Blurred Tomography Prints Sharp Microlenses
A new 3D-printing technique uses blurred beams to rapidly produce tiny optical components with high precision.
14 May 2024
Compact All-Attosecond Spectroscopy
A lab-scale approach creates attosecond pump and probe pulses from a commercial infrared laser.
01 May 2024
Quartz Could Boost Solar Thermal Energy
Adding a semi-transparent material can improve the efficiency of opaque absorbers at high temperatures.
15 May 2024
Eventful Times for Luminar Technologies
For the automotive-lidar developer, a new sensor platform, a production milestone, a restructuring and a surprising customer detail have recently crowded the business press.
11 May 2024
Thinking Broadly about Collaborations
Researcher Sarper Ozharar spoke with OPN about his transition from academia to industry and the value in creative partnerships.
14 May 2024
Colorful Scattering
The scattering of light creates vivid colors in 12,479 hanging fibers representing 12,479 famous ancient Chinese paintings in a special exhibition in Jiaxing, China.
10 May 2024
May 2024 Issue
LATEST NEWS
Quartz Could Boost Solar Thermal Energy
Adding a semi-transparent material can improve the efficiency of opaque absorbers at high temperatures.
15 May 2024
Blurred Tomography Prints Sharp Microlenses
A new 3D-printing technique uses blurred beams to rapidly produce tiny optical components with high precision.
14 May 2024
Eventful Times for Luminar Technologies
For the automotive-lidar developer, a new sensor platform, a production milestone, a restructuring and a surprising customer detail have recently crowded the business press.
11 May 2024
Nanopatterning with a Mid-Infrared Laser
Columbia University team shows how to “unzip” atomically sharp features in a 2D material, using mid-IR pulses from a tabletop setup.
10 May 2024
Toward Germ-Killing Touch Screens
A transparent nanostructured copper surface, which can be deposited on glass, killed over 99.9% of Staphylococcus aureus within 2 hours.
09 May 2024ADVERTISEMENT
EDITOR'S PICKS
Illuminating Wildfire Risk
As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of wildfires, optics is helping researchers better understand the threats—and reduce the impacts.
01 September 2023
Course-Correcting a Career in Optics
An optical engineer at a lidar startup relates career advice he learned while navigating from academia to industry.
01 March 2021
Beyond Materials
An obscure paper theorizing negative-index materials was resurrected 30 years later as researchers began to engineer materials to manipulate electromagnetic waves.
01 May 2021
2D regular optical pattern
2D regular optical pattern formed by a 632.8-nm Gaussian beam propagating through a 10-mm length of Fe-doped lithium niobate crystal.
01 January 2021ADVERTISEMENT
Colorful Scattering
The scattering of light creates vivid colors in 12,479 hanging fibers representing 12,479 famous ancient Chinese paintings in a special exhibition in Jiaxing, China.
10 May 2024
Bridging the Global Gap in Cancer Detection
At CLEO, Rebecca Richards-Kortum will talk about how advances in imaging can improve cancer care around the world.
01 May 2024
XFEL Light Sources
Here we look at the setup for the world’s six most powerful X-ray free-electron laser facilities.
01 May 2024CAREERS
Thinking Broadly about Collaborations
Researcher Sarper Ozharar spoke with OPN about his transition from academia to industry and the value in creative partnerships.
14 May 2024
Taking Advantage of Informational Interviews
Often underappreciated, these conversations can be extremely valuable in your career planning and job search.
02 April 2024
Inclusion in STEM Careers
Optica Ambassadors offer their reflections on building an inclusive, successful career and community.
08 March 2024
Senior Member Insights: Junqing Zhao
A researcher learns to be persistent and follow his passion.
30 January 2024
Senior Member Insights: Rosario Porras-Aguilar
An assistant professor talks about embracing small steps and the importance of self-care.
09 January 2024
Give us your best shot!
OPN invites you to participate in our 19th annual photo contest.