Editor’s Picks

71. TAU Researchers Fold Glass Into Microscopic 3D Optical Devices 9/9/2025

    With a new method called photonic origami, researchers can bend ultra-thin glass sheets into complex, ultra-smooth structures directly on a chip — a step toward new optical devices for data processing, sensing, and experimental physics.

72. Tyco Buys Amp in $11.3 Billion Deal 12/1/1998
    Connector manufacturer Amp Inc. staved off the AlliedSignal hostile takeover attempt...
73. Atomically Thin Semiconductors For Nanophotonics 6/14/2022

    Atomically thin semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide and tungsten disulfide are promising materials for nanoscale photonic devices.

74. Optimization Of Spectralon Through Numerical Modeling And Improved Processes And Designs 7/10/2008
    The demand for progressively more powerful lasers has caused those employing side-pumped laser designs to become acutely aware of pumping efficiency and performance. Additionally, precision applications demand beam stability and uniformity for the lifetime of the laser flash lamp. The use of highly diffuse, high reflectance pump chamber reflectors such as Spectralon have been shown to amplify overall power and performance.
75. Xenics At SPIE DCS 2018: Better Quality SWIR Imaging, Advances In SWIR Linear Detectors, And More 4/15/2018

    Xenics, Europe's leading developer and manufacturer of advanced infrared detectors, cameras and customized imaging solutions from the SWIR to the LWIR realm, makes its way to Orlando for the SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing Expo. Returning for the second time this year, the XLIN-FC high-speed SWIR line scan detectors series will be presented during the event.

76. Scientists Unveil Aircraft Technologies Of The Future 7/6/2014

    The four technologies unveiled are: 3D printers so advanced they could print UAVs during a mission; aircraft parts that can heal themselves in minutes; a new type of long range aircraft which divides into a number of smaller aircraft when it reaches its destination, and a directed energy weapon that could engage missiles at the speed of light, destroy them and protect the people below.

77. New Technique Producing Small Things In Large Quantities 9/11/2007
    Although relatively new to the market, liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions soon may be obsolete, thanks to a new technique created by University of Houston professors
78. Researchers Discover New Way To Split And Sum Photons With Silicon 12/2/2019

    A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, Riverside have found a way to produce a long-hypothesized phenomenon—the transfer of energy between silicon and organic, carbon-based molecules—in a breakthrough that has implications for information storage in quantum computing, solar energy conversion and medical imaging.

79. New SeTBio Conference In Yokohama Will Focus Photonics On Food Safety, Agriculture 9/17/2012

    Advancements in photonics technologies to measure food safety and increase agricultural productivity will be reported at a new conference at the Pacifico Yokohama in Japan next April.

80. How Photon Echoes Can Be Used To Create A Quantum Memory Device 9/15/2009
    A new way of storing and ‘echoing’ pulses of light has been discovered by a team from The Australian National University, allowing bursts of laser to work as a flexible optical memory and potentially assist in extending the range of quantum information systems.