From QKD to teleportation, quantum technologies are increasingly operating alongside classical data in deployed fiber infrastructure.
Recent breakthroughs suggest that partially coherent light may outperform coherent light in some applications of optical communications and information processing.
A project to fire tiny spacecraft with futuristic sails to our next-nearest star using a huge laser appears to have bitten the dust. But some scientists still see photonics as a path to interstellar travel.
Advanced laser technology stands behind one of the most common consumer products—displays. They are key to industrial production of flexible OLED and microLED screens.
Optica is proud to honor and celebrate outstanding contributions to science, research, engineering, education, industry and society.
Microsoft researchers explore experiments showing that hollow-core fibers can achieve quasi-real-time transmission over thousands of kilometers.
This installment of OPN’s biennial feature examines how artists in the late 19 th and 20 th centuries found new ways of looking at light, matter and color.
Optical scientists are developing new technologies for cancer detection, microbe analysis and other medical marvels. But how do these advances make their way to the physician’s office?
After a hundred-year journey and a restoration that revived its precision, a 1923 Zeiss refractor still serves sky watchers in Belgrade.
Mait shares lessons learned from his time as a US government program manager in the physical sciences.
As today’s quantum devices remain limited in range and size, entanglement-based optical networks are emerging as the key to building larger, more capable quantum systems.
Replication offers a cost-effective method to produce complex optical geometries on diverse substrates complementing traditional “grind and shine” techniques.
Understanding and tracking climate change demands a more comprehensive visual picture of global seafloor—via cameras, lighting and other optics designed for the ocean’s inhospitable depths.
Squeezed phonon lasers / Fiber sensors for soil / Laser-guided nanorobot / Record triple-junction solar cell / Reviving entangled states / Dragonflies see deep red / Better holographic storage / Industry news
This special issue of Optics & Photonics News highlights exciting peer-reviewed optics research that has emerged over the past year.
The spectroscopic analysis of historical and archaeological samples presents unique challenges and exciting opportunities for the optics and cultural heritage communities.
Small language models offer a pathway for physics and photonics education in low-resource regions.
Leveraging photonics technology for agricultural applications provides promising solutions for challenges to global food production.
Optica is proud to honor and celebrate outstanding contributions to science, research, engineering, education, industry and society.
Optica’s 2007 President was a pioneer in both theoretical quantum optics and scientific publishing.
