Optics and Photonics News
Optics & Photonics News serves as the official magazine for The Optical Society and is released on a monthly basis, featuring a combined issue for July and August. This publication highlights advancements in optics, photonics, and other relevant areas within physics and engineering. It first launched in 1975 under the name Optics News. In 1982, it began a bimonthly release schedule, which changed to a monthly format in 1985. The magazine rebranded to Optics & Photonics News in January 1990, reflecting the rapid expansion of the photonics field following the invention of the laser. Over time, the magazine has transitioned from a simple newsletter to a polished glossy format. Starting in 1982, the final issue of each year has featured a special "year in optics" section, summarizing some of the most significant achievements in optics and photonic science and engineering from the past year.
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1 week ago |
optica-opn.org | Edwin Cartlidge
Scientists working at one of the world's leading X-ray lasers have used very high pressures and temperatures to elucidate for the first time the liquid structure of one of the most common elements in the universe—carbon (Nature, doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09035-6). They say that their result could improve the synthesis of novel materials and raise the efficiency of nuclear fusion reactions.
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2 weeks ago |
optica-opn.org | Meeri Kim
The field of paleoclimatology studies the climates from past geologic ages, before the invention of meteorological instruments. Similar to the way that paleontologists study fossils to gain insight into the prehistoric past, paleoclimatologists use environmental evidence such as ice cores to reconstruct Earth’s climate history. Researchers in China and the United States have developed an all-optical method for radiometric dating of ice samples up to 1.5 million years old (Nat.
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optica-opn.org | Patricia Daukantas
Look at a fast-spinning object, and you’re likely to see a blur. This effect may suffice when watching a pinwheel or a figure skater, but it’s completely inadequate for inspecting the performance of a rapidly rotating fan blade in a jet engine—or other devices that lives or property depend on. Researchers in China have developed a single-pixel imaging system that “freezes” a spinning object, delivering clear still pictures of it (Opt. Lett., doi:10.1364/OL.555872 ).
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2 weeks ago |
optica-opn.org | Bibiana Campos Seijo
Gooch & Housego (G&H) is deepening its North American footprint in the defense and aerospace optics market with the acquisition of Global Photonics (Trinity, FL).
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3 weeks ago |
optica-opn.org | Edwin Cartlidge
Researchers in the United States have built a compact source of single photons at telecom wavelengths that might in future be used to make the nodes in a quantum network (Opt. Quantum, doi: 10.1364/OPTICAQ.546774). By generating each photon alongside a visible counterpart, the device allows heralding via fairly compact detectors and could potentially hook up diverse quantum computers over long distances.
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