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In-depth articles written by our editorial team focusing on the latest developments in materials science and technology
The DAVINCI Mission: Exploring Venus with Spectrometers

The DAVINCI Mission: Exploring Venus with Spectrometers

Between the late 2020s and early 2030s, NASA’s DAVINCI probe will take a look at Venus's atmosphere in unprecedented detail by dropping a probe with a spectrometer to the planet’s surface.

By Robert Lea 24 Jun 2022
Digitally Transformed Lidar System with Resource-Saving TDC

Digitally Transformed Lidar System with Resource-Saving TDC

A recent paper illustrated a low-cost digitally integrated LiDAR with TDC that is completely FPGA-controlled and processed in a low-end FPGA chip with constrained configurable logic block resources.

23 Jun 2022
What is the Difference Between Spectrometry and Spectroscopy?

What is the Difference Between Spectrometry and Spectroscopy?

Spectroscopy and spectrometry are terms that are often used interchangeably but there are some subtle differences in their exact meanings. This article looks at the differences between the two and their applications.

By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D 23 Jun 2022
How a Laser Mode Sensor Will Probe Neutron Star Interiors

How a Laser Mode Sensor Will Probe Neutron Star Interiors

A laser mode sensor development by gravitational-wave scientists at the University of Western Australia could be the key to probing beneath the surface of neutron stars. The breakthrough may help researchers test the limits of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity using gravitational waves.

By Robert Lea 22 Jun 2022
Improving Medical Diagnostic Reliability with Light Pulse Control

Improving Medical Diagnostic Reliability with Light Pulse Control

A research collaboration has demonstrated precisely controlled single-cycle waveforms in ultrashort mid-infrared pulses.

By Ilamaran Sivarajah 21 Jun 2022
Identifying Drugs in Packaging Using Spectroscopy

Identifying Drugs in Packaging Using Spectroscopy

Researchers at Shizuoka University in Japan have found a way to use an attenuated total reflection version of terahertz spectroscopy to identify drugs in plastic packaging even for compounds with high terahertz absorption.

By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D 21 Jun 2022
Cellular Lasers and their Promising Future in Studying Biological and Biophysical Phenomena

Cellular Lasers and their Promising Future in Studying Biological and Biophysical Phenomena

Research has led to the possibility of producing lasers that involve biological cells, opening up a new avenue of exploration in biophotonics, the field of cellular lasers and biolasers.

By Sarah Moore 20 Jun 2022
How Food Microscopy Helps Determine Nutritional Quality of Cereals

How Food Microscopy Helps Determine Nutritional Quality of Cereals

There are several methods for determining the nutritional content and quality of cereal crops and many of these involve different microscopy techniques.2 Optical microscopy enables visual inspection of the grains and, with the right microscopy technique, identification of the amount of starch and other nutrients.

By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D 8 Jun 2022
Improving 3D Printing with Laser-Based Ultrasounds

Improving 3D Printing with Laser-Based Ultrasounds

This article looks at how laser-based ultrasounds can be used to enhance 3D printing processes.

By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D 6 Jun 2022
What is Metalens Technology and How Could it Revolutionize Optics?

What is Metalens Technology and How Could it Revolutionize Optics?

Metalenses are flat lenses that use metasurfaces to focus light. The metasurfaces are a series of artificial antennae that manipulate the optical response of the incident light, including its amplitude phase and polarization.

By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D 26 May 2022
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Researchers Present Major Breakthrough in Dynamic and Digital Holography1

Researchers Present Major Breakthrough in Dynamic and Digital Holography

Scientists Demonstrate Utilizing Exotic Photonic Crystals for a Powerful One-Way Transport of Light2

Scientists Demonstrate Utilizing Exotic Photonic Crystals for a Powerful One-Way Transport of Light

Scientists Upgrade EDFAs to Boost Optical Signal Power3

Scientists Upgrade EDFAs to Boost Optical Signal Power

Study Shows How Nanoparticles May Control the Flow of Light Like Road Signs4

Study Shows How Nanoparticles May Control the Flow of Light Like Road Signs

Scientists Present Broadband Perfect Absorber Scheme for Light Absorption5

Scientists Present Broadband Perfect Absorber Scheme for Light Absorption

Featured Equipment

Discover the TheiaVu™ Benchtop Vision Inspection Systems

Discover the TheiaVu™ Benchtop Vision Inspection Systems

The TheiaVu™ Series is a range of benchtop inspection systems that allow the user to take a wide variety of measurements, and to record repeatable, reliable data to improve processes.

From KPM Analytics
Filmetrics® F40: Measure Thickness and Refractive Index

Filmetrics® F40: Measure Thickness and Refractive Index

KLA’s Filmetrics F40 allows you to transform your benchtop microscope into an instrument to measure thickness and refractive index.

From Filmetrics, a KLA Company
ProMetric® I-SC: Combination Imaging Colorimeter/Spectrometer Solution

ProMetric® I-SC: Combination Imaging Colorimeter/Spectrometer Solution

This product profile describes the properties and applications of the ProMetric® I-SC Solution Imaging Colorimeter.

From Radiant Vision Systems

Latest Interviews

This Beam Shaping Start-Up is Sharpening Up the Laser Industry

Dr. David Dung

We spoke with University of Bonn spin-off Midel Photonics, a start-up company whose laser beam shaping technology is hoping to sharpen up the laser industry.

This Beam Shaping Start-Up is Sharpening Up the Laser Industry

Laser-Driven Light Sources and the Future of Photonics Innovation

Matthias Sachsenhauser, Ph.D.

Following Laser World of Photonics 2022, we spoke with Matthias Sachsenhauser from Hamamatsu Photonics about the role of laser-driven light sources in the future of the photonics sector.

Laser-Driven Light Sources and the Future of Photonics Innovation

Improving Breast Cancer Imaging with a Deep-Learning Algorithm

Dr. Keith Paulsen

AZoOptics speaks to Dr. Keith Paulsen about the importance of breast cancer detection and the introduction of his team's deep-learning algorithm that associates spatial images of tissue optical properties with optical signal patterns measured during an imaging experiment or patient exam.

Improving Breast Cancer Imaging with a Deep-Learning Algorithm

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What is Metalens Technology and How Could it Revolutionize Optics?1

What is Metalens Technology and How Could it Revolutionize Optics?

This Beam Shaping Start-Up is Sharpening Up the Laser Industry2

This Beam Shaping Start-Up is Sharpening Up the Laser Industry

Identifying Drugs in Packaging Using Spectroscopy3

Identifying Drugs in Packaging Using Spectroscopy

How a Laser Mode Sensor Will Probe Neutron Star Interiors4

How a Laser Mode Sensor Will Probe Neutron Star Interiors

Improving 3D Printing with Laser-Based Ultrasounds5

Improving 3D Printing with Laser-Based Ultrasounds

Laser-Driven Light Sources and the Future of Photonics Innovation6

Laser-Driven Light Sources and the Future of Photonics Innovation

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Achieving Laser Characterization Via Spectrometry

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The Characterization of Flexible Electronics Using Optician and Non-Destructive 3D Measurements

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Vibration Damping and Vibration Isolation—What Are the Differences?

From TMC Vibration Control 25 May 2022

Gain Flattening Filters: How They Can Optimize EDFA Module Design and Performance

From Iridian Spectral Technologies 11 May 2022

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