Researchers have developed a microscopic 3D-printed optical device that can efficiently combine light from dozens of small semiconductor lasers into a single multimode optical fiber with very low loss ...

Optical biosensors based on surface-plasmon resonance are an important tool used for studying how various biomolecules interact with each other - for example antibodies in the immune system. With his ...

Researchers in Israel have created a microscopic optical device that could simplify high-power laser systems. The technology efficiently merges light from dozens of semiconductor lasers into a single ...

Optical feedback from on-chip components fundamentally limits stable laser operation in photonic integrated circuits. In a ...

A research team at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed new laser technology that could lead to tiny, cost-effective biosensors. The sensors integrate lasers and optics together on ...

Toptica Photonics is a commercial member of the US Department of War’s (previously DoD) NORDTECH Hub. BluGlass is supporting ...

OpenLight’s world-leading PASiC technology, supported by its process design kit (PDK), integrates all active and passive components of silicon photonics devices into a single chip, enabling ...

Semiconductor lasers are small solid-state lasers that use a semiconductor as an active medium to amplify light through stimulated emission at inter-band transitions under high electron density in the ...

Since its inception, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of Edge-Emitting Laser (EEL) has been continuously breaking records, achieving a historic high efficiency of 85% at -50°C in 2006. Following ...

Surface-emitting semiconductor lasers represent a class of devices in which the optical emission is perpendicular to the semiconductor wafer. This design contrasts with conventional edge-emitting ...

Scientists at the University of St. Andrews, UK, say they are leading a “significant breakthrough” in a decades-long challenge to develop compact organic laser technology. While many lasers used for ...