, Texas, as new photonics innovations hit the show floor of the Austin Convention Center....

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...