Optics

FIGURE 1. AI-generated image depicts the advantage of the stable, telecom-ready CN center defect complex in silicon (right) over the more fragile T center.
Newly discovered CN complex provides a more durable quantum defect that may accelerate advanced quantum technologies based on silicon.
May 26, 2026
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May 25, 2026
FIGURE 1. AI-based image-space wavefront sensing.
May 13, 2026
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Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
May 12, 2026
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CONNECT researchers are now digging into existing fiber-optic cables underground, as they explore uses beyond communications networks.
May 12, 2026
Credit: Lyndsey Biddle, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Penn State
The Ni Research Group in the lab.
May 8, 2026
FIGURE 1. 180° LiDAR for physical AI software-defined images.
May 6, 2026
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Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
April 28, 2026
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Shot of the team’s chip glowing blue.
April 27, 2026

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