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High Image Quality Despite Small Size

Small camera housings and powerful sensors are not mutually exclusive: IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH integrates the Sony IMX900 sensor into selected models of the compact USB3 uEye XCP, XLS and GigE uEye LE series.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 7 Aug 2025

Chiral Quantum Optics: Recent Developments and Future Directions

Chiral quantum optics is evolving, with new platforms for light-matter interactions. This review addresses key challenges and future directions in the field.

By Samudrapom Dam 6 Aug 2025

Microscopy Technique Reveals Chirality in a Single Image

Researchers at ETH Zurich develop a method to visualize chirality, enhancing the study of molecular handedness and its impact on drug efficacy and materials.

6 Aug 2025

First Next-Gen GEO-Based Missile Warning Satellite Successfully Completes Environmental Testing, On Track for Delivery to Space Force

The first of a new, more capable, more survivable missile warning satellite, designed by Lockheed Martin for today’s highly contested space domain, has successfully completed environmental testing.

From Lockheed Martin 6 Aug 2025

Alluxa Introduces Breakthrough ULTRA Low-Stress Dichroic Deposition Process for Thin Substrates

Alluxa, Inc., a global leader in high-performance optical coatings, filters, and thin-film deposition technologies, is pleased to announce a breakthrough using its proprietary Sirrus™ Plasma Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) process that enables fully dense dielectric optical coatings with very low stress on thin substrates.

From Alluxa 6 Aug 2025

Technique to Visualize Elemental Composition of Organic Samples

New cryo-imaging method reveals nanomaterials’ structure and elemental makeup in frozen solvents with minimal damage, boosting biological and materials research.

4 Aug 2025

Conservation Laws and Pulse Propagation in Optical Metamaterials with Power-Law NLSE

New soliton solutions to the NLSE with parabolic nonlinearity are being explored, featuring conservation laws and pulse dynamics in optical metamaterials

By Samudrapom Dam 1 Aug 2025

Hypermultiplexed Integrated Photonics–based Optical Tensor Processor

The HITOP optical processor achieves O(N²) operations per cycle, enhancing AI model training with high scalability and energy-efficient photonic technology.

By Samudrapom Dam 31 Jul 2025

AI-Powered Handheld Scanner Detects Skin Cancer Without Biopsy

In a study published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics, researchers at the Saint-Étienne University Hospital and Paris-Saclay University introduces a compact, noninvasive imaging system that merges two advanced techniques to analyze both the structure and chemical makeup of skin cancers.

31 Jul 2025

LLNL Creates First-Ever 3D Quantum Ghost Microscope

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory unveils the first 3D quantum ghost imaging microscope, enhancing sensitivity and information gathering in microscopy.

30 Jul 2025

Safer Monitoring: Novel Photoacoustic Method Scans Stents Non-Invasively

In a recent study published in Optics Letters, researchers demonstrated how, for the first time, photoacoustic microscopy can scan stents through skin, possibly giving a safer, more convenient approach to monitor these life-saving implants.

28 Jul 2025

RSM: A Breakthrough in Super-Resolution Imaging Technology

RSM combines innovative optical components for super-resolution microscopy, enhancing imaging capabilities and supporting advancements in biomedical research.

By Muhammad Osama 25 Jul 2025

Skynopy, Wildfires and Natural Disasters: What If the Real Problem was the Delay in Satellite Data?

Each summer, wildfires strike harder, earlier, and more frequently. They demand faster responses. In the face of increasingly extreme natural disasters, satellite data has become a critical asset — helping to identify high-risk areas, anticipate events, monitor fire propagation, and coordinate emergency responses.

From Skynopy 25 Jul 2025

IEEE Study Shows Thermal Scaling Analysis of Large Hybrid Laser Arrays for Co-Packaged Optics

This study investigates how scaling the size of laser arrays has strong implications for self-heating and optical performance.

From IEEE Photonics Society 25 Jul 2025

Study Uncovers Technologically Appealing Trick Used by Microalgae to Manipulate Light

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have uncovered an intricate light manipulation mechanism likely used by microscopic algae to boost photosynthesis.

24 Jul 2025