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Canadian start-up Xanadu has built a series of small-scale quantum chips, available in 8- and 12-qubit versions, along with a 24-qubit processor, and a 40-qubit chip now at the fabrication stage. Credit: Xanadu
Susan Curtis speaks to start-ups building quantum processors based on the photon
Better support is needed for the development of photonics at the component level, which is not thriving under current short-term challenge-led funding programmes, finds Jessica Rowbury
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Gemma Church finds out about some of the latest developments that are revolutionising the world of digital microscopy
Researchers used a laser frequency-comb instrument (illustration at lower right) to simultaneously measure three airborne greenhouse gases and major air pollutants from a NIST building in Boulder, Colorado, to reflectors on another building, and a nearby hill (credit: N. Hanacek/NIST)
Keely Portway finds out how advances in dual-frequency comb spectroscopy could help to significantly speed-up the rate of detection in a wide range of applications
The new LIDT model allows scaling of the LIDT for different optics and beam sizes (credit: MPO)
Gemma Church explains how a new thermal model from Manx Precision Optics takes a new look at laser damage thresholds for the nanosecond pulse regime
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This white paper will explain how the optical performance of displays is quantified, and the instruments commonly used in display photometry and colorimetry will be presented.
In its latest whitepaper ‘How Customised Laser Diode Modules Add Value Across Your Applications’, ProPhotonix reveals how custom laser diode module solutions can provide OEMs with the exact application-specific performance they require, while delivering a cost-effective and value-added solution.
This white paper defines the Life Sciences instrumentation market segments and how instrumentation manufacturers can benefit from II-VI’s expertise to deliver solutions from materials and components, to subassemblies and subsystems - download the latest white paper here.
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This wecast looks at advances being made in spectroscopy, in particular the enabling capabilities of supercontinuum, Raman hyperspectral imaging, and fourier-transform interferometry
The global photonics market is currently booming, having experienced significant growth in the last five years. It was reportedly worth €615bn last year (Photonik Forschung Deutschland organization).
Constraints in traditional manufacturing techniques have historically been a primary factor in the limited integration of freeform and aspheric mirrors into optical systems.
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A look at the current market for fibre optic sensing and some of the products and solutions available
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A look at the current market for optical coatings and some of the products and solutions available
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Advances in research have made strides in the improvement of wearable and AR/VR displays
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Tiny nanodiamonds are being used to dramatically optimise the calibration of optical microscopes, Matthew Dale finds
After the test disk is placed inside the chamber, some fine tuning is required to ensure they are horizontal and perfectly centred (credit: Caltech)
LIGO scientists have developed a new mirror coating that could dramatically increase the observatory's detection rate of gravitational waves
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Advances in research have made strides in the improvement of wearable and AR/VR displays
LLNL optical engineers Justin Wolfe (left) and Simon Cohen are seen through the 'r' filter (credit: Garry McLeod)
A telescope, described as one of the world’s newest, has been completed following a project undertaken by researchers to develop some very specialist optical filters
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Advances in optical prisms are being used to help researchers gain a greater understanding of space and astronomy
Universities offering associate degrees for optics technicians could help answer the photonics skills shortage, finds Jessica Rowbury
