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26 Aug 25
Lithium niobate device could replace signal modulators in optical networks

Harvard SEAS develops digital-to-analog converter bridging electronics and photonics.

21 Aug 25
TU Vienna develops new microscope for ultra-sensitive samples

Design makes light travel in a circle so it can interact multiple times with target.

21 Aug 25
Zhejiang researchers boost perovskite laser by suppressing energy loss

Limiting Auger recombination enables “record” quasi-continuous wave laser output.

20 Aug 25
Optical technique maps airway wall elasticity during bronchoscopy…

…and portable spectroscopy enables detection of vaginal microbes.

19 Aug 25
Sweden’s most powerful laser delivers record-short light pulses

Short pulses, extreme peaks, and precise wave forms enable investigation of rapid nature processes.

19 Aug 25
Innsbruck develops new technique to improve multi-photon state generation

Described as “significant progress in making quantum dots more practical for real applications”.

13 Aug 25
EPFL speeds up protein imaging with single-photon detector

Fluorescence lifetime method characterizes thousands of molecules quickly and simultaneously.

13 Aug 25
€5.1 M ECSTATIC fiber optic project aims to prevent bridge collapses

Aston University trialing “breakthrough” approach in Birmingham; using busy railway viaduct as test site.

13 Aug 25
University of Innsbruck puts cancer under pressure

Fluorescence technique reveals response of cancer cells when physically squeezed.

11 Aug 25
Canadian-German group converts laser light into electrical power at 54% efficiency...

...and solar panels and rice fields thrive together in Japanese agrivoltaics pilot.

05 Aug 25
Paris-Saclay University views structure and composition of skin cancers

Dual-mode optical imaging offers new approach to clinical assessment and diagnosis.

05 Aug 25
NYU sees details of biomolecular condensates

Holographic microscopy points to new undestanding of role in disease, drug therapy.

 
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