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  • Volume 60, Issue 06

    • Volume 60, Issue 06

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    Commentary

    Three of my favorite photonics advances (so far) in 2024

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Aug. 14, 2024
    We get to see so much groundbreaking work in lasers, optics, photonics, and quantum going on throughout the year.
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    Test & Measurement

    Brillouin spectroscopy: A perspective into industrial applications

    Panagiotis Vergyris
    July 15, 2024
    The all-optical approach of Brillouin spectroscopy shows promise for an expansive array of industrial applications.
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    Detectors & Imaging

    Photodiodes can help save apples and the planet

    Abdel K. Ruvalcaba Perez
    July 11, 2024
    Food loss and waste are serious problems for mankind and for the planet, but low-cost sensors can assess fruit quality along the value chain.
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    Detectors & Imaging

    Pump-probe microscopy advances artwork restoration

    Justine Murphy
    July 10, 2024
    Using nonlinear optical imaging to detect chemical changes in paint pigment, researchers aim to help restore classic artwork to its original vibrancy.
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    Executive Forum

    Expansion paves way for European and North American PIC collaboration

    Peter Fretty
    July 9, 2024
    $1.2 billion backed photonic chip accelerator seeks to speed up the creation and adoption of advanced semiconductors enabled by integrated photonics.

    More content from Volume 60, Issue 06

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    Bio&Life Sciences

    Random-access Wi-Fi mesoscope enables flexible in vivo biodynamics imaging

    Sally Cole Johnson
    June 27, 2024
    Researchers in China create a new mesoscopy method to record in vivo biodynamics over a large scale at high spatiotemporal resolutions.
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    Test & Measurement

    U.S. Naval Research Lab explores cold-atom quantum inertial sensors for navigation

    Sally Cole Johnson
    June 17, 2024
    A high-performance cold-atom quantum interferometer mitigates a scattered light issue and may significantly enhance military inertial navigation systems.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Crystal ribcage opens black box of a functioning lung to optical imaging

    Rohin Banerji
    June 14, 2024
    A transparent ‘crystal’ ribcage enables first real-time, high-resolution optical imaging of a functioning lung from whole organ down to single-cell scales.
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    Laser Processing

    In-process vs. at-process monitoring in industrial laser processing

    John McCauley
    June 13, 2024
    Which industrial laser processing method matches your needs?
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    Optics

    Co-packaging photonics and electronics poses challenges

    Sally Cole Johnson
    May 28, 2024
    At IEEE’s 74th Electronics and Components Technology Conference (ECTC), Keren Bergman gave a keynote address about different techniques and approaches to bring photonic chips ...
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    Executive Forum

    Beneq: Enabling new optical coating solutions with ALD

    Jose Pozo
    May 28, 2024
    Sami Sneck, vice president of Beneq, dives into atomic layer deposition (ALD), its Finnish history, and what it means for next-generation thin film technologies.
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    Optics

    Tungsten trioxide nanodots show promise for electrochromic and photochromic devices

    Sally Cole Johnson
    May 10, 2024
    Researchers fine-tune chromatic properties of tungsten trioxide nanodots by adjusting their size, crystallinity, and surface ligands.