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STL Starts to ‘Make in America’ With Its Next-Gen Lugoff OFC Facility

STL, a leading global optical and digital solutions company, today formally announced the launch of its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Lugoff, South Carolina - The Palmetto Plant.

19 Sep 2023

Achieving High-Accuracy Classification Using Semiconductor Lasers

The so-called photonic neural network systems, which are quick and energy-efficient, are particularly beneficial for dealing with huge amounts of data.

13 Sep 2023

MKS Announces Ophir® FoldIR 30-450 mm f/3.4 Compact, Folded Optics Zoom Lens for MWIR Cameras

MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, has announced the Ophir® FoldIR 30-450 mm f/3.4 continuous zoom lens, a long-range, compact folded optics IR zoom lens for gimbal systems and payloads.

12 Sep 2023

New Loss Mitigation Technique Paves the Way for Perfect Optical Resonators

Optical resonators are used in everything from familiar laser pointers to cutting-edge photonic quantum computers.

12 Sep 2023

From Bulk to 2D: Evolution in Infrared Avalanche Photodiode Technology

The avalanche multiplication effect can be utilized to sense low-power optical signals and even single-photons—thanks to the amplification mechanism within all main: short- (SWIR), near- (NIR), mid- (MWIR), and long wavelength infrared radiation (LWIR) ranges.

4 Sep 2023

Nonlinearity and Topology in Photonic Disclination States

Controllable deformations presented in periodic structures might result in the appearance of disclinations and set the new stages for the construction of higher-order topological insulators with varied distinct rotational symmetries, which were noticed until now only in linear regime.

4 Sep 2023