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Justine Murphy chats with Dr. Brian Monacelli, a professor and director of Laser Technology at Pasadena City College and a Principal Optical Engineer and supervisor of the Optical Implementation group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
This episode of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Dr. Brian Monacelli, a professor at Pasadena City College and principal optical engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion...
April 21, 2026
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Mosaic pattern artwork that inspired this work.
April 15, 2026
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Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
April 14, 2026
Phononic’s CPO-ready thermal kit offers advanced packaging and localized cooling for copackaged optical engines in scale-out and scale-up applications.
April 13, 2026
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NIST scientist Nikolai Klimov holds a PIC with tweezers.
April 8, 2026
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Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
April 7, 2026
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FIGURE 1. Evolution of AI data center scale-up cluster size.
April 7, 2026
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A moment of focus in the Smith Lab: perfecting a prototype SAM-integrated multiphoton imaging system for the next leap in imaging technology.
April 3, 2026
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FIGURE 1. Passivation-enabled process decoupling in laser diode manufacturing. Cleaving in air is decoupled from passivation, and passivation decouples mirror coatings. Both safe windows reduce time pressure while maintaining oxidation-inert facets, which enables predictable downstream coatings, burn-in, and final test.
April 2, 2026

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