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    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 28, 2025
    Quantum optics and advanced nanophotonics combo enables precise control of entangled holographic information.

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    Existing methods to tune bandgaps of perovskite quantum dots—which are less than ideal because they rely on chemical modifications or high-temperature reactions—just got an environmenta...
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    In Episode 44 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast, Antonio Castelo, EPIC’s technology manager for Biomedical and Lasers, talks with Alexander Weigl, head of product ...
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    The full process of fabrication of Exail’s micro-optical assembly in free space—from active optical alignment to gluing and assembling process—is based on technologies proven for the constraints of space deployment.
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    Optical transceivers enable complex space optical communications

    Hervé Gouraud
    March 24, 2025
    Exail recently helped demonstrate ultrahigh-speed (10 Gbps) optical downlink and uplink transmissions between the TELecoms on all Earth Orbits (TELEO) geostationary in-orbit demonstrato...

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    Researcher Minghao Qi, a professor at Purdue University, with the team’s setup.

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    March 28, 2025
    In this episode: A two-way space laser comms triumph, the latest business news headlines, and light-activated ink aids cardiac therapy.
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    March 21, 2025
    In this episode: Fiber optics monitor brain injuries, the latest business news, and graphene helps advance flexible displays.
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    Justine Murphy
    March 14, 2025
    In this episode: Novel flat lenses detect color, this week's photonics business news roundup, and new nanosensors upend conventional tech.

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