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Source: RichardFeynman.com, “The Challenger Disaster”
Richard Feynman demonstrating the Challenger O-ring experiment.
What would Feynman think of AI?
Would he ask: What can we use this remarkable new machine to discover—and then create—that nobody has thought of yet?
Nov. 10, 2026
Credit: SPIE
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Get ready for Photonics West 2027!
Nov. 10, 2026
Credit: Stefan Witte
A look at the group’s lab setup.
Test & Measurement
Ultrafast photoacoustics enables optical diagnostics of opaque materials
Nov. 9, 2026
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Lasers & Sources
PODCAST: Meet Michael Kalin of nLight and Pavel Terekhov of NIST
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Nov. 4, 2026
Credit: Heriot-Watt University
Professor Robert Thomson (left) and Dr. Aurélien Benoit in the lab.
‘Beam combiner’ PIC proves powerful for astronomical interferometry
Nov. 4, 2026
Credit: Northrop Grumman
A slice of Northrop Grumman’s Yb:YLF boule measures 127 mm at its widest point.
Crystal advances will help power next-gen fusion laser systems
Nov. 3, 2026
Credit: Ehab Awad
FIGURE 1. The team’s graphene metamaterial electro-absorption modulator device structure.
Interdigitated graphene metamaterial enables EAM devices
Nov. 2, 2026
Credit: imec
Illustration of the wavefront shaping principle. When no wavefront shaping is applied, the illumination beam starts to diffusely spread. By optimizing the incoming wavefront, wavefront shaping compensates for scattering and brings the light back into focus.
Bio&Life Sciences
Shaping light to see deeper inside biological tissue
Oct. 29, 2026
Photo by Alexandre Debiève on Unsplash
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Standardizing CPO won't matter if the substrate supply chain can’t keep up
Oct. 28, 2026
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