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    Optics

    Hyperbolic mirrors enhance petawatt laser focus

    Sally Cole Johnson
    May 2, 2024
    Researchers discover single-wavelength focal spots can be achieved by combining a rotational hyperbolic mirror with a parabolic mirror for current femtosecond petawatt-class lasers...

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    Lasers & Sources

    Laser light unleashes quantum behavior at room temperature

    Sally Cole Johnson
    May 1, 2024
    Researchers discover a large class of materials can be made magnetic via laser light—at room temperature—and it opens a new pathway to designing materials with light.
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    Podcasts

    PODCAST: Interview with Gregory Niven, laser innovator

    Justine Murphy
    April 30, 2024
    Episode 6 of Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast features Gregory Niven, whose work was honored with an Individual Technical Achievement award by the Academy of Motion ...
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    Test & Measurement

    Broadband UV dual-comb spectrometer measures pollutants in real time

    Sally Cole Johnson
    April 29, 2024
    A new type of spectrometer is designed for broad spectral coverage, short acquisition times, and high spectral resolution—and it captures electronic, vibrational, and rotational...

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    Photonics Hot List: April 26, 2024

    Justine Murphy
    April 26, 2024
    In this episode: a new LiDAR system boosts airborne apps, an optic-involved setup eyes concrete structures, and laser-driven fusion could lead to cleaner energy sources.
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    Photonics Hot List: April 19, 2024

    Justine Murphy
    April 19, 2024
    In this episode: a camera setup makes the vine to wine process simpler, a spectroscopy-based system IDs gases and chemicals, and a phase imaging approach images in unstable, dark...
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    Photonics Hot List: April 12, 2024

    Justine Murphy
    April 12, 2024
    In this episode: a thermal camera enhances fitness monitoring, a Raman spectroscopy setup broadens apps, and nonmetallic quantum dots are an ecofriendly alternative.

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