Editor’s Picks

  1. Excelitas Introduces 1x64 Silicon APD Array For Next-Gen LiDAR Systems 1/14/2019

    Excelitas Technologies Corp., a global technology leader delivering innovative, customized photonic solutions, will unveil its new 1x64 Silicon APD for use in LiDAR applications at Photonics West 2019.

  2. DARPA Program Imagines Future Armored Ground Vehicles With Improved Situational Awareness 10/7/2014

    One of the key goals of DARPA's Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T) program is improving the survivability of ground-based armored fighting vehicles through crew augmentation.

  3. European Quantum Communications Network Takes Shape 4/9/2019

    Today’s interconnected world is ever more vulnerable to cyberattacks, emphasising the importance of secure encryption to protect Europe’s critical infrastructure and communications. An agreement forged today between the European Commission and the European Space Agency marks the first steps towards creating a highly secure, pan-European quantum communication infrastructure.

  4. StellarNet Introduces Low-Cost Fluorescence System 5/14/2007
    StellarNet has announced the CXR-FS, a low-cost system for fluorescence spectroscopy. The components include a miniature fiber optically coupled, thermo electrically cooled (TEC) UV-VIS spectrometer with concave grating, an LED based excitation source, and a dual read cuvette sample holder
  5. Detect The Smallest Traces Of Pollutants Reliably And Quickly 3/27/2023

    Even small traces of pollutants in water or other liquids can be detected using spectroscopic analysis methods. For use in forensics, the security industry, the food industry or medical diagnostics, methods like theHowever, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is still too expensive and not reliable enough.

  6. Laser Technology For A Lighter Future Flying 5/28/2024

    The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS has achieved decisive progress towards new ecological aircraft construction concepts.

  7. New Nanolaser Key To Future Optical Computers And Technologies 8/18/2009
    Because the new device, called a "spaser," is the first of its kind to emit visible light, it represents a critical component for possible future technologies based on "nanophotonic" circuitry, said Vladimir Shalaev, the Robert and Anne Burnett Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.
  8. A Step Closer To Optical Computers: Skoltech Researchers Developed An All-Optical Universal Gate 7/26/2024

    A research team from Skoltech and Bergische Universität Wuppertal in Germany, led by Vice President of Photonics at Skoltech Pavlos Lagoudakis, a laureate of the Vyzov (Challenge) prize, have created a universal NOR logical element (from NOT — a negation operator and OR — a disjunction operator).

  9. Quantinuum Announces Plans To Build A New Quantum R&D Center In New Mexico, Anchoring The State's Quantum Technology Revolution 1/21/2025

    Quantinuum, the world’s largest integrated quantum computing company, announced plans today to open a new location in New Mexico.

  10. Turning Graphene Into Light Nanosensors 4/25/2018

    Graphene has many properties; it is e.g. an extremely good conductor. But it does not absorb light very well. To remedy this limiting aspect of what is an otherwise amazing material, physicists resort to embedding a sheet of graphene in a flat photonic crystal, which is excellent for controlling the flow of light.