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Therapy-induced senescent (TIS) cells are cancer cells that become resistant to therapies and enter a dormant stage. These cells can emerge from dormancy and induce tumor resistance and relapse. To provide insight into how TIS cells evolve, it is crucial to develop simple, reproducible methods to study the onset and progression of these cells in human cancer cell cultures.

An international team from Johns Hopkins University and Italy’s Politecnico di Milano, Fondazione Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche developed a noninvasive, multimodal imaging technique to allow early identification of TIS cells. The new technique could improve clinical outcomes by enabling more comprehensive research into...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Microscopy_Methods_Combine_to_Detect/a69380 A69380 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT
The researchers used indirect OLED pumping to power the laser. They built an integrated device structure that efficiently coupled an OLED that had very high light output with a polymer-based, distributed feedback laser.

Most organic semiconductor lasers are optically pumped by another laser — a complicated, expensive process. Electrical pumping, which involves injecting a current to generate a population inversion, is challenging to achieve in organic...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/OLEDs_Could_Be_Solution_to_Electrically_Driven/a69376 A69376 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT
The news comes one week after ams OSRAM said it will receive more than €300 million from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the Free State of Bavaria to support investments in the R&D of innovative optoelectronic components at its Regensburg, Germany, location, which is home to ams OSRAM’s Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH.

In July, the...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/ams_Osram_Unveils_Refinancing_Plan_as_Company/a69371 A69371 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Terahertz (THz) waves can be used to probe the magnetic properties of new materials. Efficient THz wave generation could advance applications in energy harvesting, ultrafast electronics, and THz spectroscopy.

Bright, coherent THz light sources can be achieved via high-frequency, high-density charge currents. It is possible to produce strong current density that is several orders of magnitude higher than what is typically found in electronic devices, by exciting nanometer-scale, metallic interfaces with femtosecond laser pulses.

To harness the power of high-density charge currents for generating THz waves, researchers at Fudan University, Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, and Beijing Normal University developed an...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/THz_Generation_Technique_Could_Transform_Field_of/a69368 A69368 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Postpartum hemorrhage, the leading and most preventable cause of maternal mortality, can be hard to detect, because physiological compensation mechanisms can mask excessive bleeding. In the early stages of hemorrhage, the sympathetic nervous system becomes activated to ensure adequate perfusion of vital organs and, in turn, vital signs remain stable.

Worldwide, the most common methods of diagnosing postpartum hemorrhage are visual estimation of blood loss or monitoring of vital signs. Blood loss is routinely underestimated beyond the point of early intervention.

To diagnose postpartum hemorrhage in its early stages, a multidisciplinary research team at Washington University in St. Louis developed a wearable optical device that...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Wearable_Sensor_Could_Lower_Mortality_Due_to/a69365 A69365 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Policymakers and appointed officials outlined many of the U.S. government’s foremost priorities in science and technology, joining with leaders from the photonics sector in Washington, D.C., last week for the second SPIE Photonics Industry Summit. The one-day summit placed a premium on using industry collaboration to help spur economic and technological advancement, with additional focus on workforce development and education.

The event built on last year’s inaugural Industry Summit, which SPIE held six weeks after the CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law. The legislation factored prominently in the program again in 2023, with the road to securing funding under the Chips and Science Act placing high up among...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Critical_Tech_Policy_Priorities_at_the_Fore_of/a69366 A69366 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT
A burgeoning growth in machine learning applications is occurring alongside shrinking computing resources. As computers approach the limits of their power according to Moore’s law, the need to design platforms that support the computational demands of machine learning applications intensifies.

Lightning, a hybrid computing platform developed by an MIT research team, is the first photonic computing system to serve machine learning inference requests in real time. Lightning is a reconfigurable, photonic-electronic, smart network interface card (smartNIC) that is both fast and energy-efficient.

Unlike their electronic counterparts, photonic computing devices lack the memory or instructions to control dataflows. Lightning...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Photonic-Electronic_NIC_Serves_Live_Machine/a69364 A69364 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Monroe Community College received a $5.1 million grant from the Department of Defense’s Manufacturing Engineering Education Program (MEEP) to fund its optics and photonics associate degree programs. The funding is part of $53 million recently distributed by the National Defense Education Program to 13 organizations. This is the second time Monroe has been awarded funding through the MEEP program, as the nation’s first community college to administer associate degrees in precision optics.

The collaboration will use ASMPT’s hardware and Teramount’s optical elements. Courtesy of Teramount.
REGENSBURG, Germany — ASMPT AMICRA, a supplier of ultrahigh-precision die attach equipment, and Teramount Ltd., a...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Monroe_CC_Awarded_5M_by_DOD_ASMPT_AMICRA/a69363 A69363 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Researchers from Innolux Corp. have developed a 3.1-in. light-field liquid crystal display (LCD) featuring an ultrahigh pixel density to overcome limitations in near-eye display, such as light-field resolution issues. Light-field technology could also have applications beyond VR displays, such as in vision correction for VR systems.

Near-eye displays are vital to portable devices, providing individuals with immersive virtual reality experiences. The primary objectives in developing these displays are to create immersive experiences and ensure visual comfort. While a larger field of view (FOV) enhances immersion in virtual reality, addressing the vergence-accommodation conflict (VAC), a phenomenon that occurs when one’s eyes...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Using_LCDs_to_Create_a_More_Comfortable/a69362 A69362 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Oculi, developer of a smart, programmable vision sensor, took home $1 million in follow-on funding and Company of the Year honors as the winner of Luminate’s sixth cohort. Awardees, including a three-way tie for the Distinguished Graduate Award, were named Sept. 27 during the Luminate 2023 finals, held at The Theater at Innovation Square in Rochester.

Oculi, a spinout of Johns Hopkins University, is developing smart programmable vision sensors based on the company’s Real-Time Vision Intelligence developed by founder and CEO Charbel Rizk at Johns Hopkins. The OCULI SPU (Sensing and Processing Unit) is an integrated sensing and processing module designed to mimic the human eye in selectively delivering information to make...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Oculis_Smart_Sensors_Earn_Top_Prize_at_Luminate/a69360 A69360 Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
With the development of a single-layer, blue-emitting OLED, researchers at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Polymer Research demonstrated that one-layer OLEDs can achieve a performance level comparable to commercial OLEDs with multiple layers, while simplifying OLED design, fabrication, and analysis.

Early OLEDs had a simple device structure. A semiconducting layer was sandwiched between two electrodes. Holes were injected into the organic semiconductor layer via the anode, and electrons via the cathode. Since then, considerable efficiency gains have been made by increasing the number of functional layers in OLEDs.

However, multilayer OLEDs are complex to design and fabricate. The need for additional fabrication steps can...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Single-Layer_OLED_Design_Offers_Efficiency/a69361 A69361 Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Austria-based ams OSRAM will receive more than €300 million ($317.3 million) in funding over the next five years from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the Free State of Bavaria. The Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) funding will support the company in making its own investments in the R&D of innovative optoelectronic components at its Regensburg location, which is home to ams OSRAM's Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH.

The company said that its main investment beyond activities supporting R&D pursuits will target manufacturing processes, creating 400 jobs. ams OSRAM will invest in new cleanroom and laboratory facilities for research, development, and pilot...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/ams_OSRAM_to_Receive_300M_in_Funding_to_Drive/a69355 A69355 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Researchers at Chalmers University have developed a method to make microcombs 10 times more efficient, opening pathways to discovery in space and health care, and paving the way for high-performance lasers in a range of technologies. The team has established a company to commercialize the new technology.

Laser frequency combs can measure frequency with extreme levels of precision, analogous to a ruler made of light. The principle is based on a laser sending photons that circulate within a small cavity — a so-called microresonator — where the light is divided into a wide range of frequencies. These frequencies are precisely positioned in relation to each other, like the markings on a ruler. Therefore, a new kind of light...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/More_Efficient_Microcombs_on_Road_to/a69347 A69347 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
SPIE will bring together photonics industry stakeholders and U.S. government representatives and elected officials at its second Industry Summit, taking place Sept. 27 in Washington, D.C. The single-day event features discussions, presentations, and panel sessions that aim to provide critical insights into many of the technologies and initiatives that hold implications for the photonics sector.

The event builds on last year’s inaugural summit, held in the aftermath of the CHIPS and Science Act becoming law. Eric Lin, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) interim CHIPS Research and Development Program director, will participate in a semiconductor technologies and manufacturing panel alongside...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Policy_Technology_Innovation_Take_Focus_at/a69344 A69344 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
An on-demand optical system for exporting target droplets from a static droplet array (SDA) provides a simple way to export specific cells or analytes for analysis without compromising efficiency or accuracy. Researchers at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed the system, called optical on-demand droplet release (OODR). The developers and their collaborators believe that OODR could promote SDAs as a valuable tool for use with high-capacity screening assays with applications in diverse fields. They said that the technique in its current stage of development has the potential to be used in single-molecule/cell analysis, drug screening, and phenotype-based cell sorting.

...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Single-Cell_Analysis_Fluidics_Tool_Delivers_on/a69339 A69339 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Automotive technology solutions developer indie Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company whose technology supports driver safety and automation, has acquired EXALOS AG. The Swiss photonics company specializes in the design of high-performance optical semiconductors. The deal, which indie said accelerates design-in opportunities with Tier One and automotive OEMs, expands indie’s advanced driver assistance and user experience portfolio with near-infrared and visible superluminescent LED (SLED) products, as well as semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) products. Specifically, indie said that EXALOS’ SLEDs for fiber optic gyroscope and SOAs will complement its existing portfolio of laser and silicon photonics products geared...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Indie_Semiconductor_Acquires_EXALOS_AG/a69336 A69336 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:26:54 GMT
The NTT Corp. and Kitami Institute of Technology (KIT) achieved a milestone in high-speed communications. The two organizations were able to deliver electric power exceeding 1 W to a remote location 10 km distant using a single optical fiber.

Optical communication technology and wireless access are essential for high-speed data communication. However, providing power to remote areas to establish base stations for radio access and optical communication transmitters and receivers remains a challenge. Additionally, natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, fires, hurricanes, and typhoons may result in prolonged power outages, underscoring the need for rapid communication in affected regions.

Researchers have been...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/NTT_Produces_Optical_Power_Supply_for_High-Speed/a69333 A69333 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
The ability to measure the size and color of the light at the same time could improve a crucial step in chipmaking — lithography — by enabling lithography machines to make smaller, faster chips. To produce the microsize chips used in most electronic devices, lithography machines need precision-engineered lenses, mirrors, and light sources.

“Traditionally, we could only look...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Precise_Measuring_Tool_for_Light_Source_Could/a69335 A69335 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
DARPA has selected three teams, led by RTX Corp., Draper, and BEAM Co., to develop wireless optical power relays for its Persistent Optical Wireless Relay (POWER) program. The program, which will develop energy distribution through airborne wireless power transfer, sets out goals including the demonstration of key components necessary for a resilient, speed-of-light energy network.
Artist’s concept of a wireless energy distribution system. DARPA selected three teams to develop wireless optical power relays for its Persistent Optical Wireless Relay (POWER) program. The program will develop energy distribution through airborne wireless power transfer. Its goals include the demonstration of components necessary for a speed-of-light...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/DARPA_Pegs_Design_Teams_for_Power_Beaming_Relay/a69330 A69330 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Michael Ersoni, Excelitas’ executive vice president of commercial business, noted the complementary nature of both companies’ technologies — notably, Heraeus...]]> https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Excelitas_Technologies_to_Acquire_Heraeus/a69331 A69331 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:35:57 GMT