Deep Multiphoton Imaging

Advances in multiphoton microscopy could revolutionize the ability to see into biological tissues at greater depths.

by Aaron K. LaViolette and Chris Xu 

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.

by Meeri Kim 

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, as well as industry leadership and service to Optica and the global optics community.

by Meredith Smith and Samantha Hornback 

Newsroom

Research and Industry News

Inducing chirality in nonchiral crystal / Optics for reading Braille / Seeking dark matter / Expanding bioluminescence spectrum / Quantum dot memory / Anxiety drug target / Distributed quantum computer / Industry news

Conversations

Real-Time Insights with In Vivo Imaging

At the Optica Biophotonics Congress, Sophie Hernot will talk about enhancing fluorescence-guided surgery with nanobodies and fluorescence lifetime imaging.

Market Report

The Biomedical Research Market

Medical R&D is a market in its own right, and subject to cycles in funding.

Education

Teaching Optics with a Raspberry Pi

An educational effort helps students build their own spectroscopy tool and gives them invaluable skills in the process.

Visualizing Optics

50 Years of OPN Covers

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Optics & Photonics News, we take a look back at five decades of memorable covers.

President's Message

Toward Greater Depths

The work of our customers is driving progress at the forefront of bioimaging, from understanding the brain to a host of other studies.

Looking Back

30, 20, and 10 Years Ago in OPN

Electronic imaging; spectroscopy from space; optical coherence elastography

Optica in Focus

News from the Society

IYQ / Incubator: Next-Gen Fiber Sensing / OSK Winter Meeting / Benjamin Franklin Medal / Online industry meeting / Career accelerator / Thank you, editors and volunteers

Optica Foundation

Thank You to Our Donors

We fundamentally believe in the importance of cultivating the next generation of innovators and technologists in optics and photonics.

After Image

Far-UV photo of Earth

On 21 April 1972, NASA’s Apollo 16 mission took a far-ultraviolet photo of Earth with an ultraviolet camera.