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Excited to be back at SPIE Photonics West with my fabulous team!! Looking forward to the great week ahead filled with photonics, networking, and fun!
#PhotonicsWest #SPIEPW #TeamWork #Photonics #ConferenceVibes #Innovation 💡
#PhotonicsWest #SPIEPW #TeamWork #Photonics #ConferenceVibes #Innovation 💡
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Excited to be back at SPIE Photonics West with my fabulous team!! Looking forward to the great week ahead filled with photonics, networking, and fun!
#PhotonicsWest #SPIEPW #TeamWork #Photonics #ConferenceVibes #Innovation 💡
#PhotonicsWest #SPIEPW #TeamWork #Photonics #ConferenceVibes #Innovation 💡
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Microsoft has spent north of $80 billion stuffing copilot into its many overlapping services and Outlook still gets a basic your/you’re correction wrong.
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Microsoft has spent north of $80 billion stuffing copilot into its many overlapping services and Outlook still gets a basic your/you’re correction wrong.
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
It’s almost as if the investment isn’t aimed at improving user experiences or something…
Happy Photonics Hot List Friday!
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@jmurphoton.bsky.social #photonics
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Photonics Hot List: January 16, 2026
In this episode: An inexpensive medical imaging solution in the works, the latest photonics business news headlines, and researchers design organic IR photodiodes that don't need...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Happy Photonics Hot List Friday!
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@jmurphoton.bsky.social #photonics
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"As we gather at Photonics West in January, I want to challenge all of us—especially those early in their careers—to push through at least one boundary." @urochester.bsky.social Professor Julie Bentley, President of @spie.org, shares advice about the power of networking spie.org/news/photoni...
Breaking through boundaries
SPIE President's Letter discusses breaking through boundaries and making connections
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January 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"As we gather at Photonics West in January, I want to challenge all of us—especially those early in their careers—to push through at least one boundary." @urochester.bsky.social Professor Julie Bentley, President of @spie.org, shares advice about the power of networking spie.org/news/photoni...
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Dear Quantum Bluesky, we are organizing a 2-week summer school in June on Quantum technologies in the beautiful city of Cargèse in Corsica ☀️🏖️ with an amazing team of world-leading expert lecturers! 🧑🏫
Please forward the info to your colleagues & students :)
qt4cc.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
Please forward the info to your colleagues & students :)
qt4cc.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
January 14, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Dear Quantum Bluesky, we are organizing a 2-week summer school in June on Quantum technologies in the beautiful city of Cargèse in Corsica ☀️🏖️ with an amazing team of world-leading expert lecturers! 🧑🏫
Please forward the info to your colleagues & students :)
qt4cc.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
Please forward the info to your colleagues & students :)
qt4cc.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
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So sad to see the loss of another laser pioneer with the passing of Orazio Svelto on 10 Jan. As well as being an inspiring scientist who helped create the European ultrafast community, he was gracious and generous with his time and support for international science. www.ansa.it/canale_scien...
Addio a Orazio Svelto, pioniere della ricerca sui laser in Italia - Fisica e Matematica - Ansa.it
Addio al fisico Orazio Svelto: è morto oggi a Milano, a 89 anni, il pioniere della ricerca sui laser in Italia e figura cardine dell'elettronica quantistica a livello internazionale. (ANSA)
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January 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
So sad to see the loss of another laser pioneer with the passing of Orazio Svelto on 10 Jan. As well as being an inspiring scientist who helped create the European ultrafast community, he was gracious and generous with his time and support for international science. www.ansa.it/canale_scien...
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Which horse do you have in this race? Mine is the Martha Stewart Space Weather Office. Found this gem on my timeline today lol.
(Martha Stewart is not a reliable source of space weather information)
(Martha Stewart is not a reliable source of space weather information)
January 9, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Which horse do you have in this race? Mine is the Martha Stewart Space Weather Office. Found this gem on my timeline today lol.
(Martha Stewart is not a reliable source of space weather information)
(Martha Stewart is not a reliable source of space weather information)
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With heavy hearts, we share the news that Kevin Parker, the William F. May Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at #URochester, died in late December at the age of 71. He was a pioneer in the field of ultrasound imaging and a revered faculty member. www.rochester.edu/newscenter/k...
Kevin Parker, a pioneer in ultrasound imaging, remembered
The William F. May Professor of Engineering and Dean Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Sciences leaves a legacy of innovation and inspiration.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
With heavy hearts, we share the news that Kevin Parker, the William F. May Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at #URochester, died in late December at the age of 71. He was a pioneer in the field of ultrasound imaging and a revered faculty member. www.rochester.edu/newscenter/k...
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Congratulations to the class of 2026 SPIE Fellows! 🎊🌎 It’s always a pleasure to honor our community's technical achievements.
Want to congratulate your peers? Find the list of 40 new Fellows on our website: https://bit.ly/4pCvsmY
Want to congratulate your peers? Find the list of 40 new Fellows on our website: https://bit.ly/4pCvsmY
January 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Congratulations to the class of 2026 SPIE Fellows! 🎊🌎 It’s always a pleasure to honor our community's technical achievements.
Want to congratulate your peers? Find the list of 40 new Fellows on our website: https://bit.ly/4pCvsmY
Want to congratulate your peers? Find the list of 40 new Fellows on our website: https://bit.ly/4pCvsmY
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Reposting three optics tools/applets recently posted on my group website: katsgroup.ece.wisc.edu/tools (best viewed in desktop): 🧪💡
1. Unit converter for wavelength, etc., that names the wavelength range + shows color
2. Blackbody radiation calculator
3. Spectral distribution range comparator
1. Unit converter for wavelength, etc., that names the wavelength range + shows color
2. Blackbody radiation calculator
3. Spectral distribution range comparator
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Reposting three optics tools/applets recently posted on my group website: katsgroup.ece.wisc.edu/tools (best viewed in desktop): 🧪💡
1. Unit converter for wavelength, etc., that names the wavelength range + shows color
2. Blackbody radiation calculator
3. Spectral distribution range comparator
1. Unit converter for wavelength, etc., that names the wavelength range + shows color
2. Blackbody radiation calculator
3. Spectral distribution range comparator
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For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
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How I’m entering 2026:
a white door is open in a hallway with a light on it .
Alt: a white door is open in a hallway with a light on it — Big Bird kicks the door in like a motherfucker
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December 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
How I’m entering 2026:
LFW's awesome editorial board shares what most intrigued them during 2025...
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#optics #photonics #quantum #sensors
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#optics #photonics #quantum #sensors
What intrigued Laser Focus World’s editorial board in 2025?
LFW’s editorial board shares their quick thoughts about the most intriguing things they saw happen within the optics/photonics/quantum realm in 2025, as well as emerging trends...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
LFW's awesome editorial board shares what most intrigued them during 2025...
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#optics #photonics #quantum #sensors
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#optics #photonics #quantum #sensors
One of my favorite pieces of 2025 (that I wrote)? Love to see these types of collaborations on cutting-edge nanophotonics. www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sourc...
#nanophotonics
#nanophotonics
Laser cooling GPU chips at the nanophotonic level?
Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico are working with startup Maxwell Labs to pursue laser cooling of graphic processing unit (GPU) chips at the nanophotonic...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One of my favorite pieces of 2025 (that I wrote)? Love to see these types of collaborations on cutting-edge nanophotonics. www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sourc...
#nanophotonics
#nanophotonics
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OMG it’s a bus full of cuties
December 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
OMG it’s a bus full of cuties
Happy holidays, everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Happy holidays, everyone!
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#photonics #optics
#photonics #optics
Photonics Hot List: December 19, 2025
In this episode: A paint-like polymer coating harvests water, two business moves for Edmund Optics, and researchers develop a chip-scale precision magnetometer.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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#photonics #optics
#photonics #optics
