A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a novel framework for monitoring structural vibrations using diffractive optical processors. This new ...

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have unveiled a new optical technology that enables precise focusing of light—only in one direction. This novel unidirectional focusing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Twelve years ago at the AECOS meeting, a program chair asked the audience if in 10 years we would be able to ...

The rapid evolution of diffractive optical elements (DOEs) is reshaping space telescope design by offering lightweight, compact and high-performance alternatives to conventional optical systems. These ...

Thanks to a set of unique properties, diffractive optical elements have the potential to transform light into almost any desired distribution. Joshika Akhil gives the low-down on the technology that ...

As photonics continues to penetrate the world of consumer electronics and telecommunications, there is an increasing need for custom-designed optical parts that are low cost, compact and lightweight.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in industrial laser optics, today announced that it introduced a product line of diffractive optical elements ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, 10.29026/oea.2024.230005 discusses Pluggable multitask diffractive neural networks based on cascaded metasurfaces. Deep learning algorithms based on ...

Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. the the talk "Deployable Diffractive Optical Elements for Small Satellite Lidar Missions" by Adam ...

A new article demonstrates distinct improvements to the inference and generalization performance of diffractive optical neural networks. A new paper in Advanced Photonics, an open-access journal ...

As a promising candidate for next-generation mobile platform, mixed reality (MR) such as Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest Pro (both are passthrough virtual reality headsets) has potential to ...