Deep Multiphoton Imaging
Advances in multiphoton microscopy could revolutionize the ability to see into biological tissues at greater depths.
01 April 2025
The Rise of Self-Driving Labs
With the help of AI and robotics, researchers are building autonomous labs that can conduct experiments and make discoveries, all on their own.
01 April 2025
Meet Optica’s 2025 Fellows
Congratulations to the 2025 class of Optica Fellow Members, who will be recognized throughout the year for scientific, engineering and technological contributions.
01 April 2025
Plasmonic Modulator Achieves THz Bandwidth
Device built on a photonic chip might in future be used for wireless communication and imaging.
19 March 2025
THz Light Puts Ultrafast Spin on Magnetic Memories
Detecting the magnetic state of a material using terahertz radiation could lead to ultrafast information storage devices.
13 March 2025
Light Through a Lens
Light refracting at slightly different angles through a lens separates white light into its component colors, creating a rainbow effect on a pair of glasses.
14 March 2025
April 2025 Issue
LATEST NEWS
THz Light Puts Ultrafast Spin on Magnetic Memories
Detecting the magnetic state of a material using terahertz radiation could lead to ultrafast information storage devices.
20 March 2025
Plasmonic Modulator Achieves THz Bandwidth
Device built on a photonic chip might in future be used for wireless communication and imaging.
19 March 2025
Rochester Precision Optics Snags Funds to Go Global
Optical solutions provider attracts a US$50 million commitment to boost development and manufacturing.
14 March 2025
Terahertz Studies Explain Agave’s Drought Resistance
Researchers use THz spectroscopy and imaging to reveal how the desert plant is able to retain water.
13 March 2025
Toward Eco-Friendly Quantum Dot LEDs
A new type of LED—fabricated without toxic heavy metals—offers pure-blue emissions and near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield.
12 March 2025ADVERTISEMENT
EDITOR'S PICKS
Optical Fiber: Through the Looking Glass
The UN International Year of Glass, celebrated throughout 2022, offers an opportunity to reflect on the enabling role of glass in fiber optics—and on their entangled futures.
01 March 2022
Staffing the Quantum Revolution
How should the emerging quantum technology industry educate and train its future workforce?
01 March 2023
Laser Cutting Comes to Fruition
Lasers were first used for machining applications in the early 1960s, and technological advances in subsequent decades further increased their industrial potential.
01 September 2024
Laser-Induced Damage
Self-destructive beauty: Image of laser-induced damage on an optical surface recorded with a Nomarski type microscope.
01 May 2024ADVERTISEMENT
Light Through a Lens
Light refracting at slightly different angles through a lens separates white light into its component colors, creating a rainbow effect on a pair of glasses.
14 March 2025
PlanOpSim: Meta-Optics Comes of Age
As metasurface technologies have advanced, so has this Belgian startup specializing in metasurface simulation software and design.
01 March 2025
Scientific Collaboration
An overview of international coauthorship of science and engineering publications.
01 March 2025CAREERS
Journeys in Optics: Alejandro Velez-Zea
Velez-Zea discusses his career in academia, his research project that won the Optica Foundation Challenge and offers advice for students and early-career professionals.
05 November 2024
Ambassadors and Chapters Driving Optics Education and Career Advancement
Ana Karen Reyes talks about her work as an Optica Ambassador supporting optics and photonics education and professional development.
29 October 2024
A Career in Subsea: The Final (Fiber) Frontier
The Optical Fiber Communications Workshop, hosted by an Optica/SPIE Student Chapter, showcased career opportunities in the burgeoning field of subsea communications.
18 October 2024
Journeys in Optics: George Dwapanyin
Dwapanyin talks about his time as an Optica Ambassador, his involvement with Optica’s 2020 DEI Rapid Action Committee and the role community has had in his career.
15 October 2024
Journeys in Optics: Jason Adams
Adams discusses the genesis of his career in optics, his previous career as an audio engineer and the role of travel in his work.
03 September 2024