Editor’s Picks

  1. Ion Optics Scores Air Force SBIR Award for Hyperspectral Imager 2/23/2000
    The Air Force has awarded Ion Optics Inc. (Waltham, MA) a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Award to develop a compact, high resolution, hyperspectral long wave infrared (LWIR) imager...
  2. OFC/NFOEC 2013 To Host World-Class Optical Communications Exposition Featuring 550+ Companies, Industry And Business Programming On Show Floor 3/11/2013

    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) 2013 

  3. Tools For The Nanoscale 7/15/2025

    Mad City Labs provides precision nanopositioners, AFMs, and custom microscopy solutions for quantum sensing, optical trapping, and imaging. Visit Booth 617 at SPIE Optics + Photonics.

  4. View Magnets In The Right Light 4/5/2023

    The right lighting is required to unlock the secrets of magnetic materials. Magnetic X-ray circular dichroism makes it possible to decode the magnetic order in nanostructures and to assign them to different layers or individual chemical elements.

  5. NASA Launches New Era Of Earth Science From Space Station 9/8/2014

    The launch of a NASA ocean winds sensor to the International Space Station (ISS) this month inaugurates a new era of Earth observation that will leverage the space station's unique vantage point in space. Before the end of the decade, six NASA Earth science instruments will be mounted to the station to help scientists study our changing planet.

  6. Light Twists Rigid Structures In Unexpected Nanotech Finding 3/24/2010
    In findings that took the experimenters three years to believe, University of Michigan engineers and their collaborators have demonstrated that light itself can twist ribbons of nanoparticles.
  7. Rapid Entry Into Metro DWDM Space Drives Nortel to Buy Cambrian for $300 Million 12/18/1998
    Time-to-market is the driving force behind Nortel Networks' acquisition of Newbridge's Cambrian Systems for at least $240 million in cash...
  8. Projection Port Glass Provides Eye Popping Optical Clarity For On-Screen Viewing 1/26/2016

    Abrisa Technologies has the ability to print glass with high durability frit ink for harsh environment applications. These environments include marine display/cluster gauges where corrosive salt spray and fog are a continuous threat, and other outdoor environments where organic inks may degrade and impede performance.

  9. OSI Optoelectronics Showcases A Line Of Spacecraft Sensors And Advanced Electronics At Space Tech Expo Europe 2019 10/22/2019

    The company will present a series of sensors used for various critical space mission applications deployed on spacecrafts in Stand B70 at Space Tech Expo Europe, Bremen, Germany.

  10. Slow Charge Generation Plays Big Role In Model Material For Solar Cells 4/19/2019

    Next-generation devices based on molecular materials have the potential to efficiently use sunlight to produce electricity or to drive chemical reactions. In contrast to commercial solar cells, where absorption of light directly generates charge that can be extracted as electricity, absorption of light by molecular materials creates uncharged energetic states called excitons.