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Coatings for Space Optics: Designing Light, Surviving Space

Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast

There's no repair mission for a satellite mirror. Here's what it actually takes to make a coating space grade.

Sept. 18, 2026

Schematic of the group’s multilayer photonic device that integrates a laser-programmable Sb2S3 phase-change layer and an UV-patterned humidity-responsive hydrogel. Optical information is encoded within the Sb2S3 layer via reversible amorphous-crystalline transitions using focused laser pulses.

Optical data storage approach dynamically conceals/reveals images

Sept. 17, 2026

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PODCAST: Meet Garrett Cole, University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences (PART ONE)

Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast

Sept. 15, 2026

FIGURE 1. Legacy Eleven Parameter Image Intensifier Nomograph.4

The lost art of nomography is reborn through AI

Sept. 15, 2026

Sven Otte, CEO at Xavveo.

Momentum story: Xavveo’s CEO Sven Otte talks production-ready silicon photonic chips for imaging radar

Sept. 14, 2026

FIGURE 1. Comparison of level surfaces of the probability density functions of uncorrelated (left) and correlated (right) thickness errors.

Reliable monitoring of optical coating deposition processes is key to complex thin film elements

Sept. 14, 2026

Nord Quantique's four-qubit monolith, integrating superconducting quantum circuits designed for bosonic quantum error correction.

Building quantum computers from the qubit up

Sept. 7, 2026

A 20 Euro bill photographed via conventional camera on left, and with its security feature revealed via NIR device on the right.

Detectors & Imaging

Tiny ‘upconverter’ turns invisible near-infrared patterns into visible green light

Sept. 3, 2026

Swetapadma Sahoo in the lab.

Diamond quantum emitter decoupled from vibrations may be a gamechanger

Sept. 1, 2026

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