From The Editor

  1. Unencrypted Satellites Reveal The Power Of Narrow Optical Links 11/3/2025

    UCSD/UMD researchers found sensitive satellite data unencrypted; optical links offer narrow, secure beams, highlighting photonics’ role in protecting transmissions.

  2. Nanopositioning And Laser Measurement: The Twin Engines Of Modern Imaging 10/30/2025

    Discover how nanometer-scale positioning and advanced laser measurement are transforming microscopy, driving progress in semiconductor, biotech, and imaging research.

  3. From VP-8 To AI: Five Decades Of Examining The Shroud Of Turin 10/29/2025

    Recent photonic breakthroughs using excimer lasers, X-ray scattering, multispectral imaging, and AI reconstruction are revolutionizing Shroud of Turin authentication research.

  4. Red Lights Journey From Biostimulation To Brain Therapy 10/23/2025

    Red-light therapy, rooted in a century of light-based medicine, shows limited yet promising scientific support for neurological, ocular, and wound-healing applications.

  5. High-Speed Cameras: Trends, Innovations, And The Challenges Ahead 10/22/2025

    High-speed cameras are advancing into new spectral bands, integrating AI, and enhancing sensitivity, but challenges such as data bottlenecks and trade-offs persist.

  6. When A "Bad Picture" Changed Everything: The Accidental Birth Of Holography 10/20/2025

    Dennis Gabor accidentally invented holography in 1947 while trying to fix electron microscopes, creating a technology that now shapes medicine, data storage, and AR.

  7. How Thin-Film Coating Advancements Are Improving Device Performance 10/16/2025

    Thin-film coatings – crucial in telecommunications, healthcare diagnostics, consumer electronics, aerospace defense, automotive, and industrial automation – continue to evolve, and their role in enabling high-capacity data transmission and improving device functionality is becoming more prominent.

  8. Beyond The Surface: How Laser Technology Revolutionized Marine Mapping 10/9/2025

    From George Hickman's 1968 pioneering flight to NASA's space-based systems, bathymetric LiDAR has revolutionized underwater mapping and marine exploration.

  9. How Machine Vision Transformed Fiber-Optic Reliability 10/6/2025

    Automated machine vision paired with photonics revolutionized fiber-optic connectivity in the 1990s, enabling consistent, high-speed internet by ensuring connectors remained clear of microscopic defects.

  10. TWPA And The Future Of Scalable Quantum Computing 9/30/2025

    Qubic's cryogenic traveling-wave parametric amplifier slashes quantum computer heat emissions by 10,000x, enabling scalable, efficient, next-generation quantum systems.