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Molly Moser | 15 February 2019
A six-legged walking robot inspired by desert ants relies on two optical sensors to navigate hostile environments. read more
Stewart Wills | 14 February 2019
High-repetition-rate laser setup could cut data acquisition times in some electron-dynamics experiments by three orders of magnitude. read more
C.D. Lin, A.-T. Le, C. Jin, and H. Wei | 14 February 2019 | Review by Daniela Dragoman
A beautifully illustrated textbook for graduate students interested in strong laser fields and attosecond physics. read more
Sarah Michaud | 13 February 2019
A metatextile employs infrared-radiation gating and structural changes to trap or release heat in response to the wearer’s body temperature. read more
Stewart Wills | 12 February 2019
Integrating an array of 128 optical phase shifters onto a silicon chip opens the possibility of an alternative, potentially lower-cost and small-footprint approach for lidar imaging. read more
Rebecca Robinson | 12 February 2019
In both research and in mentoring students, a professor of optical engineering emphasizes that with care and long-term effort, all problems are solvable. read more
Stewart Wills | 07 February 2019
Canada-based researchers report what they say are “the largest, yet most compact” auto-tuned silicon ring resonator circuits to date. read more
Frank Chang, Ed. | 07 February 2019 | Review by Bogdan Hoanca
An excellent reference for researchers and graduate students, covering connectivity issues for modern data centers. read more
Patricia Daukantas | 06 February 2019
Robust fluoropolymer AR coatings for plastic optics use two types of molecules to achieve an ultralow refractive index. read more
Stewart Wills | 01 February 2019
A “reverse CT scan” approach allows entire volume of small, complex objects to be solidified in a single run—at speeds reportedly orders of magnitude faster than layer-by-layer 3-D printing. read more