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New Faster, Energy Efficient Optical Computing Hardware for AI and Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are currently affecting our lives in many small but impactful ways. For example, AI and machine learning applications recommend entertainment we might enjoy through streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify.

24 Jan 2022

NIL Technology to Demonstrate Metalens Camera Module at SPIE Photonics West

NIL Technology (NILT), a leading optical solutions company, will exhibit products, solutions, and demonstrate a complete imaging system built around the pioneering 1M metalens at SPIE Photonics West 2022, which will be held in San Francisco from January 22-27.

From NIL Technology ApS 24 Jan 2022

Advanced Photonics Nexus Journal to Publish First Issue in the Second Half of 2022

BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA -; Advanced Photonics Nexus, an Open Access journal co-published by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Chinese Laser Press (CLP), anticipates publication of its first issue in the second half of 2022.

21 Jan 2022

Realizing Discontinuous Quantum Phase Transition by Shaking an Optical Lattice Potential

Phase transitions are everywhere, ranging from water boiling to snowflakes melting, and from magnetic transitions in solids to cosmological phase transitions in the early universe.

21 Jan 2022

Adaptive Liquid Lens Developed Based on a New Electrically Responsive Fluid

Researchers have developed an adaptive liquid lens based on a new electrically responsive fluid called dibutyl adipate (DBA) that changes focal length when a voltage is applied. The lens is lightweight, compact and simple to fabricate, which makes it ideal for mobile phone cameras, endoscopes, eyeglasses and machine vision applications.

20 Jan 2022

Robot Solution for Automating the Lettuce Harvest

British research team of agricultural engineering and machinery experts develops harvesting robot with IDS camera

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 20 Jan 2022

SPIE: TriLite Demos World’s Smallest Projection Display Powered by Infineon’s 2D MEMS Mirror

TriLite is proud to present Trixel® 3, the world’s smallest Laser Beam Scanner at SPIE Photonics West from January 23-25 in San Francisco, California, USA.

From TriLite Technologies GmbH 20 Jan 2022

New Wearable Headset for Noninvasive Optical Neuroimaging

Recent advances in brain imaging techniques facilitate accurate, high-resolution observations of the brain and its functions.

19 Jan 2022

Researchers Build an Ultrafast Quantum Battery

Quantum batteries are a new class of energy storage devices that operate according to the principles of quantum physics, the science that studies the infinitely small where the laws of classical physics do not always apply.

19 Jan 2022

Real-Time, In Situ Monitoring of Early Cellular Apoptosis by Using a Nano-Optical Device

The biological intracellular microenvironment is complex, made up of various cell compartments and intracellular substances. To fully characterize the physiological function of living cells, one of the key factors is the development of micro/nanoprobes for subcellular measurement.

19 Jan 2022

Scientists Discover New Photonic Effect in Semiconducting Nanohelices

A new photonic effect in semiconducting helical particles with nanoscale dimensions has been discovered by an international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Bath. The observed effect has the potential to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving medicines and photonic technologies.

19 Jan 2022