| | | | | | | | In a Q&A with Stephen Sweeney, a professor of photonics and nanotechnology at the University of Glasgow, he answers our questions about what’s up with space lasers and his work creating on-demand laser sources for wireless power grids in space. |
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| | | | | | Episode 26 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Cory Boone, technical marketing manager at Edmund Optics. |
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| | | | | | In plastic product production, a new automated method can optically monitor the presence of plastic parts that haven’t been pushed out of the injection mold. |
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| | Sponsored | | SemiNex introduces the latest high-power DFB and SOA/RSOA technologies, available in C-band and O-band. These lasers excel in Data Centers, Optical Communications, and High-Power AI Computing. Our proprietary epitaxy and waveguide design enable DFBs and SOAs high output power and world-leading high-temperature performance. Custom solutions with multichannel arrays are available upon request. |
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| | | | | | Avalanche photodiodes, infrared sensors capable of detecting single photons, are at the heart of many QKD systems. Their sensitivity allows them to discern the faintest of light signals down to an individual photon. |
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| | | | | | In this episode: microwaves could treat brain diseases, a silent amplifier boosts space communication, and the latest business mergers & acquisitions. |
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| | Sponsored | | Don’t miss the global technical community gathering in San Francisco for the largest biophotonics, biomedical optics, and imaging conference and exhibition. The SPIE BiOS symposium and BiOS Expo at Photonics West is the most comprehensive international biomedical optics event, encompassing clinical, translational, and fundamental R&D in the field of biomedical optics and photonics. BiOS Expo: 25–26 January 2025 |
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| | | | | | Very thin materials can create entangled pairs of photons to be used as quantum bits. |
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| | | | Sponsored | | Join us December 5th at 2 p.m. ET for a discussion on advances to move Ti:sapphire lasers to the chipscale level. The presenter will also delve into what this advance means for consumer device manufacturers. |
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