Skip to main content
Global coverage of photonics technologies, applications, and innovations
Lasers/Sources
Optics
Quantum
Test/Measurement
Buyers' Guide
Sections
Lasers/Sources
Optics
Quantum
Test/Measurement
Buyers' Guide
Laser Processing
Bio & Life Sciences
Detectors/Imaging
Executive Forum
Special
PhotonicsNXT 2026
2027 Innovators Awards
Issue Archive
Newsletter Archive
Webinars
White Papers
Events
Videos
Podcast
Contact
About Us
Contact Us
Get Published
Advertise
Magazine Subscription
Newsletter Subscription
Affiliated Brands
DATA CENTER FRONTIER
LIGHTWAVE
VISION SYSTEMS DESIGN
ELECTRONIC DESIGN
Follow us on
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Laser-Focus-World/126899915297
https://www.instagram.com/laser.focus.world
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/laser-focus-world
https://youtube.com/laserfocusworld
Optics
Credit: Arnaud Pele/LIGO Laboratory
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
Complete internal thermal state and full-aperture wavefront errors of a large optic can be accurately reconstructed using front-surface thermal imaging.
Sept. 29, 2026
© Endeavor Business Media
lfw_ftpgarrett_cole_pt2graphicpromo
Optics
PODCAST: Meet Garrett Cole, University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences (PART TWO)
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Sept. 22, 2026
Sponsored
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
© Endeavor Business Media
1789495122806
Optics
PODCAST: Meet Garrett Cole, University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences (PART ONE)
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Sept. 15, 2026
Credit: RCA Electro-Optics Handbook
FIGURE 1. Legacy Eleven Parameter Image Intensifier Nomograph.4
Optics
The lost art of nomography is reborn through AI
Sept. 15, 2026
Credit: Xavveo
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
Credit: Jean-Michel Naud Photography/Nord Quantique
Nord Quantique's four-qubit monolith, integrating superconducting quantum circuits designed for bosonic quantum error correction.
Quantum
Building quantum computers from the qubit up
Sept. 7, 2026
Looking for Something?
Load More Content
