This edition features Host Justine Murphy’s chat with Dr. Brian Monacelli, a professor and director of Laser Technology at Pasadena City College in California. He’s also a principal optical engineer and supervisor of the Optical Implementation group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. They recently discussed things like the importance of training technicians in hands-on laboratory […]

In this episode of Photonics Hot List: A new terahertz imaging system developed by researchers in the U.K. is poised to become a key tool in medical diagnostics. Business news roundup: Photonics-centered startups continue to boom worldwide, with announcements of new rounds of funding. A new approach to coupling optical fibers to photonic integrated circuits

The digital world is accelerating at a pace that seemed implausible just a few years ago. Artificial intelligence (AI) models are doubling in size, which is causing data center traffic to explode and the infrastructure that powers our connected lives to strain under this unprecedented demand. Behind every AI breakthrough, real‑time analytics engine, and cloud‑scale

A retina-inspired biohybrid image sensor array (BIOPIX) created by a team of researchers led by Thomas M. Brown, a professor of organic and biological electronic engineering at Tor Vergata University of Rome in Italy, responds to light in a way remarkably similar to the photoreceptor cells of a retina—in terms of speed and how it

In this edition of Following the Photons’ Light News: Researchers in Hong Kong developed a metasurface-based optical learning machine that boosts optical neural network scalability.   Existing fiber-optic cables underground and under the sea in much of Europe could soon become more than just lines of communication. Thanks to a new initiative, they could someday double