Category Photonics

DARPA P-IR developing very small, persistent infrared radiation (IR) sensors of personnel

Infrared radiation detectors are a critical component for DoD imaging systems used in areas such as military vehicles, military night vision, military communication, environmental monitoring, and target acquisition. In addition, they are crucial for commercial markets including surveillance, digital cameras,…...

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DARPA OpTIm developing room-temperature Quantum-Level Infrared Detectors

Electromagnetic energy, produced by the vibration of charged particles, travels in the form of waves through the atmosphere and the vacuum of space. These waves have different wavelengths (the distance from wave crest to wave crest) and frequencies, These two…...

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High-Baud-Rate Coherent Optical Communication Systems

High Baud Rate Coherent Optical Communication Systems

The explosive growth of optical communication technology in the past decades has revolutionized the telecom industry and created a global communication infrastructure with optical networks. Optical communication links and networks are essential for the Internet backbone as well as for interconnects…...

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Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) for beam steering, optical communications, advanced microscopy and biomedical imaging

SLM

A spatial light modulator (SLM) is a special device that can manipulate light by modulating the amplitude, phase or polarization of the light waves in the two dimensions of space and time. This means that light is manipulated in order…...

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Military Photonics

Photonics is the science of controlling the flow of light. The characteristics of the waves of light or individual photons that make up light can be used to explore the universe, cure diseases, and even solve crimes. It is a…...

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Optical storage disc as Data storage technology is making combeback

There were 79 zettabytes of data generated worldwide in 2021. By 2025, more than 150 zettabytes of big data will need analysis. Dramatic increases in data storage capacities are urgently needed as they are being outpaced by exponential growth in…...

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Photonics Masts are critical subsystems of Submarine imaging, navigation, electronic warfare and communications system

Cassidian Optronics Presents New OMS 200 Low Profile Optronic Mast

A submarine is a naval platform that can stay underwater for an extended period to carry out missions, both offensive and defensive. It is a complex platform that includes multiple components. As radio waves cannot propagate in water, communication with…...

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Facial recognition widely employed in commercial, Security and Military applications

facial recognition technology

Facial recognition is a way of using software to determine the similarity between two face images in order to evaluate a claim. The technology is used for a variety of purposes, from signing a user into their phone to searching…...

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Optical or Photonic switches are key devices for meeting data traffic growth in optical networks and data centres

intel silicon photonics future

Switches are important components of any communications network. Switches are found inside network-connected devices and used to change data transmission paths when transmitting data between devices. By quickly changing the transmission pathway and sending data only to relevant devices, the…...

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DARPA MuS2 developing Muon Source to detect shielded nuclear contraband, to objects deeply buried up to thousands of meters below the earth’s surface

Muons are subatomic particles that behave a lot like electrons but are around 200 times heavier. As the US Department of Energy explains, “Muons created in the atmosphere constantly hit every inch of the Earth’s surface and pass through almost…...

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