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Researchers at Cornell, Colorado State, and Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories believe ultrafast fiber lasers could hold an abundance of untapped potential. The collaborative research team published a proposal ...

Engineers at Harvard University have published their proposal for a large area lens design that addresses the high-demand of the technological age. With a nod to Moore’s Law, they sought to unify two ...

A new study presents a novel approach to imaging the human cornea. The research team at the Langevin Institute in Paris says their optical coherence tomography device is the first capable of full-field in ...

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK have developed a new design for optical tweezers using a single diode-coupled multicore fiber. The novel method promises a much more flexible ...

Photonics Technologies in Farming Farmers everywhere face the same daunting task: the world population is growing at an exponential rate, and food supply has to keep up. There is practical limits to a ...

Introduction Everyone knows or heard about UV or anti-reflective coatings on lenses and filters but what are they really and what distinguishes anti-reflective coatings from other types of coatings? We ...

Introduction to Mounting Systems Every piece of an optical setup is vital. Every optical component requires an optomechanical system to hold, aim, and adjust the device. The most basic system includes a ...

Introduction to Adaptive Optics Anyone who has ever driven down the road on a hot day has probably noticed steam radiating off the pavement. However, if you looked closely enough, the steam was actually ...

The impending dominance of robots in our world is almost taken for granted. Smartphones and computers have shown us how useful and versatile technological devices can be, let alone truly intelligent ones. ...

Introduction When most people think of fiber optics, they think of cable TV and high-speed internet. However, fiber optics have also been prevalent in the medical community for a number of years. Today, ...