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    The portable smartphone-based Raman spectrometer system is capable of detecting and analyzing chemicals and other materials in the field.
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    Smartphone-based Raman spectrometer is cost effectively convenient

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 20, 2024
    From texting and navigation to banking and video streaming, smartphones are among the most multifaceted technologies ever developed. And now, chemical detection has joined its...

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    Episode 17 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features our Light News photonics news roundup for September 17, 2024.
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    Photonics Hot List: September 20, 2024

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 20, 2024
    In this episode: a microscope setup boosts brain imaging, a novel simulator covers the imaging pipeline, and topology emerges as quantum powerhouse.
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    Photonics Hot List: September 13, 2024

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 13, 2024
    In this episode: mini lasers fill ‘green gap’ in the visible spectrum, a FBG sensor-based system monitors railways, and a silicon photonic microchip boosts quantum apps.
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    Photonics Hot List: Celebrating 100 episodes

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    In this episode: a new Raman device allows on-site detection, 3D nanofabrication is possible inside silicon wafers, and we mark our 100th episode!

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