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04 Oct 23
Probing electron dynamics in liquids with laser

Max Planck Institute & ETH Zurich reveal “deeper understanding of ultrafast dynamics”.

03 Oct 23
New photonic chip offers route to specialized quantum computing

University of Washington device employs eight photonic cavities as quantum simulator.

03 Oct 23
Fraunhofer IOF welcomes German government’s new space strategy

Director Andreas Tünnermann expects Jena photonics hub will make contributions to new strategy.

28 Sep 23
St. Andrews develops electrically-driven organic semiconductor laser

New approach said to overcome major difficulties of such lasers, while retaining operational benefits.

27 Sep 23
EPFL builds all-glass femtosecond laser cavity

Miniaturized design could solve alignment challenges for novel optical systems.

27 Sep 23
Doped materials allow windows to be tuned to block targeted wavelengths

Researchers at NCSU block wavelengths by doping glass with Li ions and e- in tungsten oxide hydrate.

26 Sep 23
Silicon-based multijunction solar cell hits record 36.1% efficiency

Fraunhofer ISE and NWO-Inst AMOLF presented the result at EU PVSEC 2023.

26 Sep 23
Laser speckle detects postpartum hemorrhage

WUSTL wearable optical sensor tackles a leading cause of maternal mortality.

21 Sep 23
Chalmers researchers make optical microcombs 10 times more efficient

Trick is using two micro-resonators, instead of one, to boost laser power of soliton microcomb.

20 Sep 23
RIKEN boost for laser-based ice-core sampling for studying climate change

New laser melting sampler has 3mm depth-resolution; three times smaller than currently available systems.

20 Sep 23
INRS camera catches sight of transient events

New approach to time-gating lowers cost of imaging for biological samples or lidar.

19 Sep 23
Boston University spots stalled blood flow in brain capillaries

Two-photon Bessel beam approach allows fast volumetric imaging to spot circulation problems.

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