Perovskite Powers Underwater Photovoltaics
Researchers overcame sunlight attenuation in water, charging lithium-ion batteries 10 meters below the ocean’s surface.
24 September 2026
Frequency Combs for Integrated Photonics
FiO plenary speaker Alexander Gaeta spoke with OPN about implementing this technology for commercial applications.
01 October 2026
Fishbone Cavity Provides the Hook for Heterogeneous Integration
New scheme seamlessly combines diamond quantum emitters with a titanium dioxide chip.
30 September 2026
Singular Photonics Launches Programmable Sensor for Multimodal Imaging
New SPAD sensor combines single-photon detection, picosecond timing and on-chip processing.
29 September 2026
Lightera to Triple Submarine Optical Fiber Production
The company announced a “major” capital investment to expand manufacturing operations.
29 September 2026
A melting snowflake is shown as a quantitative phase map in which color encodes the optical path length of light through the crystal, proportional to its thickness.
02 October 2026
October 2026 Issue
LATEST NEWS
LITILIT Scales up Femtosecond-laser Production in Lithuania
New factory in Vilnius will increase production capacity as ultrafast lasers move into high-volume industrial applications.
02 October 2026
Fishbone Cavity Provides the Hook for Heterogeneous Integration
New scheme seamlessly combines diamond quantum emitters with a titanium dioxide chip.
30 September 2026
Singular Photonics Launches Programmable Sensor for Multimodal Imaging
New SPAD sensor combines single-photon detection, picosecond timing and on-chip processing.
29 September 2026
Lightera to Triple Submarine Optical Fiber Production
The company announced a “major” capital investment to expand manufacturing operations.
29 September 2026
Perovskite Powers Underwater Photovoltaics
Researchers overcame sunlight attenuation in water, charging lithium-ion batteries 10 meters below the ocean’s surface.
24 September 2026EDITOR'S PICKS
Generating and Detecting Deepfakes: A 21st-Century Arms Race
As AI tools get better at creating realistic images and videos, scientists are racing to develop countermeasures to spot the fakes.
01 February 2025
Building the First Useful Quantum Networks
Ronald Hanson spoke with OPN about the technical hurdles, photonic advances and opportunities shaping the future of quantum networking.
01 June 2026
Teaching Optics with a Raspberry Pi
An educational effort helps students build their own spectroscopy tool and gives them invaluable skills in the process.
01 April 2025
A cut of vine wood, which is used in the production of Spätlese is observed in autofluorescence using an InnoQuant slide scanner.
01 February 2026
Snowflake in Phase
A melting snowflake is shown as a quantitative phase map in which color encodes the optical path length of light through the crystal, proportional to its thickness.
02 October 2026
Zooming in on the Laser Market
Quantifying the overall market is helpful, but the details are more interesting.
01 October 2026
Protecting the Night
Artificial light at night can have a negative effect on both plants and animals. Here we look at some of the disruptions to nighttime behaviors.
01 October 2026CAREERS
Do Biographies of Scientists Inspire Children?
Children’s books about the careers of famous scientists may contain inadvertently discouraging messaging.
17 August 2026
A Mental Health Crisis in Academia?
New meta-analysis suggests that one in three early-career researchers experience elevated psychological distress.
28 July 2026
Journeys in Optics: Andrea Pacheco
Andrea Pacheco talks about why she became a physicist, the importance of collaboration, and balancing her academic career with family life.
13 July 2026
Journeys in Optics: Václav Hanus
Václav Hanus discusses the twists and turns in the path he took to a career in ultrafast lasers—and his work on science-themed music.
15 May 2026
Parenthood and the Academic Career Ladder
A new study takes a closer look at the differing effects of the “parenthood penalty” on mothers and fathers in academia.
28 April 2026