Laser Technology

By pairing a nanostructure of silver with an atomically thin semiconductor layer, a team of researchers from Italy, the U.K., and Germany, led by Christoph Lienau, a physics professor at the University of Oldenburg, created an ultrafast switching mirror device that can serve as an optical transistor—and it clocks in at a speed 10,000x faster […]

The injected pump field-generates third-harmonic radiation within the visible (close to 500 nm) inside the silicon, which inherits the pump’s phase gradient. This gives rise to nonlinear polarization currents that scatter the third harmonic to the far field in a direction dictated by the engineered phase gradient. Because the phase gradient of the third-harmonic field

The Marine Icing model for the Norwegian Coast Guard (NoCG; MINCOG) formulated in 2016 by Eirik Samuelsen of the Norwegian Meteorology Institute includes more metocean data, plus selected ship and course details based on the accretion rates observed onboard three Norwegian Coast Guard vessels of the class NoCG “Nordkapp” navigating within the Barents Sea during the

In this episode: Laser therapy treats brain tumors in dogs, two companies announce management changes, and topological insulators reach the THz range. Source link

In this episode of Photonics Hot List: A team at the University of Strathclyde in the U.K. is working to make high-level, advanced imaging tools more accessible using a consumer-grade 3D printer and low-cost materials. Business news roundup: VIAVI Solutions is joining forces with Squareroot8 to ultimately make quantum security even more secure. And global

During the past 25+ years, the journey of my career has been both exciting and fulfilling. Experiencing the anxiety of the “Millennium Bug,” the “Telecom Bubble,” and more recently the “AI Boom” gives me an insightful view of the road that lies ahead. As I started writing this article, I decided to approach it not

In this episode of Photonics Hot List: A team led by Scripps Research can now see how medications interact with cells as they make their way to the intended target in the body, thanks to a new imaging technique. Business news roundup: Sydor Optics has announced its acquisition of Vertex Optics, and FARO Technologies is

The drive for higher power lasers in directed energy and production keeps Ophir at the forefront of innovation with measurement systems that deliver accurate and reliable measurements for high-power, ultra-high power, and very-high power lasers. Source link

On January 5th, Omega Optical (Brattleboro, VT) announced the passing of its founder Bob Johnson on December 29, 2025. Bob founded Omega Optical from a hobby shop on his family homestead, and through innovation and determination, made it the lasting company it is today. The company was “officially” founded in 1969 in West Brattleboro and

The SPIE Photonics West 2026 event is set to take place January 17th through January 22nd at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. The event will kick off Saturday and Sunday, January 17th and 18th, with the Biomedical Optics Symposium (BiOS) and the BiOS Expo, followed by the SPIE Global Business Forum on Monday,