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    PODCAST: October 29, 2024 Light News

    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 29, 2024
    Episode 23 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features our Light News photonics news roundup for October 29, 2024.

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    Roger Steadman
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    For 50 years, computed tomography (CT) has been one of the most valuable diagnostic tools and, thanks to photon-counting detectors, the next revolution of computed tomography ...

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    A compact and lightweight single-photon airborne LiDAR system could enhance air and space applications such as 3D terrain mapping.

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    Photonics Hot List: October 25, 2024

    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 25, 2024
    In this episode: IR light aids brain injury recovery, a team creates the world’s thinnest flat lens, and business pairs advance next-gen tech.
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    Photonics Hot List: October 18, 2024

    Justine Murphy
    Oct. 18, 2024
    In this episode: Laser tech boosts greenhouse gas detection, a research team bridges standard and quantum internet, and funding advances photonics technologies.

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