• Optics

    The laserfocusworld.com Optics channel features articles and other content that discuss precision optical components, systems, and applications.

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    NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory team before installing the LSST Camera on the Simonyi Survey Telescope in March 2025.
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    Menlo Systems Gmbh
    April 10, 2025
    The ORC-Micro optical reference cavity offers a compact form factor for short-term (10-ms) laser stabilization.
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    A mobile optical communication network allows seamless connectivity across air, land, and underwater environments.
    Justine Murphy
    April 10, 2025
    Seamless connectivity and real-time data exchange—whether on land, deep in the ocean, or in the air—could soon be possible with an all-light mobile communication network.
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    Justine Murphy
    April 8, 2025
    Episode 46 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Atikem Haile, VP of marketing & business development at Lightwave Logic.
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    FIGURE 1. The optical system encrypts information as a hologram that is scrambled when sent through a small container of liquid, then uses a neural network for decryption.
    Justine Murphy
    April 7, 2025
    AI hologram technology is carving out a niche for itself, thanks to an optical system that provides stronger data protection and enhanced digital security.
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    FIGURE 1. VitreaLab’s quantum light chip (QLC) emits hundreds of laser beams.
    Photonics companies in Europe are addressing microdisplay manufacturing challenges.

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    April 5, 2025
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    Charles Philip
    March 17, 2025
    Glass, in its many forms, is central to our future with artificial intelligence.
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    Designed for medical applications, the coatings can withstand countless sterilization cycles in an autoclave over the long term.
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    On the glove: A SCINTIL chip—a bank of 16 lasers monolithically integrated on a silicon photonic circuit and wavelength multiplexed.
    March 12, 2025
    In this quick Q&A with Scintil Photonics’ Matt Crowley, he introduces the company and shares where photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are headed—if you guessed AI data centers...
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    Researcher Minghao Qi, a professor at Purdue University, with the team’s setup.
    Justine Murphy
    March 5, 2025
    Atomic clocks and their accuracy are crucial for exact time of day and global positioning in technology like smartphones, GPS, and computers. Now, researchers are working to boost...