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    (Image credit: Xuchen Wang/Aalto University)
    “This work could lead to the first experimental realization of photonic time crystals, propelling them into practical applications and potentially transforming industries,' says Professor Viktar Asadchy from Aalto University, Finland.
    Optics

    Photonic time crystals breakthrough

    Nov. 21, 2024
    A breakthrough in photonic time crystals may end up reshaping the way light is used and controlled—good news for future lasers, nanosensors, and optical computing.
    (Image credit: Myungkoo Kang)
    FIGURE 1. The team’s “self-healing” discovery was made while testing a chalcogenide glass made of germanium, antimony, and sulfur.
    Optics

    ‘Self-healing’ chalcogenide glass?

    Oct. 30, 2024
    Researchers discover radiation-induced microscopic defects within chalcogenide glass are gradually annihilated because the glass tends to return to an energetically stable state...
    (Image credit: ams OSRAM)
    FIGURE 1. In a conventional CT scanner, an x-ray source rotates around the patient. Indirect detectors provide the data from which a 3D image is generated.
    Bio&Life Sciences

    Photon-counting detectors are poised to revolutionize computed tomography

    Oct. 23, 2024
    For 50 years, computed tomography (CT) has been one of the most valuable diagnostic tools and, thanks to photon-counting detectors, the next revolution of computed tomography ...
    Mark Turner, CEO and founder of Turner Laser Systems.
    Executive Forum

    Turner Laser Systems: A holistic approach to entrepreneurship

    Oct. 21, 2024
    Mark Turner, CEO and founder of Turner Laser Systems, shares his journey in photonics.
    (Image credit: HP)
    FIGURE 1. HP Z Captis Dual-modality PBR capture modes: Studio (left) and Explorer (right).
    Software & Accessories

    Electro-optical solution for virtual material capture and rendering

    Oct. 21, 2024
    A high-resolution image capture device launched in August 2024 as a collaboration between HP and Adobe enables the digital capture of three-dimensional (3D) surface appearance...

    More content from Volume 60, Issue 09

    (Photo credits: Menhir Photonics and neoLASE)
    Jonas Heidrich, product line manager at Menhir Photonics (left), and Maik Frede, cofounder and CEO of neoLASE (right).
    Lasers & Sources

    Meet Menhir Photonics and neoLASE

    Sept. 9, 2024
    Menhir Photonics' Jonas Heidrich and neoLASE's Maik Frede chat with EPIC’s technology manager for biomedical and lasers.