Commercial devices currently settle for less efficient blue OLEDs, but a set of design innovations has made an efficient blue that is as durable as efficient green OLEDs.
Photoresist, a light-sensitive material, is essential in photolithography for transferring intricate circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers. This article explores positive vs. negative photoresists, detailing their chemical mechanisms, processing parameters, and performance traits.
Aluminum oxide PICs are gaining attention for their broad wavelength coverage, low optical losses, and support for on-chip optical amplification. In this discussion, Steve Stoffels, the CEO of Aluvia Photonics, explains where the platform fits and how teams can design with it.
XIVER's Sreekanth Chirayath on why photonic innovations fail on the production line and how designing for manufacturing from the start changes the outcome.
A laboratory device reaches 13.6 dB of isolation at 1540 nm, with heat confined to a window 700 micrometres across instead of the whole wafer going through a furnace.
Aluminum oxide PICs are gaining attention for their broad wavelength coverage, low optical losses, and support for on-chip optical amplification. In this discussion, Steve Stoffels, the CEO of Aluvia Photonics, explains where the platform fits and how teams can design with it.
Commercial devices currently settle for less efficient blue OLEDs, but a set of design innovations has made an efficient blue that is as durable as efficient green OLEDs.
The increasing use of digital screens has heightened the importance of eye health globally. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) offers a non-invasive method to monitor eye conditions.
The Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) is transforming optical sensing and LiDAR technology by providing high photon detection efficiency, low noise, and fast response times, enabling greater accuracy and resolution in applications such as autonomous navigation, environmental mapping, and 3D imaging.
Scientists at EPFL and IBM Research have developed a compact optical amplifier based on a photonic chip that vastly outperforms traditional optical amplifiers in both bandwidth and efficiency. This breakthrough could reshape data center interconnects, AI accelerators, and high-performance computing.
In the following interview, Luigi Ghezzi, Technical Marketing Engineer at Hamamatsu, offers a detailed look into the establishment of their innovation awards and the company's aspirations, objectives, and future plans for this significant industry honor.
The Photonics Innovation Awards 2025 invites a diverse group of participants ranging from nimble startups and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to established industry leaders.
In this episode, we explore how porous plastic sheets are being used to cool buildings by radiating heat into space and how this could reduce global energy consumption by 10% and CO2 emission by 7%.
An international team of researchers co-led by Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Penn State Evan Pugh University Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, developed porous plastic sheets that can lower building temperatures through radiative cooling.