Inexpensive, Simple Fabrication Method Poised to Expand Microlens Applications
A growing number of applications, including smartphone cameras, depend on microlenses to boost performance. A newly developed technology, called laser catapulting, could make it much easier and less...
View ArticleGlobal Machine Tool Revenues Are Expected To Decline 10% to 2017 Levels
Companies selling laser and other optical products into the global machine tool sector should expect a decline in sales in 2019 near 10%, compared to 2018.
View ArticleDevelopment of High-Power Lasers, Quantum Internet Are Plenary Topics for FiO...
The development of chirped pulse amplification (CPA) of laser light and advances toward harnessing the phenomenon of quantum entanglement to create a quantum Internet will be the topics of two plenary...
View ArticleLaser Method Promising for Detecting Trace Chemicals in Air
Researchers have developed a new laser-based method that can detect electric charges and chemicals of interest with unprecedented sensitivity. The new approach could one day offer a way to scan large...
View ArticleCalibration Method Improves Scientific Research Performed with Smartphone...
Although smartphones and other consumer cameras are increasingly used for scientific applications, it’s difficult to compare and combine data from different devices. A new easy-to-use standardized...
View ArticleMicroscopic Glass Blowing Used to Make Tiny Optical Lenses
Inserting air into hot glass to form a bubble has been used to make glass objects since Roman times. In new work, researchers apply these same glass blowing principles on a microscopic scale to make...
View ArticleHigh Brightness Mid-Infrared Laser Expands Horizon of Spectroscopic...
Researchers have used an extremely bright mid-infrared laser to perform an analytical technique known as spectroscopic ellipsometry. The new approach captures high-resolution spectral information in...
View ArticleThe OSA Foundation Provides Grants to Student Chapters in Support of LGBT...
In support of International LGBT STEM Day 2019, celebrated on 5 July, The OSA Foundation (OSAF) has awarded Diversity and Inclusion Grants to six student chapters of The Optical Society (OSA) in...
View ArticleThe Optical Society Announces 2019 Class of Senior Members
The Optical Society (OSA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce its 2019 class of new Senior Members. The Senior Member distinction, awarded this year to 219 OSA members, recognizes experience and...
View ArticleFiber-optic Vibration Sensors Could Prevent Train Accidents
Researchers have developed new sensors for measuring acceleration and vibration on trains. The technology could be integrated with artificial intelligence to prevent railway accidents and catastrophic...
View ArticleOptics Express, Optics Letters Top-Rated Journals in 2006
The Optical Society of America (OSA) is pleased to announce that based on "impact factor," or the number of citations compared to the number of papers published, its journals Optics Express and Optics...
View ArticleLaser Method Promising for Detecting Trace Chemicals in Air
Researchers have developed a new laser-based method that can detect electric charges and chemicals of interest with unprecedented sensitivity. The new approach could one day offer a way to scan large...
View ArticleCalibration Method Improves Scientific Research Performed with Smartphone...
Although smartphones and other consumer cameras are increasingly used for scientific applications, it’s difficult to compare and combine data from different devices. A new easy-to-use standardized...
View ArticleMicroscopic Glass Blowing Used to Make Tiny Optical Lenses
Inserting air into hot glass to form a bubble has been used to make glass objects since Roman times. In new work, researchers apply these same glass blowing principles on a microscopic scale to make...
View ArticleHigh Brightness Mid-Infrared Laser Expands Horizon of Spectroscopic...
Researchers have used an extremely bright mid-infrared laser to perform an analytical technique known as spectroscopic ellipsometry. The new approach captures high-resolution spectral information in...
View ArticleThe OSA Foundation Provides Grants to Student Chapters in Support of LGBT...
In support of International LGBT STEM Day 2019, celebrated on 5 July, The OSA Foundation (OSAF) has awarded Diversity and Inclusion Grants to six student chapters of The Optical Society (OSA) in...
View ArticleThe Optical Society Announces 2019 Class of Senior Members
The Optical Society (OSA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce its 2019 class of new Senior Members. The Senior Member distinction, awarded this year to 219 OSA members, recognizes experience and...
View ArticleFiber-optic Vibration Sensors Could Prevent Train Accidents
Researchers have developed new sensors for measuring acceleration and vibration on trains. The technology could be integrated with artificial intelligence to prevent railway accidents and catastrophic...
View ArticlePlenary Speakers at 2019 OSA Laser Congress Will Highlight Technological...
A trio of plenary speakers, including Nobel Laureate Gérard Mourou, will describe fast-moving advances in laser science and technology at the 2019 OSA Laser Congress and Exhibition, 29 September to 3...
View ArticleAirborne Lidar System Poised to Improve Accuracy of Climate Change Models
Researchers have developed a laser-based system that can be used for airborne measurement of important atmospheric gases with unprecedented accuracy and resolution. The ability to collect this data...
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