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How to Preserve Your Laser Optics Against UV Degradation
Ultraviolet laser optics tend to have limited lifetimes, due primarily to two processes: laser-induced contamination (LIC) and UV fatigue. LIC is caused by the deposition of unwanted material on the surface of the optic, whereas UV fatigue results from the breakdown of the optic due to cumulative exposure to UV light. Both degrade the performance of optics over time until the effects become...
Chalcogenide Glass Sharpens the Outlook for Infrared Imaging
Chalcogenide glasses — more commonly known as chalcogenides — have been around for some time and offer several benefits over other IR optical materials. They are comparatively lightweight, offer...
Manufacturing Methods Make Freeform Optics More Accessible
From applications in ophthalmology, endoscopy, and microscopy — to use in head-up displays, lidar systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, and satellites — freeform optics are enhancing the...
Five Common Design Mistakes Can Send PIC Packaging Costs Skyrocketing
We have all heard that photonic integrated circuits (PICs) can pack a ton of functionality into high-performance, energy-efficient, and low-cost microchips, as well as the promise that they will...
Ultrashort-Pulsed Lasers Ramp Up the Power
If lasers helped to redefine many manufacturing operations, then ultrashort-pulsed (USP) lasers promise to revolutionize them. They can process almost any material, and they can do so with a...
EDITORIAL
Ending scientific collaboration will not end risks
Though the drift away from globalization has unfolded slowly during the past several years, it would be hard by now for anyone to miss the gap growing between the U.S. and China. Fueled by intellectual property disputes, trade wars, an apparent spy balloon, and increasingly stringent controls over exports and investments, the long-fraught commercial competition between the two countries looks...
INDUSTRY INSIGHT
Laser Market Update
The International Laser Marketplace Seminar, traditionally held as part of the LASER World of Photonics event in Munich, has provided a reliable source for market and trend information in the field of industrial laser systems. Global markets for industrial lasers have changed considerably since analyst Arnold Mayer of Optech Consulting introduced the seminar 32 years ago. “When we started...
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Fiber Optic Tag Enables Efficient All-Optical Link Encryption
In an advancement that could improve the way that optical distribution networks are maintained, researchers at Shenzhen University have demonstrated an encrypted fiber optic tag for all-optical...
Rochester Proof of Principle Makes Fusion Targets Mass-Producible
Researchers at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have demonstrated a method that aims to make inertial confinement fusion suitable for affordable mass...
Photonic Chip Drives Scalable Data Transfer
Systems that run artificial intelligence programs, such as large language models, face a “bandwidth bottleneck” that can limit the amount of data they transfer between nodes. Using light...
Femtosecond Fiber Laser Ushers in New Class of Visible Sources
Researchers from Laval University reported the development of the first fiber laser that can produce femtosecond pulses in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Fiber lasers producing...
Photonic Chip Transforms Single Light Beam into Multiple
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised a photonic circuit on a chip that transforms a single incoming beam of laser light into a panoply of new beams,...
Metasurfaces Exert Control Over Darkness
Researchers led by Federico Capasso at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed methods to exert control over points of darkness, rather than light, using...
Optical Isolator Guards Against Unwanted Reflections
An optical isolator developed at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) could drastically improve optical systems for many practical applications. Many optical...
Active-passive GaN Scheme Shows Promise for Photonic Integration
Researchers from Nanjing University have proposed an active-passive photonic integration scheme that showcases a photonic integrated circuit chip that combines a light source, modulator, photodiode,...
Novel Hybrid Material Facilitates Photon Upconversion
University of California, Riverside (UCR) researchers have designed a composite material that offers powerful photon upconversion capabilities and that could support a range of light-driven...
Time-Resolved Spectroscopy Peers in on Irreversible Phenomena
A team of researchers at the University of Ottawa developed a terahertz (THz) spectroscopy technique for recording movies in real time at 50,000 fps. High-speed video captures and slow-motion movies...
INDUSTRY NEWS
NUBURU Contracts with NASA to Trial Blue Laser-Based Power Beaming
NUBURU will demonstrate the feasibility of using its blue laser technology for power beaming in space following an award from NASA through the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...
G&H Acquires GS Optics, Artemis Optical
G&H has made its second acquisition in less than a month, acquiring Artemis Optical, a developer and manufacturer of thin-film coatings. The deal is worth up to £8.9 million ($11.5...
Laser Fusion Company EX-Fusion Raises $12.8M in Seed Round
Japanese laser fusion company EX-Fusion has closed an oversubscribed ¥1.8 billion ($12.8 million) seed round designed to further accelerate the commercial development of its laser fusion...
Dutch Foundry SMART Photonics Secures $111M in Financing
SMART Photonics, a foundry for photonic integrated circuits (PIC), has secured an additional round of funding of €100 million ($111 million) from a group of Dutch industry and finance investors....
IonQ and QuantumBasel Partner on Quantum Data Center
Quantum computing developer IonQ has partnered with QuantumBasel to jointly establish a European quantum data center. Two generations of quantum computers will be installed on site. The first quantum...
Q.ANT and IMS CHIPS Collaborate on Quantum Chips
Quantum technology startup Q.ANT and the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS) signed an agreement to jointly manufacture quantum photonic chips. Chips for quantum processors are...
Metalenz, UMC Team for Metasurface Optics Market Launch
Metalenz has partnered with semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) to begin mass production of its metasurface optics using semiconductor manufacturing processes. With this...
Intel Sells Minority Stake in IMS Nanofabrication
Intel will divest an approximately 20% stake in its IMS Nanofabrication GmbH business to Bain Capital in a transaction that values IMS at approximately $4.3 billion. The transaction is expected to...
DERMALOG Acquires JENETRIC’s Contactless Scan Technology
DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH, a manufacturer of fingerprint, face, and iris identification technology, has agreed to acquire biometric identification technology company JENETRIC GmbH....
Laser Measurement Adds Precision to Engine Core Technologies
Partners from aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney and Virginia Tech have developed an optical technology to calculate engine thrust to allow high-fidelity measurements of gas turbine engine...
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Indian Hills Community College (IHCC)
For more than 31 years, IHCC has offered an associate-level degree in applied science in laser and optics technology. More than 700 technicians have graduated from IHCC and are working in the laser/photonics industry throughout the U.S. and internationally. Companies that have hired graduates include Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Raytheon, Mazak, Northrop Grumman, IDEX, Lumenis, DRS...
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Smart pants can tell when you're kicking it
The term “smart dresser” typically describes someone with a strong sense of style or who is fashion-forward. Researchers from the Federal University of Espírito Santo in Brazil took a more literal interpretation of the term when they developed pants laced with fiber optic sensors that were able to remotely monitor a wearer’s physical activity. The aim of the so-called...
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