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According to prevailing wisdom, long-distance quantum computing requires the ability to entangle qubits made from matter, in which information is stored and manipulated locally, with photonic qubits...

Researchers at Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and Technical University of Munich (TUM) demonstrated a potential platform for large-scale quantum computing and communication networks....

Compact, high-quality lasers that generate red and blue light have been available for years, but lasers that emit light at yellow and green wavelengths and are small enough to fit on a chip have been...

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...

The XGS-PON & GPON combo OLT SFP+ BiDi optical transceiver module from Integra Optics integrates the functionality of XG(S) PON OLT and GPON OLT optical modules, facilitating network rate...

The FlowScout™ OPM8 and OLS8 from AFL are an optical power meter and optical light source, respectively, for use in testing fiber optics in data center fiber networks, FTTH PON networks,...

The ROF10G Mach-Zehnder modulator from Beijing Rofea Optoelectronics is a LiNbO3 intensity modulator for high-speed optical communication, laser sensing, and radio over fiber (RoF) systems. The R-AM...

The WaveLogic 6 Nano 1.6 Tb/s from Ciena is a 1.6 Tb/s coherent-lite pluggable for cloud, machine learning, and AI related traffic in data centers. The pluggable uses dual 800 G data paths within a...

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....

Optical fibers are made from either glass or plastic. Most are roughly the diameter of a human hair, and they may be many miles long. Light is transmitted along the center of the fiber from one end...

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...

Solving problems in augmented and virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, machine vision, biophotonics, and other fields requires unique skills. So does successfully launching a business. Luminate can...

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, or VCSELs, are today being used for a broad range of applications, including 3D sensing, lidar, automotive manufacturing, laser printing, biomedical...

Advanced control of the polarization state in optical fibers is a critical component of emerging high-performance photonic systems used for applications such as directed energy, quantum computing,...

Quantum technologies represent an increasing range of novel and useful applications, from advancing nanoscale manufacturing and compact devices for noninvasive medical imaging to provably unhackable...

An etalon is an optical device that consists of two parallel reflecting surfaces separated by a precise and known distance. It operates based on the principle of optical interference and is used to...

A photonic crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) refers to a type of laser diode that emits light from its surface rather than from the edges. Photonic crystals are periodic nanostructures that...

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...

An acoustic surface wave, often abbreviated as ASW, is a type of mechanical wave that travels along the surface of a material, such as a solid or a liquid, rather than propagating through its volume....

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"...

Peter O’Brien, director of the PIXAPP Photonics Packaging Pilot Line and head of the photonics packaging group at the Tyndall Institute, overviews the current state of integrated photonics...

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...

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...

A transmitter in fiber optic communications, is a light source whose beam can be modulated and sent along an optical fiber, and the electronics that support it.

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,...

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...