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Photonics Spectra - October 2022


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3D Printing Creates New Optical Possibilities Emerging 3D printing technology is transforming once-impossible designs of optical components into optimized elements that can improve medical instruments, research tools, communications systems, and consumer devices. In 3D printing, an additive process prints an entire optical component one tiny particle at a time, enabling designs that combine multiple functions in a single lens or pre-align a...
Optical Frequency Combs Reach Beyond Research Optical frequency combs (OFCs) measure the oscillations of light directly, delivering a level of precision superior to any other measurement technique. This feature of direct measurement is being...
UV Imaging Reveals Useful Details — at a Cost Feature sizes of modern electronics continue to shrink, approaching or even surpassing the wavelength of light, and equipment manufacturers are looking for new ways to improve the optical resolution...
Editorial
What the US CHIPS Act left out After lingering for two years in legislative gridlock, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 was finally passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives in July. President Biden quickly signed it into law, and early last month the Department of Commerce published its strategy for implementing the $52 billion that the bill designated to restore momentum to the nation’s domestic...
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The BioPhotonics Conference Places Biomedical Imaging and Medical Laser Innovations at the Fore Photonics Media’s second annual online BioPhotonics Conference, highlighting the latest advancements in optical biomedical and life sciences technology, will run Oct. 25-27. Attendees can expect an expansive lineup of presentations detailing the cutting-edge research and innovative technologies that are leading to improved diagnostics, treatments, and heightened understanding of the biophotonics...
Laser Safety
Laser Warning Lights: From Red Bulbs to Holograms From the very first use of lasers, a key safety practice has involved providing some type of indication to alert people that they are about to enter a room where a laser is on or powered up. Further emission indicators on the laser, its power supply, or both, are also routine. The ANSI standard Z136.1 for Safe Use of Lasers states: A Class 3B Laser Control Area (LCA) should and a Class 4 LCA...
Technology News
Hybrid Interferometer Achieves Record-breaking Strain Resolutions Researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have invented an ultrahigh-resolution interferometer that is sensitive enough to detect weak acoustic signals that are too faint to be picked up by other sensor types. The interferometer is based on a hybrid design that combines the advantages of a double-path configuration with the benefits of optical resonators. Nabil Md Rakinul...
Multicore Waveguides Herald Optimized Photonic, Quantum Chips A fabrication technique developed by researchers at the University of Oxford enabled the rapid production of waveguides in a chip with precisely controlled 3D cross sections that exhibited changing...
Optical Tweezing Resolves Quantum Computing Bottleneck A research team in Japan’s Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) has executed a two-qubit gate — a fundamental operation for quantum...
Mechanoluminescent Glass-Ceramic Could Provide Readout of Structural Strain A team at Friedrich Schiller University Jena has developed a glass-ceramic material that emits light in response to mechanical stress. With further development, the mechanoluminescent material could...
Chip-Based Beam-Steering Lights Way to Smaller, Cheaper Lidar Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark have developed a chip-based beam-steering device to reduce the size and cost of high-performance lidar technology. The device could have...
Needle-Shaped Beams Enhance OCT Image Quality Stanford University researchers have developed a method to create needle-shaped laser beams of varying lengths and diameters, capable of increasing the quality of images obtained by OCT and other...
New Optical Switch Could Lead to All-Optical Signal Processing An optical switch developed by Caltech researchers harnesses the property of optical nonlinearity and aims to enable ultrafast all-optical signal processing and computing. According to its...
Single-Frequency Laser Supports Smaller Optical Systems To overcome the challenges of single-mode lasing with a high Q factor, researchers from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics and collaborators demonstrated a single-frequency ultranarrow...
Broadband Photodetector Opens Up Sensing Possibilities in Robotics Engineers at the University of Glasgow designed and developed a flexible, broadband photodetector that could be used in an electronic skin for robotics, as well as in other sectors. Such a...
Micro-Ring Resonator Enables Fast, Accurate Detection of Ebola Virus A diagnostic technique for the Ebola virus uses a micro-ring resonator and a biomarker to quickly identify the presence of the virus in blood samples. Researchers at Washington University School of...
Defined Limits Help to Solidify Use of Spaceplates in Optical Systems Researchers at Cornell University have proposed a definition for the fundamental and practical limits of spaceplates, a technology developed to support the miniaturization of optical systems....
Direct Laser Welding Enables Adhesive-Free Fiber-to-Chip Connection Fraunhofer IZM researchers and partners have developed a laser welding technique to fix optical fibers to photonic integrated circuits (PICs), removing the need for adhesive bonding. The technology...
Gel Filters Various Wavelengths of Light as its Temperature Changes A colloidal gel developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated that it can control structural color and light transmission. Called SeedGel by its creators,...
3D Holographic Display Achieves Wide Viewing Angle A Beihang University research team created a holographic 3D display system that widens its viewing angle and enlarges image size through the simultaneous implementation of two different hologram...
Wearable Sensor Uses Raman Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis An ultrathin sensor spun from gold can be attached directly to the skin without irritation or discomfort. Developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo, the sensor is enabled by Raman...
Industry News
Edmund Optics Appoints Chair, CEO, as Robert Edmund Retires Edmund Optics has named Samuel Sadoulet CEO, succeeding Robert Edmund, who has retired. Sadoulet assumes responsibilities effective immediately. Samuel Sadoulet, CEO of Edmund Optics. Courtesy of...
IPG Sells Telecom Transmission Product Lines to Lumentum Lumentum has acquired IPG Photonics’ telecom transmission product lines, enhancing its application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and technology capabilities. The companies announced the...
SpaceLink, US Army Launch Collaboration SpaceLink, a space communication technology company, has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center to develop space communications pathways to...
NUBURU Merger to Take Company Public Blue laser technology company NUBURU entered an agreement with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Tailwind Acquisition to allow NUBURU to become a publicly traded company. Upon closing of the...
NIST Awards Nearly $4M Toward Metals-Based Additive Manufacturing The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded $3.7 million in grants to address current and future challenges to the implementation of metals-based additive manufacturing through...
SICK, Aeva Partner on Industrial Lidar Sensing perception system developer Aeva has partnered with SICK AG, a provider of industrial sensing solutions and cameras, in a multiyear collaboration to bring Aeva’s frequency-modulated...
Slingshot Aerospace Builds its Portfolio with Dual Acquisitions Space technology company Slingshot Aerospace has acquired Numerica’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) division and U.K.-based Seradata. Numerica’s SDA division includes what it claims to be...
Prisma Photonics Secures Investment for Gas Line Monitoring Tech Fiber sensing company Prisma Photonics received an investment from Israel Natural Gas Lines. News of the investment follows a deal between the parties last year in which Prisma is to implement its...
Innoviz to Provide Lidar for Volkswagen CARIAD SE, a software company developing functions for vehicles built on the Volkswagen Group’s volume software platform, has tapped Innoviz Technologies to supply lidar technology for...
Partnership Targets Analysis of Hyperspectral Data Obtained from Space Software company Metaspectral will work with HySpeed Computing, a remote sensing data access and analysis company, to deploy an Earth observation (EO) payload on the International Space Station. The...
Raytheon UK Makes Moves in Laser Weaponry and Space Surveillance Raytheon UK will open an advanced laser integration center in Livingston, Scotland. The center will be focused on testing, fielding, and maintenance of defensive high-energy laser (HEL) weapons....
Space Development Agency Awards 2 Missile-Tracking Contracts The Space Development Agency awarded two prototype agreements with a potential value of more than $1.3 billion for the establishment of the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer. The projects will provide the...
Joint Research Lab for Smart Glasses to Launch With $50M Investment Politenico di Milano and Milan-based lens technology and eyewear manufacturer EssilorLuxottica will establish a joint smart eyewear lab, aimed at designing smart glasses technology. The partnership...
II-VI, Artilux Demonstrate 3D Camera for Metaverse Semiconductor laser specialist II-VI and imaging technology company Artilux demonstrated a next-generation 3D camera with longer range and higher image resolution, geared toward enhancing user...
LASER-TEC College Profile
Front Range Community College Front Range Community College (FRCC) offers a two-year associate of applied science (AAS) degree program in optics technology, as well as a one-year certificate program. Both programs were developed with the support of the Colorado Photonics Industry Association (CPIA), which helps FRCC students to network with relevant employers, including Excelitas Technologies, Perkins Precision Developments,...
Lighter Side
Could lasers put cold brew on a hot streak? Not all that is cold is cool. Cold brew coffee, for example, is simply better than iced hot brew. If you don’t believe the studied opinions of millions of hipsters and millennials, then believe Technavio Research, which recently projected that the cold brew coffee market will grind out more than 26% compound annual growth between 2020 and 2025. If there’s one burnt bean that could sour this...
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