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  • Volume 58, Issue 10

    • Volume 58, Issue 10

    FIGURE 1. Maximum power of fiber lasers used in cutting systems from 2016.
    Laser Processing

    Advances in cutting with ultrahigh-power fiber lasers

    Rouzbeh Sarrafi
    Sept. 20, 2022
    Ultrahigh-power fiber lasers enable fast, high-quality thick cutting, including air-assist cutting of steels, and offer many advantages over other cutting options.
    (Courtesy of Sébastien Dolidon, for Quandela/Matt La Prod)
    FIGURE 1. Quandela’s stand-alone single-photon source.
    Optics

    Integrated photonics for quantum applications

    Panagiotis Vergyris
    Sept. 19, 2022
    Integrated quantum photonics offers a paradigm shift for quantum computing, quantum communications, and quantum sensing.
    (Courtesy of Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science)
    FIGURE 1. Red fluorescence of the Eu-MOF illuminates on a non-fluorescent porous plate under a UV lamp.
    Detectors & Imaging

    Chemistry and optical sensing combo boosts food safety

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 15, 2022
    By pairing chemistry with a new optical sensing platform, scientists are shining light on food quality and safety.
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    Executive Forum

    SPIE Industry Report shows marketplace growth

    Peter Fretty
    Sept. 15, 2022
    The optics and photonics community has hit significant milestones in the latest industry report from industry association SPIE.
    (Courtesy of Patrick Dodson)
    FIGURE 1. A lens on SupreMEtric’s nondestructive spectroscopy-based system produces an inverted image of researchers.
    Test & Measurement

    Spectroscopy goes from lab to crime scene

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 13, 2022
    Crime scene investigation can be difficult when evidence is scarce, or when there is no way to efficiently and accurately analyze it. Researchers are alleviating such challenges...

    More content from Volume 58, Issue 10

    (Photo credit: Young Min Song, GIST)
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    Optics

    Fiddler crabs’ compound eyes inspire amphibious panoramic camera

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Sept. 12, 2022
    Researchers combine novel optical engineering, nonplanar imaging, and flexible electronics to create a “crab-eye camera” designed for both aquatic and terrestrial environments...
    Elizabeth Illy, head of marketing for HÜBNER Photonics and director of marketing, regional sales at Cobolt, a HÜBNER company.
    Lasers & Sources

    Faces in Photonics: Elizabeth Illy, HÜBNER Photonics

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 9, 2022
    Meet Elizabeth Illy, the head of marketing for HÜBNER Photonics and director of marketing, regional sales at Cobolt, now a HÜBNER company.
    (Courtesy of James Y. S. Tan)
    FIGURE 1. A new on-chip optical processor is challenging the conventional building blocks of AI systems.
    Science & Research

    AI hardware challenges conventional system designs

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 9, 2022
    A new associative learning-based technique could pave the way toward faster, more efficient optical computing.
    (Courtesy of Cheng-Yang Liu, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
    Using spider silk as an optical fiber, researchers are creating a sensor to detect blood glucose and other biochemical analytes in the body in real time.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Spinning silk into biosensors

    Justine Murphy
    Sept. 8, 2022
    Treating spider silk as fiber optics, researchers are examining its use in biomedical applications.
    (Photo credit: Delta Diagnostics)
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    Commentary

    PIC-king away at opportunities

    Peter Fretty
    Sept. 7, 2022
    The benefits of embracing photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have understandably piqued the interest of major computer manufacturers.
    FIGURE 1. Solid-state PIC scanner.
    Optics

    Photonic integrated circuits pave the way for autonomous mobility

    Michael Richter
    Sept. 7, 2022
    With photonic integration reaching the steering wheel, autonomous mobility may help enable the future of transportation.
    (Photo credit: S. Zhou)
    FIGURE 1. In Marandi’s lab (from right to left): Q. Guo, A. Marandi, L. Ledezma, and R. Sekine.
    Science & Research

    An ultrafast all-optical switch based on nonlinear photonics?

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Aug. 30, 2022
    Caltech engineers built an all-optical switch ideal for time-division multiplexing, and it may enable time-multiplexed information processing and computing architectures to tap...
    The Emergent Photonics group presenting the microcomb during the quantum showcase, from left to right: Vittorio Cecconi, Antonio Cutronia, Luana Olivieri, Alessia Pasquazi, Maxwell Rowley, and Luke Peters.
    Science & Research

    Portable optical clocks stay ‘on,’ thanks to a microcomb trick

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Aug. 26, 2022
    By inserting the microcavity inside a laser, scientists generate soliton pulses to keep portable optical clocks in an ‘on’ state.
    (Photo credit: The Nanophotonics and Metamaterials research group at the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre)
    Doctoral research student Jindiang Li working on experimental measurements of optomechanical transmission symmetry.
    Science & Research

    Optical forces dynamically reconfigure nanomechanical photonic metamaterials

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Aug. 19, 2022
    Active nano-optomechanical ‘metadevices’ open the door for development of compact, low-power photonic switching devices.
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    Executive Forum

    2022 Innovators Awards: Meet the winners

    Peter Fretty
    Aug. 18, 2022
    Record number of entries yields astonishing class of honorees for LFW's 2022 Innovators Awards.