Laser Focus World magazine
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Global coverage of optics, photonics, and quantum advances, technologies, innovations, and applications
Skeets brought to you by SC Johnson (no, not that one) and Justine Murphy
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#optics #photonics #quantum #lasers #sensors #scisky
Skeets brought to you by SC Johnson (no, not that one) and Justine Murphy
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#optics #photonics #quantum #lasers #sensors #scisky
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On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we honor all the women and girls who dare to innovate, create, and push boundaries. 🚀
Your work shapes tomorrow, keep discovering ✨🤍
@spie.org @optica.org
Your work shapes tomorrow, keep discovering ✨🤍
@spie.org @optica.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we honor all the women and girls who dare to innovate, create, and push boundaries. 🚀
Your work shapes tomorrow, keep discovering ✨🤍
@spie.org @optica.org
Your work shapes tomorrow, keep discovering ✨🤍
@spie.org @optica.org
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Not unicorns. Not once a year. Women in science — every day #11F #WomenInScience @11defebrero-es.bsky.social @io-csic.bsky.social @csic.es @spie.org @optica.org
February 11, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Not unicorns. Not once a year. Women in science — every day #11F #WomenInScience @11defebrero-es.bsky.social @io-csic.bsky.social @csic.es @spie.org @optica.org
A new #FollowingthePhotons podcast is live! Host @jmurphoton.bsky.social talks with Travis Wood, president of Lattice Materials, about the company's ever-advancing role in photonics, workplace culture, and the growing photonics hub in Montana. Check it out! --> bit.ly/3MBBDtR
February 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
A new #FollowingthePhotons podcast is live! Host @jmurphoton.bsky.social talks with Travis Wood, president of Lattice Materials, about the company's ever-advancing role in photonics, workplace culture, and the growing photonics hub in Montana. Check it out! --> bit.ly/3MBBDtR
We've got a webinar coming up in March you won't want to miss...
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Next-gen gravitational wave detection
Join us as Dr. Gretarsson reveals how advances in mirror design and laser technology are shaping the next generation of gravitational wave detectors—and what it will take to explore...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:48 PM
We've got a webinar coming up in March you won't want to miss...
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A (very nerdy) blog post about the course I'm teaching this term on Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, which just passed the halfway mark: open.substack.com/pub/chadorze...
Midterm Report: Quantum Optics/ Quantum Information
Thoughts after ten of twenty classes
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February 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
A (very nerdy) blog post about the course I'm teaching this term on Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, which just passed the halfway mark: open.substack.com/pub/chadorze...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Finally...Friday! Happy weekend, everyone.
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#optics #lasers #photonics @jmurphoton.bsky.social
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#optics #lasers #photonics @jmurphoton.bsky.social
Photonics Hot List: February 6, 2026
In this episode: A gold 'sponge' enhances optical behavior, this week's photonics business headlines, and nonlinear metasurfaces convert infrared light to visible.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Finally...Friday! Happy weekend, everyone.
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#optics #lasers #photonics @jmurphoton.bsky.social
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#optics #lasers #photonics @jmurphoton.bsky.social
It's finally Friday and time for @jmurphoton.bsky.social's Photonics Hot List—with a look back at Photonics West '26.
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@spie #photonics #optics #microscopy
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@spie #photonics #optics #microscopy
Photonics Hot List: January 30, 2026
In this episode: A microscopy approach could advance space exploration, this week's photonics business moves, and our SPIE Photonics West 2026 recap.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:23 PM
It's finally Friday and time for @jmurphoton.bsky.social's Photonics Hot List—with a look back at Photonics West '26.
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@spie #photonics #optics #microscopy
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@spie #photonics #optics #microscopy
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Incredible self own for the US. The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is generational. We will look back on this as a tipping point where the US chose all on its own to stop leading the world in science.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Incredible self own for the US. The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is generational. We will look back on this as a tipping point where the US chose all on its own to stop leading the world in science.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 AM
The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...