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Extending the Processing Power of Optical Computing

Modern neural networks mostly use linear operations like convolutions and matrix-vector multiplications. Although there are specialist processors for these tasks, like as GPUs and TPUs, their power and bandwidth are limited.

23 Jan 2024

Overcoming the Limitations of a Solitary Fiber Laser Amplifier

High-power, high-energy ultrafast fiber lasers are vital instruments in many domains, ranging from industrial processing to basic and applied scientific research.

23 Jan 2024

New Carbon-Based Metasurface Absorber Paves the Way for Tunable THz Technology

Researchers use a carbon-based metamaterial to create a broadband, tunable absorber, opening the door to cutting-edge technological applications.

22 Jan 2024

Luxinar’s metal tube laser technology makes an impression at International Personalization Expo 2024

Leading laser manufacturer Luxinar is anticipated to make a huge impression at the International Personalization Expo in Las Vegas, US, from 6th-9th February 2024. When visiting Luxinar booth (#934), visitors will s...

From Luxinar Ltd 22 Jan 2024

Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT) in a Living Subject

A recent study investigating the application of Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT) in a living subject for the first time was published by researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences.

22 Jan 2024

Inverse Design Techniques to Embed Optical Circuits

Researchers at Edinburgh, Scotland's Heriot-Watt University have developed a potent new method for programming optical circuits, which are essential for the development of future technologies like ultrafast quantum computers and unhackable communications networks.

22 Jan 2024

IRIDESENSE Unveils the World’s First Laser Device Capable of Analyzing Plant Health Remotely

At CES 2024, IRIDESENSE is unveiling the first 3D Multispectral LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensor capable of analyzing plant health and soil humidity levels remotely in real-time.

From IRIDESENSE 19 Jan 2024

Fingerprinting Biomolecules with the Help of Sound

A team of researchers from the Institute for Optoelectronic Systems and Microtechnology at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have designed a biosensor capable of identifying proteins and peptides in quantities as low as a single monolayer.

19 Jan 2024

Heriot-Watt Scientists Compute With Light Inside Hair-Thin Optical Fibre

Scientists at Heriot-Watt University have found a powerful new way to programme optical circuits that are critical to the delivery of future technologies such as unhackable communications networks and ultrafast quantum computers.

19 Jan 2024

High-Powered Optical Fiber Laser for Nanosatellite Propulsion

Lasers can indeed be used in space. Even though radio waves have long served as the foundation of space communications, the need to transmit more data more quickly has led to the development of lighter, more flexible, and more secure infrared rays—which are invisible to the human eye—as the technology of the future.

18 Jan 2024

New PRONTO-250-FLEX Laser Power Meter With Flexible, Traceable Calibration Options

Gentec Electro-Optics launches the PRONTO-250-FLEX laser power meter. Improving on the already successful PRONTO-250, the new PRONTO-250-FLEX has flexible calibration options, so the customer only pays for...

From Gentec-EO 18 Jan 2024

Collimating Lens Assemblies with Adjustable Focus for High NA Fiberoptic Patch Cords Used with Fiber-Coupled LEDs

LumeDEL LLC introduces fiberoptic collimating lenses optimized for fiberoptic patch cords with high numerical aperture (NA) up to 0.63. Very high NA, multimode optical fibers provide the best optical coupling efficiency with LEDs to deliver maximum output power.

18 Jan 2024

Tunable Laser: 2um Broadband PM Fibre Laser

LASER COMPONENTS is pleased to offer the TENOR-2000 from Cybel which is a wavelength tunable PM fibre laser.

17 Jan 2024

MKS Instruments Expands ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation to Ophir® Photonics European Service Lab in Germany, Ensuring Highest Accuracy NIST-Traceable Measurements Worldwide

MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, is pleased to announce that the company has received ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for its Ophir® Photonics Darmstad...

17 Jan 2024

Scientists Take New Approach to the PDH Method

Scientist John “Jan” Hall is regarded as a seminal figure in the history of laser frequency stabilization and laser-based precision measurement in the atomic and laser physics sectors.

16 Jan 2024