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In this episode: An old imaging method finds new use for next-gen tech, the latest business news roundup, and ultrafast on-off switch control.
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From warehouse floors to the cloud, Lumotive’s LCM technology bridges the physical and digital worlds through software-defined light.
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Learning Resources

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Case Study: Endoscopic Otoscope Lens
Advancing Endoscopic Otoscope Lens Manufacturing in Biomedical Engineering Avantier delivers high-precision medical device machining and assembly solutions tailored ...
Sept. 26, 2025
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High-Precision Infrared Objective Lenses for Analytical Instruments
Project Background Avantier partnered with a leading scientific instrumentation company to design, produce, and supply High-Precision Infrared Objective Lenses. These custom optical...
Sept. 22, 2025
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Case Study Precision MgF₂ Hyper Spherical Dome for Airborne Optical Systems
Project Background: Large-Aperture Infrared Dome for Airborne Systems A defense industry customer approached us to evaluate the feasibility of producing a large-format infrared...
Sept. 15, 2025
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Sponsored
Laser reliability is critical to ensuring precision, uptime, and safety in a wide range of industries. This whitepaper will examine how lasers perform over time, the impact of...
Sept. 9, 2025

Lasers/Sources

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The OCI-460 shortwave-infrared (SWIR) LEDs combine a silicone dome and ceramic package for thermal efficiency.
Sept. 24, 2025
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The Cobolt Disco 785-nm single-frequency laser has use in Raman spectroscopy measurements and holography.
Sept. 18, 2025
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‘Temporal symmetry breaking’ marks a paradigm shift in active photonics. By enabling ultrafast control over light-matter interactions within metasurface resonators, it paves the...
Sept. 15, 2025
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SEM image of a curved double-chirped mirror before gold electroplating (for heat removal). Credit: Qing Hu’s group/MIT
Researchers combine an air-dielectric slab double-chirped mirror (DCM) and quantum cascade laser (QCL) to create a longwave-infrared (LWIR) frequency comb within a compact system...
Sept. 12, 2025

Optics

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Fiber-optic coils are used in optical gyroscopes and advanced inertial sensing systems.
Sept. 22, 2025
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ODiate Raman longpass optical filters are optimized to block 488-, 532-, 632.8-, and 785-nm laser lines.
Sept. 12, 2025
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A Red Pitaya board in LongPath Technologies' field-deployed cabinet.
Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can provide adaptability at the hardware level—a blank slate of digital hardware engineers can rewire at will.
Sept. 8, 2025
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The Aura family of 1550-nm noiseless indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) avalanche photodiodes (APDs) adds a 30-µm optical window version.
Sept. 6, 2025

Quantum

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Singular Photonics’ Andarta sensor.
At University of Edinburgh spinout Singular Photonics, we’re redefining single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) technology by building sensors that integrate computational intelligence...
Sept. 10, 2025
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Episode 65 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Part Three of our interview with Robin Hawk, CEO of Galxyz LLC.
Aug. 19, 2025
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Optical metasurfaces can control light by leveraging chirality—difference of a shape from its mirror image or its ‘handedness’—and it can be tuned via polarized light as a simple...
Aug. 13, 2025
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Episode 64 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Part Two of our interview with Robin Hawk, CEO of Galxyz LLC.
Aug. 12, 2025

Test/Measurement

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The LD250mTC5 LAB Series temperature control instrument has a 250-mA laser diode current capacity for cumulative current noise of 3 µA.
Sept. 16, 2025
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ImageQuality Hub software provides harmonization and visualization of measurement data for image quality.
Sept. 8, 2025
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Infiltration of the nanosensor solution into a plant leaf.
Making it easier to monitor plants and their growth, a first-of-its-kind nanosensor could help safeguard healthy crops.
Aug. 21, 2025
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Reflections in nature can lead to reflections in the mind and lab.
Integrating novel magneto-plasmonic cryosorets onto a photonic crystal interface enables harnessing both electric and magnetic components of light—and it shows promise for highly...
Aug. 14, 2025

Detectors/Imaging

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The ARveo 8x hybrid surgical microscope is designed for neurosurgery, spine, and plastic reconstructive procedures.
Sept. 26, 2025
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Episode 69 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Jeroen Hoet, cofounder and CEO of eyeo.
Sept. 16, 2025
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The LiSaSWIR shortwave-infrared (SWIR) line-scan camera and sensor is designed for the inspection of silicon wafers, solar panels, and waste management.
Sept. 14, 2025
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The Visoria upright microscope series offers models for industries spanning life sciences to geology.
Aug. 27, 2025

Executive Forum

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U.S. Patent application submissions (yearly).
Aug. 14, 2025