Industry News

Trumpf Results: Record Year, Cloudy Horizon

Stewart Wills | 29 October 2022

Industrial-laser behemoth reports strong gains in sales and order for fiscal year—but CEO acknowledges economic and geopolitical uncertainties are “making me pensive.” read more  

Research News

Probing the Diverse Colors of Chile’s “Blooming Desert”

Meeri Kim | 27 October 2022

A single flower species appears different to pollinators depending on pigment composition. read more  

Research News

Laser Micromachining Improves X-Ray Telescope Mirrors

Patricia Daukantas | 26 October 2022

Using femtosecond laser pulses to alter stress states in materials could enable better optics for space-based observations. read more  

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Internet Edge Computing, the Photonic Way

Stewart Wills | 24 October 2022

A proposed architecture, Netcast, would use light-based techniques to run complex machine-learning computations on smartphones, smart speakers and other low-power client devices. read more  

Research News

Lasers Enable Fast and Detailed 3D Printing

Sarah Michaud | 20 October 2022

A new projection-based additive manufacturing method uses blue and red lasers to quickly create high-resolution micrometer-sized objects. read more  

Industry News

Luminate NY Taps Latest Winners

Stewart Wills | 20 October 2022

Top honors in the Rochester, NY-based optics, photonics and imaging startup accelerator go to an early-stage firm seeking to speed up semiconductor manufacture. read more  

Industry News

Partnership Eyes Asia Quantum-Computing Market

Stewart Wills | 19 October 2022

Trapped-ion hardware/software provider Quantinuum teams up with global trading company Mitsui & Co. to build quantum use cases and markets in Japan and Asia–Pacific. read more  

Research News

Computer-Guided Drawing Machine Fabricates Paper Metamaterials

Edwin Cartlidge | 19 October 2022

System could lower the cost of making metalenses and radiation absorbers. read more  

Research News

Building “Living” 3D Microstructures with Laser Light

Meeri Kim | 13 October 2022

New ink formulation enables two-photon laser printing to fabricate dynamic, complex yet tiny structures. read more  

Research News

Fluorescence Imaging for Better Tumor Removal

Patricia Daukantas | 12 October 2022

Streamlined dual-wavelength excitation system can deliver accurate depth information about tissues. read more