Optics & Photonics News is the magazine of Optica (formerly OSA).
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Jun 12
In OPN's latest Career Focus column "Earning Trust as Part of a Team" 2016 Optica President Alan Willner discusses the importance of being a team player in an organization and aligning your goals with those of your team.
Read the story: bit.ly/49Ify5o
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Jun 11
In new work, researchers demonstrated an optical chip that delivers femtosecond pulses of laser light with energies above a nanojoule.
Read the OPN story: bit.ly/4uomvzL
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Jun 10
Researchers devised a way to make a by-product of paper, lignin, into useful materials (like vanillin and a biodegradable plastic alternative) with just light and ambient conditions.
Read the OPN story: bit.ly/43mYT3H
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Jun 9
Corning and Amazon announced a multibillion-dollar agreement.
Corning will supply optical fiber, cable and connectivity solutions needed for Amazon Web Services. The investment will also enable Corning to create 1,000 new advanced manufacturing jobs. bit.ly/3RYodKO
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Jun 8
Congratulations 🎉 to the winners of the 2026 Optica awards and medals!
Find the full list of recipients in the OPN June issue: bit.ly/4urGoGn
#honors #awards #optics #photonics
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Jun 8
Image of the Week: Creating Art with Fruit
Black stripes printed on a sheet of paper reflected from the surface of diluted milk with a few berries.
Read more here: bit.ly/3Uj2QCf
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Jun 6
Researchers from @UofR created solar-thermal panels that can remove salt and valuable minerals from ocean water, leaving fresh water but also difficult to mine minerals like lithium.
Read the OPN story: bit.ly/4dPxq0y
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Jun 5
OPN spoke with Ronald Hanson ahead of his keynote at Quantum 2.0 (15 - 18 June in Glasgow, UK) about the technical hurdles, #photonic advances and opportunities shaping the future of #quantum networking.
Read the interview: bit.ly/3PwZ3Ck
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Jun 4
Researchers showed electrically tunable second-harmonic generation in a device that is tens of times smaller than existing ones. “Applications are nanoscale light sources, reconfigurable optical modulators and detectors for integrated photonic circuits,” bit.ly/3Q7GK6G
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Jun 1
Curious of how photonics fits into interstellar travel?
In OPN's article "New Optics for Interstellar Flight" freelance writer Edwin Cartlidge discusses the challenges of light sail technology and how some researchers still think it could work. bit.ly/3RJbT0O
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Jun 1
Image of the Week: Stem Autofluorescence
Autofluorescence image of an avocado (Persea americana) stem cross-section.
[2025 #OPNPhotoContest ]
Read more here: bit.ly/3Uj2QCf
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May 30
✨Be included in OPN's "Optics in 2026" issue✨
Have you conducted notable peer-reviewed research in the optics and photonics field? Send us a brief summary to be featured in the year-end special!
More information via the link: bit.ly/416VbdA
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May 29
Arkeus raises US$18 Million.
The company will use the funds to expand its global reach and scale its hyperspectral optical radar technology. bit.ly/433j5aG
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May 28
The dark #craters on the #moon could provide an ideal location to build ultrastable #lasers for supporting critical infrastructure for future lunar landings.
Read the OPN story: bit.ly/3PwSWhk
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May 27
Researchers combined a dozen different types of optical #microscope into one nifty device.
The new creation could cut costs in modern #microscopy laboratories once the team develops machine learning that can analyze the terabytes of output data. bit.ly/4wO5L7v
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May 26
#Quantum #technology, like #QKD, is increasingly being integrated with and used alongside classical data in existing fiber infrastructure.
OPN's June cover feature explores the history and future of "quantum-classical coexistence.” bit.ly/3RuRZGS
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May 26
Image of the Week: Metal Complex Beauty
Orthoscopic image of random growth of copper(II) phenanthroline-based complex crystals on a glass slide.
2025 #OPNPhotoContest
Read more here: bit.ly/3Uj2QCf
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May 21
New technology shows that plant photosynthetic machinery can be transplanted into mammalian tissue as a potential treatment for dry eye disease. "We, too, can have limited photosynthetic abilities," says author Xing Kuoran.
Read the OPN story: bit.ly/49eEnWg
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May 20
“PrecisionView represents a future direction for medical imaging, one where artificial intelligence and optical design work together to improve outcomes,” said Rebecca Richards-Kortum of a new handheld endomicroscope for early detection of cancer. bit.ly/4wFSyO9
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May 20
OPN's June issue is now live 🥳
The issue includes features about building quantum networks on classical fiber infrastructure, optics for interstellar flight, the 2026 Optica Awards and Medals and more!
Check it out 👉 bit.ly/4wJbHPm
#lasers #quantum #space #physics
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