Optical trap-based process tests mechanical properties of cell components.

Partnership with Sweden’s Umeå University uses spectral interferometry to sample at different points simultaneously.

All-optical multiplane QPI eliminates need for digital phase recovery algorithms.

New approach cuts wavelength and temperature dependence, yielding applications for police, military, and medicine.

Federal money to allow U.S. and European collaboration to study coherent light sources beyond x-rays.

Speciality fibers feature micro-structured core with air pockets along entire length.

Single-molecule localization microscopy assists understanding of neurodegenerative disease.

Multi-laser beam process can also join steel with plate thickness up to 30mm.

Researchers from Purdue University have developed a robust optical anticounterfeit method for semiconductor devices.

…while Vanderbilt develops laser-based method for “liquid biopsies”.

Centre for Nanosciences & Nanotech, France, Télécom Paris, and STMicro have “overcome previous limitations”.

Firms co-developing smart chips and software to improve welding, cutting and marking.