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Challenges In Testing Photonics In Chips:
The impact of combining electrical and optical test in a single device.
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#photonics
The impact of combining electrical and optical test in a single device.
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#photonics
Challenges In Testing Photonics In Chips
YouTube video by Semiconductor Engineering
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November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Challenges In Testing Photonics In Chips:
The impact of combining electrical and optical test in a single device.
youtu.be/NFd-zv0ohE8?...
#photonics
The impact of combining electrical and optical test in a single device.
youtu.be/NFd-zv0ohE8?...
#photonics
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I’m pleased to share our latest invited review article just published in Optica's journal Optical Materials Express: “Integrated nonlinear photonics with chalcogenide glasses: compositions, properties, applications, and roadmap.”
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November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I’m pleased to share our latest invited review article just published in Optica's journal Optical Materials Express: “Integrated nonlinear photonics with chalcogenide glasses: compositions, properties, applications, and roadmap.”
opg.optica.org/ome/fulltext...
opg.optica.org/ome/fulltext...
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Hey.
Wanna see what it looks like to fly past your home planet?
THEN LOOK AT THIS
This is the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft's view as it swung by Earth on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from an altitude of 3,500 km.
Look how beautiful that big blue marble is ❤️
Wanna see what it looks like to fly past your home planet?
THEN LOOK AT THIS
This is the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft's view as it swung by Earth on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from an altitude of 3,500 km.
Look how beautiful that big blue marble is ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hey.
Wanna see what it looks like to fly past your home planet?
THEN LOOK AT THIS
This is the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft's view as it swung by Earth on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from an altitude of 3,500 km.
Look how beautiful that big blue marble is ❤️
Wanna see what it looks like to fly past your home planet?
THEN LOOK AT THIS
This is the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft's view as it swung by Earth on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from an altitude of 3,500 km.
Look how beautiful that big blue marble is ❤️
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Meet the new #OpticaFellows!
The Optica Board of Directors is pleased to announce that 121 members from 23 countries have been elected as Fellows for their outstanding contributions and service to Optica and the community.
Find the full class: https://bit.ly/4rgXHtn
The Optica Board of Directors is pleased to announce that 121 members from 23 countries have been elected as Fellows for their outstanding contributions and service to Optica and the community.
Find the full class: https://bit.ly/4rgXHtn
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Meet the new #OpticaFellows!
The Optica Board of Directors is pleased to announce that 121 members from 23 countries have been elected as Fellows for their outstanding contributions and service to Optica and the community.
Find the full class: https://bit.ly/4rgXHtn
The Optica Board of Directors is pleased to announce that 121 members from 23 countries have been elected as Fellows for their outstanding contributions and service to Optica and the community.
Find the full class: https://bit.ly/4rgXHtn
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Deadline Extended: CLEO 2026 Call for Papers
The submission deadline for papers has been extended to 1 December 2025.
Help shape the #CLEO2026 technical program.
Submit Today: cleoconference.org/call-for-pap...
#CLEO #CallForPapers #Photonics #LaserScience #QuantumOptics
The submission deadline for papers has been extended to 1 December 2025.
Help shape the #CLEO2026 technical program.
Submit Today: cleoconference.org/call-for-pap...
#CLEO #CallForPapers #Photonics #LaserScience #QuantumOptics
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Deadline Extended: CLEO 2026 Call for Papers
The submission deadline for papers has been extended to 1 December 2025.
Help shape the #CLEO2026 technical program.
Submit Today: cleoconference.org/call-for-pap...
#CLEO #CallForPapers #Photonics #LaserScience #QuantumOptics
The submission deadline for papers has been extended to 1 December 2025.
Help shape the #CLEO2026 technical program.
Submit Today: cleoconference.org/call-for-pap...
#CLEO #CallForPapers #Photonics #LaserScience #QuantumOptics
Happy Photonics Hot List Friday w our awesome @jmurphoton.bsky.social!
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#photonics
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#photonics
Photonics Hot List: November 21, 2025
YouTube video by Laser Focus World
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November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Happy Photonics Hot List Friday w our awesome @jmurphoton.bsky.social!
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#photonics
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#photonics
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Had a great time chatting with Sally Cole Johnson @laserfocusworld.bsky.social about our Consensus Statement on next-gen #photodetectors. Many thanks for the fun Q&A!
👇 Read the Q&A below
📖Consensus Statement @natphoton.nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Photonics #Optoelectronics #Sensors
👇 Read the Q&A below
📖Consensus Statement @natphoton.nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Photonics #Optoelectronics #Sensors
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Had a great time chatting with Sally Cole Johnson @laserfocusworld.bsky.social about our Consensus Statement on next-gen #photodetectors. Many thanks for the fun Q&A!
👇 Read the Q&A below
📖Consensus Statement @natphoton.nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Photonics #Optoelectronics #Sensors
👇 Read the Q&A below
📖Consensus Statement @natphoton.nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Photonics #Optoelectronics #Sensors
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Only a few of us are on Bluesky—let’s give the other authors some virtual high-fives!✋Share the Consensus Statement before they start thinking we’re the quiet ones! 😄
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@samstranks.bsky.social @loima.bsky.social @marc-verhaegen.bsky.social @nanochemistrylab.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@samstranks.bsky.social @loima.bsky.social @marc-verhaegen.bsky.social @nanochemistrylab.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Only a few of us are on Bluesky—let’s give the other authors some virtual high-fives!✋Share the Consensus Statement before they start thinking we’re the quiet ones! 😄
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@samstranks.bsky.social @loima.bsky.social @marc-verhaegen.bsky.social @nanochemistrylab.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@samstranks.bsky.social @loima.bsky.social @marc-verhaegen.bsky.social @nanochemistrylab.bsky.social
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What happens when you combine the most powerful infrared telescope ever built with the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built?
Absolute, astonishing gorgeousity.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/powers-of-...
🧪 🔭
Absolute, astonishing gorgeousity.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/powers-of-...
🧪 🔭
Powers of Chandra and JWST unite!
The two great telescopes combine to make amazing science and gorgeous images
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What happens when you combine the most powerful infrared telescope ever built with the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built?
Absolute, astonishing gorgeousity.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/powers-of-...
🧪 🔭
Absolute, astonishing gorgeousity.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/powers-of-...
🧪 🔭
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Chaos! This *incredible* new #jwst image shows shells of dust emitted over the last 700 years by a system of 3 aging stars. The 2 main stars tear through space at an astonishing ~2000 MILES PER SECOND, whereas the 3rd star cuts through the dust like a knife. More: science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Chaos! This *incredible* new #jwst image shows shells of dust emitted over the last 700 years by a system of 3 aging stars. The 2 main stars tear through space at an astonishing ~2000 MILES PER SECOND, whereas the 3rd star cuts through the dust like a knife. More: science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
Webinar alert: We've got another good one you won't want to miss on Thursday.
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A bio-inspired approach: Harvesting sunlight to create laser beams in space
Unlock the Future of Space Power Join Professor Erik Gauger as he unveils the APACE project’s revolutionary approach to solar-powered lasers inspired by nature’s own light-harvesting...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Webinar alert: We've got another good one you won't want to miss on Thursday.
www.laserfocusworld.com/webinars/web...
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Watching the aurora dance…
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Watching the aurora dance…
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A coronal mass ejection recorded on Friday could reach Earth and cause geomagnetic storms on Sunday night.
Northern Lights Forecast: Aurora Could Be Visible From These States Sunday
A coronal mass ejection recorded on Friday could reach Earth and cause geomagnetic storms on Sunday night.
www.forbes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A coronal mass ejection recorded on Friday could reach Earth and cause geomagnetic storms on Sunday night.
www.laserfocusworld.com/home/video/5...
#solar #lasers #metaoptics #photonics @jmurphoton.bsky.social
#solar #lasers #metaoptics #photonics @jmurphoton.bsky.social
Photonics Hot List: November 14, 2025
In this episode: A mid-IR laser technique facilitates ablation of cancerous tissue, PI and MetaOptics expand their U.S. presence, and a solar cell design breaks records.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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"You also have no guaranteed access to an aisle from an aisle seat. The inflight meal might be rocks -- we don't promise it's edible. Also just because it says 'plane' do not expect a plane, a tractor might show up, or just a guy who is going to carry you to your destination on piggyback."
United's hilarious response to the windowless window seat lawsuit:
"The use of the word 'window' in reference to a particular seat cannot reasonably be interpreted as a promise that the seat will have an exterior window view,"
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"The use of the word 'window' in reference to a particular seat cannot reasonably be interpreted as a promise that the seat will have an exterior window view,"
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United Airlines says a window seat doesn't need to have a window
Lawyers for United Airlines argued that the word "window" cannot reasonably be interpreted as a promise that the seat would have an exterior view.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"You also have no guaranteed access to an aisle from an aisle seat. The inflight meal might be rocks -- we don't promise it's edible. Also just because it says 'plane' do not expect a plane, a tractor might show up, or just a guy who is going to carry you to your destination on piggyback."