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Credit: Kyv Grøn/DTU Electro
Andrea Arduin (left) and Professor Ole Bang, who heads the Fiber Sensors and Supercontinuum Group at DTU Electro, in the lab.
Lasers & Sources
‘Cooked’ fiber doubles range of ultralow-noise supercontinuum lasers
After heating an optical fiber for nearly an hour, researchers completely changed its dispersion within a small section and ended up with a supercontinuum that covers a wide range...
Sept. 30, 2026
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UC Riverside and LIGO Laboratory researchers move a 40-kg LIGO mirror into position to test a prototype FROSTI wavefront actuator in vacuum.
Detectors & Imaging
Wide-aperture wavefront sensing from thermal imaging
Sept. 29, 2026
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Optics
PODCAST: Meet Garrett Cole, University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences (PART TWO)
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Sept. 22, 2026
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Coatings for Space Optics: Designing Light, Surviving Space
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Sept. 18, 2026
Credit: Abdoulaye Ndao et al.
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.
Optics
Optical data storage approach dynamically conceals/reveals images
Sept. 17, 2026
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Optics
PODCAST: Meet Garrett Cole, University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences (PART ONE)
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Sept. 15, 2026
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FIGURE 1. Legacy Eleven Parameter Image Intensifier Nomograph.4
Optics
The lost art of nomography is reborn through AI
Sept. 15, 2026
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Sven Otte, CEO at Xavveo.
Optics
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.
Optics
Reliable monitoring of optical coating deposition processes is key to complex thin film elements
Sept. 14, 2026
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