https://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/news_releases/ Optica News 2024 Optica Thu, 16 May 2024 09:06:34 -0400 https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/media/optica/media/files/brand/logos/optica_logo_descriptor_vt_black_rgb.png https://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/news_releases/ 2350 http://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/news_releases/2024/may/hong_hua_named_the_jean_m_bennett_optica_endowed_chair_in_optical_sciences_at_the_university_of_ari/ Optica and the University of Arizona are pleased to announce the first holder of the Jean M. Bennett Optica Endowed Chair: Hong Hua, Professor of Optical Sciences. Wed, 15 May 2024 10:20:59 -0400 2349 http://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/news_releases/2024/may/researchers_use_artificial_intelligence_to_boost_image_quality_of_metalens_camera/ Researchers have leveraged deep learning techniques to enhance the image quality of a metalens camera. The new approach uses artificial intelligence to turn low-quality images into high-quality ones, which could make these cameras viable for a multitude of imaging tasks including intricate microscopy applications and mobile devices. Wed, 15 May 2024 09:38:53 -0400 2347 http://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/news_releases/2024/may/optica_names_inaugural_leonard_mandel_quantum_optics_award_recipient/ H. Jeff Kimble, California Institute of Technology, USA, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Leonard Mandel Quantum Optics Award. Kimble is recognized for his ground-breaking work on the quantum interactions of light and matter and for establishing the core technologies based on squeezed light for quantum sensing and quantum communications. Tue, 14 May 2024 10:26:01 -0400 2348 http://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/corporate_member_news/2024/lightium_secures_funding_to_commercialise_its_photonic_platform_targeting_the_data_centre_revolution/ Mon, 13 May 2024 14:00:14 -0400 2346 http://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/news_releases/2024/may/new_optical_tweezers_can_trap_large_and_irregularly_shaped_particles/ Researchers have developed new optical tweezers that can stably trap particles that are large and irregularly shaped. While conventional optical tweezers use highly focused laser beams to trap micro- or nano-scale rod shaped or spherical particles, the advance could expand light-based trapping to a wider range of objects such as groups of cells, bacteria and microplastics. Mon, 13 May 2024 09:57:59 -0400 2345 http://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/news_releases/2024/may/researchers_harness_blurred_light_to_3d_print_high_quality_optical_components/ Canadian researchers have developed a new 3D printing method called blurred tomography that can rapidly produce microlenses with commercial-level optical quality. The new method, published in Optica, may make it easier and faster to design and fabricate a variety of optical devices. Thu, 09 May 2024 09:47:43 -0400 2344 http://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/corporate_member_news/2024/the_largest_database_in_optics_photonics_reaches_an_impressive_milestone_100k_products_from_100/ Mon, 06 May 2024 15:24:23 -0400 2343 http://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/corporate_member_news/2024/aquark_technologies_wins_3_4_million_innovate_uk_contract_to_develop_uk_s_first_commercial_cold_ato/ Mon, 06 May 2024 15:19:35 -0400 2342 http://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/corporate_member_news/2024/ultrastable_microwave_systems_rev-olutionizing_microwave_and_rf_gen-eration/ Mon, 06 May 2024 15:09:06 -0400 2340 http://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/news_releases/2024/april/airborne_single-photon_lidar_system_achieves_high-resolution_3d_imaging/ Researchers have developed a compact and lightweight single-photon airborne lidar system that can acquire high-resolution 3D images with a low-power laser. This advance could make single-photon lidar practical for air and space applications such as environmental monitoring, 3D terrain mapping and object identification. Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:09:55 -0400