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Our methodology has also been used operationally for several years by astronomers to support telescope alignment and optical performance evaluation under real observing conditions—which demonstrates the approach is effective not only within laboratory environments, but also for practical field applications under atmospheric seeing conditions (stability of the Earth’s atmosphere). Beyond accuracy, the computational architecture also […]

One key part of the race to put clean laser-driven fusion energy on the grid by the 2030s or 2040s involves gaining a better understanding of the complex behavior of the plasma (a superhot ionized gas) generated. A new study led by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) helps

In this episode of Photonics Hot List: Projection mapping is often used for entertainment purposes. But a new approach overcoming a key longstanding challenge could expand use of this lighting technique. In the finance realm, eyeo can now more easily advance its design capabilities, while OpenLight Photonics is working to accelerate its overall strategic roadmap.

An optical computer prototype developed by Xingjie Ni, an associate professor of electrical engineering at Penn State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and his team opens up a more realistic path to reduce the energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI) computation. Their work was inspired by the growing mismatch between the computational demands

In this episode of Photonics Hot List: Drawing inspiration from a mantis shrimp’s vision, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a compact, single-chip multiwavelength camera. Business new roundup: EPIC has announced the recipient of its 2026 CEO Award, while a British developer of infrared technologies like quantum dots and imagers has received

The work is part of the European Union-funded intent and context-aware optical networks (ICON) project. “ICON is a unique approach to the integrated communication and sensing paradigm,” says Aleksandra Kaszubowska, an assistant professor of electronic and electrical engineering at Trinity, as well as an assistant professor and research fellow at CONNECT. “Our aim is to

During the early 2010s, regulatory agencies increased scrutiny of implantable medical devices. In response, in 2012 we created Sensofar Medical as a new division within the Sensofar Group. Its purpose was to apply Sensofar’s optical surface measurement and inspection technology to biomedical and medical device manufacturing, with a particular focus on implantable devices such as

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In this episode, Erin Howard, a research scientist currently working at the University of Washington on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, talks with host Justine Murphy about their passion for exploring the universe through data, and the excitement in contributing to cutting-edge scientific discoveries. Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast dives deep into the fascinating world

Changes at the optical layer Software-defined LiDAR’s level of adaptability requires a fundamentally different way of controlling light (see Fig. 2). Light control metasurfaces (LCM) enable fully electronic beam steering without mechanical motion. Unlike traditional scanning approaches, beam steering with LCM is nonsequential. The system doesn’t need to sweep through intermediate angles to reach a