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Dark-field microscopes made easy
Adding a mirrored substrate to a standard optical microscope’s sample stage could greatly simplify dark-field imaging and make it more widely accessible
Terahertz microscope produces highly accurate ‘ghost’ images
New device could find applications in areas such as the life sciences, airport security and quality control in manufacturing
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Photonis Scientific presents the Mantis3 camera
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Sound waves boost the modulation speed of quantum cascade lasers
New technique could allow for data transmission at 100 gigabits per second
Emmanuel Sabonnadière describes technology trends within optoelectronics
The CEO of CEA-Leti speaks with Physics World at Photonics West 2020
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After an euphoric few years, developers of augmented reality devices face tough challenges ahead
Physicists come top in ‘deep tech’ start-up challenge
Spectroscopy specialists Senorics and milk-analysis firm Labby take first and second prize in the annual Photonics West competition
Intense terahertz pulses generated with unprecedented efficiency
Improvements to two-colour laser filament technique could help close terahertz gap
Could legacy fibre networks host the global quantum Internet?
Researchers demonstrate that entangled photons can be transported across long distances in conventional single-mode optical fibre
A supercontinuum success story
Photonics experts share tales of bright ideas that panned out – and others where the outcome is yet to be determined
Transparent graphene photodetectors make advanced 3D camera
New device might find applications in bioimaging, driverless cars and robotics
Innovation lights up photonics
This year's Photonics West and BIOS events will bring together scientists, entrepreneurs and big business to discuss the trends that will drive the future of the optics industry
Infrared spectroscopy reveals molecular ‘fingerprints’
New technique detects substances at much lower concentrations than standard methods, including samples in water
Artificial intelligence reveals how light flows around nanoparticles
New technique could be used to design a wide range of optical devices
Metasurfaces help shape laser beams
New approach allows vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) to produce beams with made-to-order wavefront shapes
Photon frequency doubler is controlled by light
New technique could lead to all-optical computers
Deep traps add memory to mechanoluminescent materials
Materials that "remember" when and where they experienced mechanical stresses divulge their history under a laser spotlight
Moiré patterns created in light
Optical moiré lattices exhibit the same physics seen in twisted 2D crystals
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