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ABB to Add Optical Sensors to Four More GHGSat Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Satellites

ABB has secured a third contract with GHGSat, the global leader in high-resolution greenhouse gas monitoring from space, to manufacture optical sensors for their C12, C13, C14 and C15 satellites set to launch into orbit in 2024.

29 Nov 2023

Multimodal Feedback System to Improve the Safety and Accuracy of Laser Surgery

The advantages offered by laser technology have the potential to reinvent surgery; however, some challenges still need to be addressed.

29 Nov 2023

Multifunctional Transition and Temperature-Responsive Contact Lenses

Better treatment strategies are urgently needed, as evidenced by the rise in eye diseases around the world, which is mostly attributable to inadequate ophthalmic diagnosis and monitoring.

28 Nov 2023

Ultrafast Lasers: Expanding Control Over Surface Micro/Nano Structure Production

In addition to being a burgeoning field of study motivated by bionics, surface functionalization by micro/nanostructuring is crucial for several real-world applications.

28 Nov 2023

Gentec-EO Receives the Steen Award for its Contributions to the Field of Laser Material Processing

Gentec Electro-Optics receives the William M. Steen Award for significant developments in laser material processing with its latest innovation in power meter technology: the fastest kilowatt-level power meter on the mark...

From Gentec-EO 28 Nov 2023

New Option for Producing High-Power Ultrafast Lasers with Superior Beam Quality

The benefits of an ultrafast laser are broadband spectrum, high energy density, and high time resolution.

27 Nov 2023

Selective Excitation of Molecules Through Dual XUV Light

For the first time, scientists have achieved the selective excitation of a molecule by employing a combination of two extreme-ultraviolet light sources, leading to the molecule’s controlled dissociation while meticulously tracking its evolution over time.

24 Nov 2023

Multi-Synaptic Photonic Networks Unlock New Horizons in Neuromorphic Computing

Researchers have recently developed an advanced form of photonic spiking neural networks (SNNs), a significant step in neuromorphic computing. This new approach utilizes a multi-synaptic photonic SNN, combining modified remote supervised learning with delay-weight co-training for pattern classification.

By Skyla Baily 23 Nov 2023

Rotation of Exciton–Polariton Condensates Using Laser Beams

RIKEN physicists created several vortices in a quantum photonic system and tracked their evolution using a special combination of laser beams as a very fast stirrer.

22 Nov 2023

Teledyne FLIR Releases New 80° Wide-Angle Thermal Lens and Port Adapter for FLIR Thermal Cameras

Teledyne FLIR today introduced a new 80° lens with an ultrawide field of view, designed to enable maintenance managers, engineers, and mechanical technicians to keep an eye on assets in a large target area for continuous monitoring, condition monitoring, and early intervention of developing faults.

From Teledyne FLIR LLC 22 Nov 2023

Eden Renewables Measures the Wind with ZX Lidars

ZX Measurement Services deploys ZX 300 wind Lidar at Bettyhill Wind Farm in north Scotland.

From EDEN RENEWABLES LLC 22 Nov 2023

The Orbital Angular Momentum of Light with an Azimuthal Backflow

Researchers at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Physics superposed two clockwise twisted light beams to create anti-clockwise twists in the ensuing superposition's dark regions.

21 Nov 2023

Universal Adaptive Optics for Microscopy with Embedded Neural Networks

In several scientific disciplines, such as biochemistry, physiology, and neuroscience, microscopes were crucial instruments for scientific study. To rectify light wavefront aberrations caused by intrinsic optical system limits and non-uniform sample structures, adaptive optics, or AO, have been employed in microscopes. Sample structures and wavefront aberrations were unknown before imaging, making AO difficult to regulate even though it significantly improves microscope imaging quality.

17 Nov 2023

Goddard Engineer Recognized for His Innovation in Photon Sieves

Engineer Steven Denis was selected the FY23 Internal Research and Development (IRAD) Innovator of the Year by Goddard’s Office of the Chief Technologist, an honor bestowed yearly on those who exemplify the best in innovation.

17 Nov 2023

Nanophotonics Paves the Way for Efficient Nighttime Warming

Warming has been pivotal in many industrial and agricultural operations across time. Yet, nighttime heating poses a unique hurdle due to the lack of sunlight.

16 Nov 2023