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Photonics Spectra - February 2023
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sCMOS Camera Designs Push the Limits on Resolution
Applications ranging from astronomy to the life sciences to semiconductor manufacturing and metrology have steadily increased the demand for camera technologies targeting the extreme-ultraviolet...
On-Board Optics Expand Bandwidth and Reduce Power Use in the Data Center
Co-packaged optics (CPO) and on-board optics (OBO) are not novel concepts, per se. The benefits of moving optics closer to the computing cores of data center switches have been clear to systems...
A New Alexandrite Laser Drives More Sustainable Atmospheric Science
As anyone who has ever worked with an alexandrite laser can attest, its lasing medium demands respect. “It has about every problem a laser engineer can imagine,” said Josef Höffner,...
Free-Space Optical Communications Soar with the Satellite Sector
Free-space optics (FSO) and systems are uniquely valuable in enabling fast and secure connectivity, both in terrestrial and nonterrestrial networks. With major advancements in space optics over the...
Editorial
Optical communications shrinks the planet
Twenty-some years ago, during the heady days of the dot-com bubble, the optical networking industry was scrambling to lace the globe with optical fiber components to meet an anticipated explosion in bandwidth demand. The arguably irrational exuberance and speculation during this time made the Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) the most dazzling industry trade show to attend for an ingenuous new...
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OFC 2023 Extends Its In-Person Format with a Hybrid Conference
The 2023 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) returns to San Diego March 5-9, bringing a projected 12,000-plus attendees, 500-plus exhibitors, and dozens of cutting-edge technical sessions. This year’s in-person conference will be supported by a hybrid format to help extend its reach to a global audience. The live event’s multitude of displays and highlights...
Laser Safety
Visual Light Transmittance Is Not So Transparent
Every user of laser protective eyewear is told to select his or her gear based on a limited number of factors. These might include the wavelengths the eyewear covers, its optical density/beam attenuation capabilities, its fit and angular coverage, and its visual light transmittance (VLT). The guiding principle for VLT is that laser protective eyewear should transmit enough light in the visible...
Technology News
Interferometric Method Measures Interactions at Zeptosecond Speed
According to researchers at the Australian Attosecond Science Facility and the Centre for Quantum Dynamics of Griffith University, building an interferometer in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) region...
Nanoscope Offers Views Into Quantum Computations
A newly developed microscope housed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory is poised to help researchers understand — and ultimately develop — the inner...
Silicon Photonics Accelerates On-Chip Neural Network Training
Researchers from George Washington University (GWU) have introduced a strategy for training deep neural networks the benefits of using photonics to execute artificial intelligence (AI) applications....
Atypical Accelerator Yields Free-Electron Lasing in UV
The extremely intense light pulses generated by free-electron lasers (FELs) are versatile tools in research. In the x-ray range, they can be used to analyze the details of atomic structures of a wide...
Fiber Technology Invented in 1970s Enters Quantum Age
Following its development by a team at Corning in 1970, low-loss optical fiber became the best means to efficiently transport information from one place to another over long distances without loss of...
Diode Demonstration Establishes Efficient Route to Sterile Settings
Since their introduction in the 1960s, laser diodes have been developed and commercialized for a number of applications with wavelengths ranging from infrared to blue-violet. Examples of this...
Ultrafast Bursts Extend Chip Lithography Below Surface
Because semiconductors serve as the backbone of modern technologies including cellphones, cars, robots, and other devices, the continuous need for miniaturized and powerful chips is placing increased...
IDEA Project Lights Way for Industrial-Scale Laser 3D Printing
Following completion of a multiyear project, collaborators on an initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have reported their demonstration of a production approach...
Optical Delay Scanning Gets Dual Boost
Various applications of pulsed laser sources rely on the ability to produce a series of pulse pairs with a stepwise increasing delay between them. Implementing such optical delay scanning with high...
Quantum-Assisted Coating Could Cool Indoor Spaces Without Using Energy
To cool buildings more efficiently, researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Kyung Hee University in South Korea developed a high-performance, transparent radiative cooler (TRC) using quantum...
Industry News
German Project to Develop Components for 6G, Measurement Technology
TOPTICA Photonics has initiated its involvement in the 6G ADLANTIK Project to develop components based on photonic-electronic integration for the terahertz frequency range. Under the project umbrella, collaborators will create signal sources and detectors that cover almost the entire targeted frequency range of 6G mobile radio. TOPTICA will build stabilized laser systems, optical frequency combs,...
Microsoft Acquires Hollow-Core Fiber Innovator Lumenisity
Microsoft has acquired Lumenisity Ltd., a supplier of next-generation hollow-core fiber (HCF) solutions. The acquisition will expand Microsoft’s ability to further optimize its global cloud...
Companies Cooperate to Upgrade Laser System of ELI for Nuclear Physics
Advanced technology corporation Thales has partnered with German fusion technology company Marvel Fusion and the ELI-NP (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics) in Romania to upgrade the...
Lockheed Martin, RAFAEL to Collaborate on Laser System
Lockheed Martin and RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. have signed an agreement that includes jointly developing, testing, and manufacturing high-energy laser weapon systems (HELWS) in the U.S. and...
Aeluma and RFSUNY Team Up to Aid AIM Photonics
Semiconductor sensor technology company Aeluma has entered into an agreement with the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RFSUNY) in support of AIM Photonics. Aeluma and AIM...
Lightwave Logic Acquires Polymer Tech, Assets from Chromosol
Lightwave Logic Inc., an optical communications technology company, has acquired the polymer technology and intellectual property assets of Chromosol Ltd., a spinout company from Queen Mary,...
BluGlass, Ganvix Partner to Develop Green Gallium Nitride VCSELs
Semiconductor technology company BluGlass has signed a paid development agreement with Ganvix Inc., a developer of gallium nitride (GaN) VCSELs, to develop GaN VCSELs for green wavelengths (515 to...
Cook to Helm AIM Photonics
William “Wade” Cook will serve as the executive director of AIM Photonics, the public-private partnership of industry and federal and state governments dedicated to advancing photonic...
Metrology Center Adds to Growing Dutch Photonics Ecosystem
The Netherlands’ Photonic Integration Technology Center (PITC) has launched a dedicated metrology program, aimed at developing design-for-test methodologies and new product characterization and...
Lighter Side
Mechanochromic is the new black
Clothing has always used color to convey cultural identity, societal functions, or social standing. But, for centuries, fabric colors were subject to exacting mineral extractions and tortuous supply chains that consigned humanity’s limited palette to a lucky few. As a consequence, for much of our history, the evolution of color in clothing could be measured in eras. In fourth-century...
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Mounted Color Filters
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