John Oncea
John Oncea is the Editor of RF Globalnet and Photonics Online.
ARTICLES BY JOHN ONCEA
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas — 3D Metal Printing Advancements, Improvements On Optical Ranging Technology, Controlling Radiation Direction, And More")
Bright Ideas — 3D Metal Printing Advancements, Improvements On Optical Ranging Technology, Controlling Radiation Direction, And More3/22/2023Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at SEEQC’s energy-efficient digital chips, ultra-efficient white light lasers, observing atoms in outer space to improve the measurement of climate factors, and more.
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![Neon Hiring Sign GettyImages-1331112110]( "Can Photonics Overcome A Decades-Long Hiring Challenge?")
Can Photonics Overcome A Decades-Long Hiring Challenge?3/21/2023Advances in technology and applications are fueling the growth of photonics in more fields including military, communication, aerospace, and automotive to name but a few. These advances have increased the need for photonics professionals but, ironically, photonics has been facing a shortage of qualified technicians for decades now. This is a problem that threatens to slow the industry's growth and is presenting photonics companies with some difficult hiring challenges.
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas — Exceptionally Brief Hard X-Ray Pulses, Silicon Photonics Kicking Down Doors, Gh-Gh-Gh-Ghost (Imaging), Butterfly Wings, And More")
Bright Ideas — Exceptionally Brief Hard X-Ray Pulses, Silicon Photonics Kicking Down Doors, Gh-Gh-Gh-Ghost (Imaging), Butterfly Wings, And More3/15/2023Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at a couple of pieces of Optica news, a Texas A&M professor wins a major award, a photodetector shows enhanced sensitivity and speed, and more.
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![GettyImages-1270410318 machine mapping]( "How Machine Vision Is Benefitting The Automotive Industry")
How Machine Vision Is Benefitting The Automotive Industry3/9/2023Machine vision is making its impact felt in every industry and that impact is only going to grow more and more dramatic. Let’s take a look at how it’s making its mark on the automotive industry.
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas — Creating Ultrafast Movies Of Nano-Processes, A Reflectionless Anti-Laser, What’s Up In Rochester, And More")
Bright Ideas — Creating Ultrafast Movies Of Nano-Processes, A Reflectionless Anti-Laser, What’s Up In Rochester, And More3/8/2023Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at the discoveries made by researchers made at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Penn State University, & Kiel University, a couple of honors that were handed out, and more.
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas — Using Fullerene To Predictably Switch An Electron’s Path, Keeping Quantum Computer Cool, Giant Leap Toward 3D Cameras, And More")
Bright Ideas — Using Fullerene To Predictably Switch An Electron’s Path, Keeping Quantum Computer Cool, Giant Leap Toward 3D Cameras, And More2/27/2023Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at making qubits and controlling them to read and write data, dirt-cheap alternatives to silicon, making phantoms match the optical properties of their target tissue, and more.
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![GettyImages-1389076772]( "Quantum, Ant-Man, And The Wasp")
Quantum, Ant-Man, And The Wasp2/24/2023Hollywood has a long history of, let’s say, twisting facts. So how did they do with Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania? (Hint: not so good.)
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas — Quantum Imaging, Single Photons On A Chip, A Lattice With Properties Never Seen Before, And More")
Bright Ideas — Quantum Imaging, Single Photons On A Chip, A Lattice With Properties Never Seen Before, And More2/22/2023Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at what’s happening with SPIE and Optica, explore nanophotonics, say hello to Eindhoven, and more.
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas — A New Path Toward Quantum Light, 3D Lidar Could Make For Safer Autonomous Driving, Reprogrammable Photonic Microchips Shipped, And More")
Bright Ideas — A New Path Toward Quantum Light, 3D Lidar Could Make For Safer Autonomous Driving, Reprogrammable Photonic Microchips Shipped, And More2/15/2023Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, a look back at Photonics Best … err … West, Wits U researchers find distortion-free forms of structured light, how photonics can help keep it green, and more.
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![GettyImages-1213407637]( "The Netherlands And Orlando: Hotbeds Of Photonics Growth")
The Netherlands And Orlando: Hotbeds Of Photonics Growth2/9/2023The photonics market is predicted to experience explosive growth over the next several years. The Netherlands and Orlando are offered here as examples of a country and a city capitalizing on said growth.
