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Nonlinear optical states are imprinted on an electron beam
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Photonics West 2023
Avantes launches its new Pacto spectrometer
The Pacto has been tailored for the life sciences and biomedical industries
Detection technologies from the Tibidabo group
Tibidabo group companies outline their range of products designed for photon detection
Innovation in diamond applications from Element Six
Staff from Element Six outline the many thermal, optical and quantum applications of diamond
Tunable lasers and femtosecond lasers from Hübner Photonics
Hübner Photonics introduces the company's C-WAVE product family of tunable and laser light sources
MKS-Newport’s high performance optical filters
MKS-Newport introduces the ODiate high-performance optical filter line at Photonics West 2023
New fibre laser technology from NKT Photonics
NKT Photonics presents new fibre lasers for the quantum computing community
Vibration isolation products from Minus K Technology
Minus-K Technology showcases the company's range of passive vibration isolators
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Photonics West lights up San Francisco
A quick preview of some of the latest innovations in lasers, optics and photonic technologies appearing at the event
Frequency comb identifies molecules every 20 nanoseconds
New laser-based system can resolve processes occurring on the nanosecond timescale
Scientists propose super-bright light source powered by quasiparticles
A new light source concept based on plasma accelerators could be harnessed for a variety of applications, including non-destructive imaging and computer-chip manufacturing
Laser light goes for a quantum walk in a microchip
Optical comb device could be used to make miniaturized optical sensors and to increase data transmission rates in telecommunications
Terahertz laser induces room-temperature superconducting phase in a fullerene compound
Effect is transient but the right light source could make it last longer, say researchers
Optics and instrumentation firms share in the 2023 Institute of Physics business awards
James McKenzie looks at some of the photonics and instrumentation firm that have won 2023 business awards from the Institute of Physics
All-electric organic laser is a first
New device does not need a separate light source to work, unlike existing versions
Wearable optical device could detect postpartum haemorrhage
New laser speckle contrast imaging sensor has proved successful in a swine model and is now being tested on healthy volunteers
Sound waves in air deflect intense laser pulses
Acousto-optic Bragg grating preserves quality of laser beam
Multi-eye-component imaging could help diagnose ocular disease
New technique can measure the elasticity of several eye components at the same time
Photonic crystals formed over time in ancient Roman glass
Distinctive iridescent patina comes from an unusual hierarchically assembled structure with highly ordered nanoscale domains
Nanoscale device produces a stream of chiral single photons
Streamlined new device could find applications in quantum communication and information processing
Attosecond pulses and quantum dots: exploring the physics behind this year’s Nobel prizes
We also chat about that embarrassing leak of the chemistry winners in this podcast
Chiral detection of molecules gets a laser-driven boost
A new method rapidly detects the "handedness" of molecules using laser fields that encode chirality in time, not space
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier win 2023 Nobel Prize for Physics
Trio wins for work in attosecond science
Tiny vibrating cavity sees mid-infrared light at room temperature
Applications like gas sensing, medical and astronomical imaging and even quantum technologies could benefit
Light waves made to collide as if they were massive objects
Metamaterials known as time interfaces reshape pulses of light
Rapidly swapping photons make a high-quality quantum gate
Experiment with two superconducting cavities could lead to better quantum computers
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