Laser Technology

High-power lasers ensure a robust optical link NKT Photonics’ Koheras single-frequency fiber laser platform is the heart of the system, built around an ACOUSTIK sub-rack with seed laser, pre-amplifier, modulators, and a custom timing module. The signal is split and boosted by five high-power amplifiers, based on core technology, and each amplifier delivers up to […]

While designed for spaceborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) validation, the study demonstrates why such multidimensional test regimes, combining radiation, thermal, and high-repetition laser stress, are essential to qualify coatings for modern defense systems. Current advances in optical coatings When coating systems are developed for defense and space, it often begins with one basic question:

The technology uses Corona Phase Molecular Recognition (CoPhMoRe), a nanotechnology approach designed by the SMART DiSTAP and MIT researchers. It enables the design of highly selective sensors by coating single-walled carbon nanotubes with custom synthetic polymers. “These polymers form a precise ‘corona phase,’ or binding pocket, which can recognize and respond to specific molecules,” says

One year later, the group has created an evanescent coupler to copackage photonics and electronics. Integrating photonics with electronics within the same package “is the transistor for the 21st century,” says Kimerling, a professor of materials science and engineering at MIT, as well as director of MIT’s Microphotonics Center. Significantly, the group’s evanescent coupler enables

In this episode of Photonics Hot List: NC State researchers have designed and demonstrated a tiny spectrometer that’s showing tremendous promise for a wide range of applications, from biomedical diagnostics to manufacturing. In the business realm, a strategic collaboration in the works is poised to address the growing complexity and performance demands associated with photonic

In this second installment of a multipart series, Robin Hawk, an optics and photonics industry pioneer and CEO of Galxyz LLC, talks about the new company and the groundbreaking developments they’re already making, including nuclear diamond-powered photonics platforms. Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast dives deep into the fascinating world of photonics and optics. Join

Chiral metasurfaces engineered by a team of scientists led by Hatice Altug’s group at the Bionanophotonics Systems Laboratory of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, in collaboration with Yuri Kivshar’s group at the Australian National University (ANU), leverage the interplay between the meta-atom shape and varying the symmetry of its two-dimensional (2D)

Each day, we are fortunate to enjoy the natural beauty of color. While many objects gain their appearance from pigments, butterfly wings, peacock feathers, certain woods, and chameleon skin are brilliant reflectors of specific wavelengths due to the presence of micro-nano-patterned structures. We have much to learn from nature, because similar nanostructures can be adapted

Data-based decisions for cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide. 20.5 million people died from CVDs in 2021, which represents about one third of all global deaths. Hi-D Imaging is dedicated to measuring and analyzing blood flow characteristics, because these are key indicators of cardiovascular function. Based on its research,

Precise, accurate, and continuous monitoring of gases like carbon dioxide and methane is crucial as we work to combat the effects of climate change and ever-progressing air pollution. Recognizing this, a new European Commission-funded initiative could turn existing optical fiber telecommunications networks into a large-scale distributed sensor. Do you have amazing, cutting-edge systems or products?