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    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 5, 2025
    The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report about laser comms being built to support a network of Department of Defense (DoD) satellites—and recommends...
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    Iain McIntyre
    March 5, 2025
    This roundup summarizes photonics-related patent litigation and Patent Office procedures for February 2025.
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    Peter Fretty
    March 3, 2025
    Optics company leaders share their thoughts on the critical material export ban from China to the U.S., and how it is impacting optics manufacturers.
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    FIGURE 1. The photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology market. (Image credit: IDTechEx)
    Sam Dale
    Feb. 26, 2025
    IDTechEx shares technologies and trends emerging within the photonic integrated circuit market.
    Product advertisement for the “Talking Fly Swatter” from Amazon.com, accessed on June 22, 2022 (left) and “Finger Mounted Flyswatter” from U.S. Patent No. 7,484,328, issued to John Richard Daugherty on February 3, 2009 (right).
    Fred Thomas
    Feb. 24, 2025
    What is an invention? Most of us use the term “invention” loosely. I believe you will find a re-examination of the term worthwhile. In fact, if you’re the creative type, understanding...
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    SPIE celebrates the top-rated new optics and photonics products with the 2025 industry-focused Prism Awards.
    This year's awards recognized innovations in lasers, biomedical, quantum tech, sensors, and cameras and imaging.
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    Jenoptik’s Ralf Kuschnereit, Max-IR Lab's Trey Daunis, and 2025 SPIE President Peter de Groot.
    The SPIE Startup Challenge, held every year at SPIE Photonics West, showcases new businesses, products, and technologies that address critical needs by using photonics in the ...
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    Justine Murphy
    Jan. 28, 2025
    Episode 36 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features our Light News photonics news roundup for January 28, 2025.
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    Episode 35 of Following the Photons kicks off a monthly interview series presented by EPIC, the European Photonics Industry Consortium. It will showcase the people and companies...