2022 in review: Laser Focus World’s top-10 most-read stories

Dec. 19, 2022
What were the top-10 stories we published in 2022? Here’s a refresher.

Each year, we at Laser Focus World enjoy taking a look back on what interested you, our audience, the most. In doing so, it not only shines a light on what stories were the most popular—it also helps to guide us on topics where we can expand our coverage in the future.

Click through each photo above to see what were our top-10 most-read stories published in 2022, or view them in descending order below:

10. The metrology story behind the James Webb Space Telescope

9. Scaling up quantum processors

8. VCSELs: From telecom to the metaverse

7. World’s first metasurface for consumer electronics makes commercial debut

6. A new way to 3D-print precision glass optics?

5. Laser beam scanning fuels augmented reality’s future

4. Scaling metalenses for mass manufacturing

3. High-energy laser weaponry delivers speed-of-light ‘hard kills’ to drones

2. The metalens revolution is well underway

1. Advanced lasers shed new light on the future of AR smart glasses

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