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Optical Filters Open Up New Uses For MWIR, LWIR Systems
The future for photonics imaging is bright in a previously dark wavelength regime: The ability to image ‘invisible’ features such as thermal profiles, gases and other environmental constituents in a commercially viable manner has begun to open up new application areas...
Eyeware Helps Thwart Laser-Pointer Attacks
Laser pointer attacks on pilots, train conductors, and law-enforcement personnel have become an increasingly prevalent…
Space-Based Laser Communications Break Threshold
Optics and Photonics News recently published an article on recent and upcoming deployments of satellite laser communication systems are bringing Internet-like speeds for data transmission in space. NASA’s first dedicated laser communication in space, the Lunar Laser...