Annual competition invites firms leveraging photonics technologies to take part.

Results from optical instruments suggest exoplanet may have a water ocean.

Four keynotes give delegates updates and detail commercial opportunities of diverse demanding markets.

Program on 27 September will feature U.S. government agencies speaking on federal policy and funding.

To identify, monitor, target, and strike military threats remotely with greater precision.

Terrestrial global quantum internet is “blocked” due to signal losses in fiber, says Netherlands research group.

Society’s next vice president is also the president of Bentley Optical Design.

Plenary speakers Shanhui Fan (Stanford) and Stefanie Kroker (TU Braunschweig) open the plenary presentations.

Spinoff Tau Systems provides enhancement to develop elements of laser-plasma interactions.

Stamp in Life Magnified series shows fluorescence microscopy to promote interest in science.

PlanQK project aims to simplify quantum computing by providing an “app store” of quantum applications.

Public-private partnership will support construction of high-power laser and fusion research facility.