Quantum communication has long promised unbreakable encryption, but the hardware has struggled to escape the lab. A new generation of laser-written glass chips is changing that equation, carving three ...

A research team led by Prof. Zhang Tianshu from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

As quantum computers continue to advance, many of today's encryption systems face the risk of becoming obsolete. A powerful ...

A line of ZnSe laser optics for heavy steel cutting lasers up to 4kW that come in various focal lengths to optimize laser performance has been introduced by Laser Research Optics. PROVIDENCE, R.I., ...

The optical industry “almost completely relies on mechanical processes in its process chains,” So says laser and photonics research center Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT). This, ...

Knight Optical, the leading global supplier of on-spec, metrology-tested optics, has revealed its latest product offering – a trio of components that are suitable for a wide range of laser varieties, ...

Edmund Optics®, a leading global manufacturer of laser optics coatings, components, and assemblies optimized for high-power laser systems, continues to invest in its laser optics manufacturing and ...

A new technology in the fiber-optics market is striking the right note with investors and raising cash at a time when industry confidence is low and venture capital is hard to find. A number of ...

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Australia's Electro Optic Systems (EOS) is "very likely" to shift its headquarters and stock market ...

To help take extra sharp images of space, a telescope in South America is firing a mega-laser – one made up of five beams – into the night sky. The sodium laser "constellation" – as scientists call it ...