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This hair-thin fiber microphone can monitor critical power grid systems: https://bit.ly/4qkexWm
The microphone is immune to electromagnetic interference, can survive in hazardous environments and is sensitive enough to hear the subtle early warning signals of equipment failure.
#Technology 💡 🧪 ⚛️
The microphone is immune to electromagnetic interference, can survive in hazardous environments and is sensitive enough to hear the subtle early warning signals of equipment failure.
#Technology 💡 🧪 ⚛️
Happy #LunarNewYear from Optica - https://bit.ly/49Zb0rJ
May this #YearOfTheHorse bring you renewed energy in your work, bold new collaborations and brilliant breakthroughs. Together, we will continue to illuminate the path forward for optics and photonics worldwide.
May this #YearOfTheHorse bring you renewed energy in your work, bold new collaborations and brilliant breakthroughs. Together, we will continue to illuminate the path forward for optics and photonics worldwide.
February 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Happy #LunarNewYear from Optica - https://bit.ly/49Zb0rJ
May this #YearOfTheHorse bring you renewed energy in your work, bold new collaborations and brilliant breakthroughs. Together, we will continue to illuminate the path forward for optics and photonics worldwide.
May this #YearOfTheHorse bring you renewed energy in your work, bold new collaborations and brilliant breakthroughs. Together, we will continue to illuminate the path forward for optics and photonics worldwide.
Light-based sensor detects early molecular signs of cancer in the blood: https://bit.ly/46CS2VD
By combining nanostructures made of DNA with #quantum dots and CRISPR #technology, the highly sensitive sensor detected lung cancer biomarkers from patient samples at sub-attomolar levels.💡 🥼
By combining nanostructures made of DNA with #quantum dots and CRISPR #technology, the highly sensitive sensor detected lung cancer biomarkers from patient samples at sub-attomolar levels.💡 🥼
February 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Light-based sensor detects early molecular signs of cancer in the blood: https://bit.ly/46CS2VD
By combining nanostructures made of DNA with #quantum dots and CRISPR #technology, the highly sensitive sensor detected lung cancer biomarkers from patient samples at sub-attomolar levels.💡 🥼
By combining nanostructures made of DNA with #quantum dots and CRISPR #technology, the highly sensitive sensor detected lung cancer biomarkers from patient samples at sub-attomolar levels.💡 🥼
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On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we honor all the women and girls who dare to innovate, create, and push boundaries. 🚀
Your work shapes tomorrow, keep discovering ✨🤍
@spie.org @optica.org
Your work shapes tomorrow, keep discovering ✨🤍
@spie.org @optica.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we honor all the women and girls who dare to innovate, create, and push boundaries. 🚀
Your work shapes tomorrow, keep discovering ✨🤍
@spie.org @optica.org
Your work shapes tomorrow, keep discovering ✨🤍
@spie.org @optica.org
Abbie Watnik is a digital holography expert & the first woman to lead the NRL's optical physics branch https://bit.ly/4rahJoT
She told Optica, “As I am often the only woman in the room, people know who I am, so there can be some pressure. But I think, in general, I take it in stride."
#February11👩🔬💡
She told Optica, “As I am often the only woman in the room, people know who I am, so there can be some pressure. But I think, in general, I take it in stride."
#February11👩🔬💡
February 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Abbie Watnik is a digital holography expert & the first woman to lead the NRL's optical physics branch https://bit.ly/4rahJoT
She told Optica, “As I am often the only woman in the room, people know who I am, so there can be some pressure. But I think, in general, I take it in stride."
#February11👩🔬💡
She told Optica, “As I am often the only woman in the room, people know who I am, so there can be some pressure. But I think, in general, I take it in stride."
#February11👩🔬💡
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Not unicorns. Not once a year. Women in science — every day #11F #WomenInScience @11defebrero-es.bsky.social @io-csic.bsky.social @csic.es @spie.org @optica.org
February 11, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Not unicorns. Not once a year. Women in science — every day #11F #WomenInScience @11defebrero-es.bsky.social @io-csic.bsky.social @csic.es @spie.org @optica.org
In 1919, three years after its founding, Optica admitted its first woman member.
In this feature, learn about the nine women who joined in the society’s first decade—and, and the situation for women scientists in the United States at the time: https://bit.ly/4tkl3PE
#February11👩🔬💡
In this feature, learn about the nine women who joined in the society’s first decade—and, and the situation for women scientists in the United States at the time: https://bit.ly/4tkl3PE
#February11👩🔬💡
![Louise Sherwood McDowell in the Wellesley College physics laboratory, ca. 1909–20. [Wellesley College Archives / Library and Technology Services]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i4rwlszmxz7s3ixyvpovrjsu/bafkreidlhk4th36o2vohyxsh5c5ak3hgtazwszk4aggwiqh5fbkn47vinq@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
In 1919, three years after its founding, Optica admitted its first woman member.
In this feature, learn about the nine women who joined in the society’s first decade—and, and the situation for women scientists in the United States at the time: https://bit.ly/4tkl3PE
#February11👩🔬💡
In this feature, learn about the nine women who joined in the society’s first decade—and, and the situation for women scientists in the United States at the time: https://bit.ly/4tkl3PE
#February11👩🔬💡
We're dedicated to closing the gender gap through community-building, mentoring and providing resources to empower #WomenInSTEM.
On this #February11, read about members of the Optica community and how we're working to create a more inclusive environment: https://bit.ly/4aaAP8q 👩🔬
On this #February11, read about members of the Optica community and how we're working to create a more inclusive environment: https://bit.ly/4aaAP8q 👩🔬
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
We're dedicated to closing the gender gap through community-building, mentoring and providing resources to empower #WomenInSTEM.
On this #February11, read about members of the Optica community and how we're working to create a more inclusive environment: https://bit.ly/4aaAP8q 👩🔬
On this #February11, read about members of the Optica community and how we're working to create a more inclusive environment: https://bit.ly/4aaAP8q 👩🔬
Hey there, early-career professionals! 👋 Build your #leadership skills at Level Up!
Level Up Leadership is a two-day immersive program, led by entrepreneur Eric Koester, that focuses on practical leadership skills and peer connections.
Register by 27 February: https://bit.ly/3MlY329
Level Up Leadership is a two-day immersive program, led by entrepreneur Eric Koester, that focuses on practical leadership skills and peer connections.
Register by 27 February: https://bit.ly/3MlY329
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Hey there, early-career professionals! 👋 Build your #leadership skills at Level Up!
Level Up Leadership is a two-day immersive program, led by entrepreneur Eric Koester, that focuses on practical leadership skills and peer connections.
Register by 27 February: https://bit.ly/3MlY329
Level Up Leadership is a two-day immersive program, led by entrepreneur Eric Koester, that focuses on practical leadership skills and peer connections.
Register by 27 February: https://bit.ly/3MlY329
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"You have the power to steer your work to meaningful change, rather than waiting for someone else to make it happen."
-Falko Schmidt in OPN's latest Career Focus column as he discusses his academic and entrepreneurial career trajectory.
Read the story: https://bit.ly/4kj4bVz
#academicsky 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
-Falko Schmidt in OPN's latest Career Focus column as he discusses his academic and entrepreneurial career trajectory.
Read the story: https://bit.ly/4kj4bVz
#academicsky 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"You have the power to steer your work to meaningful change, rather than waiting for someone else to make it happen."
-Falko Schmidt in OPN's latest Career Focus column as he discusses his academic and entrepreneurial career trajectory.
Read the story: https://bit.ly/4kj4bVz
#academicsky 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
-Falko Schmidt in OPN's latest Career Focus column as he discusses his academic and entrepreneurial career trajectory.
Read the story: https://bit.ly/4kj4bVz
#academicsky 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
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A (very nerdy) blog post about the course I'm teaching this term on Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, which just passed the halfway mark: open.substack.com/pub/chadorze...
Midterm Report: Quantum Optics/ Quantum Information
Thoughts after ten of twenty classes
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
A (very nerdy) blog post about the course I'm teaching this term on Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, which just passed the halfway mark: open.substack.com/pub/chadorze...
This hair-thin fiber microphone can monitor critical power grid systems: https://bit.ly/4qkexWm
The microphone is immune to electromagnetic interference, can survive in hazardous environments and is sensitive enough to hear the subtle early warning signals of equipment failure.
#Technology 💡 🧪 ⚛️
The microphone is immune to electromagnetic interference, can survive in hazardous environments and is sensitive enough to hear the subtle early warning signals of equipment failure.
#Technology 💡 🧪 ⚛️
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
This hair-thin fiber microphone can monitor critical power grid systems: https://bit.ly/4qkexWm
The microphone is immune to electromagnetic interference, can survive in hazardous environments and is sensitive enough to hear the subtle early warning signals of equipment failure.
#Technology 💡 🧪 ⚛️
The microphone is immune to electromagnetic interference, can survive in hazardous environments and is sensitive enough to hear the subtle early warning signals of equipment failure.
#Technology 💡 🧪 ⚛️
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In @optica.org: "Back-Illumination Tomography" from Assoc Prof of Biomedical Engineering Nick Durr introduces a fast, label-free microscope that images unprocessed tissue and flowing blood cells in vivo, without dyes, stains, or slicing. engineering.jhu.edu/news/high-sp...
High-Speed Microscope Gives Instant Look Inside Living Tissue - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Developed by Johns Hopkins engineers, the new microscope provides unprecedented, real-time views of living tissue to accelerate patient care and medical research.
engineering.jhu.edu
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
In @optica.org: "Back-Illumination Tomography" from Assoc Prof of Biomedical Engineering Nick Durr introduces a fast, label-free microscope that images unprocessed tissue and flowing blood cells in vivo, without dyes, stains, or slicing. engineering.jhu.edu/news/high-sp...
New device switches THz pulses between electric and magnetic skyrmions, laying the groundwork for robust wireless data encoding: https://bit.ly/4aeEvoo
The compact device can also enable light-based circuits that generate, switch and route different signal states.
#OPG_Optica 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
The compact device can also enable light-based circuits that generate, switch and route different signal states.
#OPG_Optica 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
New device switches THz pulses between electric and magnetic skyrmions, laying the groundwork for robust wireless data encoding: https://bit.ly/4aeEvoo
The compact device can also enable light-based circuits that generate, switch and route different signal states.
#OPG_Optica 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
The compact device can also enable light-based circuits that generate, switch and route different signal states.
#OPG_Optica 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
@opg.optica.org is pleased to announce the new editors-in-chief of #OPG_AOP, #OPG_AO, #OPG_Optica and #OPG_OL:
Curtis Menyuk (@umbc.edu)
Peter Andersen (DTU)
Thomas Krauss ( @york.ac.uk)
Carsten Rockstuhl (@kit.edu)
Read about the new editors: https://bit.ly/4q8xqeP
Curtis Menyuk (@umbc.edu)
Peter Andersen (DTU)
Thomas Krauss ( @york.ac.uk)
Carsten Rockstuhl (@kit.edu)
Read about the new editors: https://bit.ly/4q8xqeP
February 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
@opg.optica.org is pleased to announce the new editors-in-chief of #OPG_AOP, #OPG_AO, #OPG_Optica and #OPG_OL:
Curtis Menyuk (@umbc.edu)
Peter Andersen (DTU)
Thomas Krauss ( @york.ac.uk)
Carsten Rockstuhl (@kit.edu)
Read about the new editors: https://bit.ly/4q8xqeP
Curtis Menyuk (@umbc.edu)
Peter Andersen (DTU)
Thomas Krauss ( @york.ac.uk)
Carsten Rockstuhl (@kit.edu)
Read about the new editors: https://bit.ly/4q8xqeP
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Integrated in an imaging system with a 60X NA 1.49 lens.
Pretty clean rotation near optical axis.
Pretty clean rotation near optical axis.
January 30, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Integrated in an imaging system with a 60X NA 1.49 lens.
Pretty clean rotation near optical axis.
Pretty clean rotation near optical axis.
Recent #research presents the embedded growth of visible InP #quantum dot lasers in silicon nitride PICs: https://bit.ly/4jiKBZ2
The new approach paves the way for high-integration-density visible PICs for biosensing, quantum information processing, displays and visible light LIDAR applications.💡
The new approach paves the way for high-integration-density visible PICs for biosensing, quantum information processing, displays and visible light LIDAR applications.💡
January 29, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Recent #research presents the embedded growth of visible InP #quantum dot lasers in silicon nitride PICs: https://bit.ly/4jiKBZ2
The new approach paves the way for high-integration-density visible PICs for biosensing, quantum information processing, displays and visible light LIDAR applications.💡
The new approach paves the way for high-integration-density visible PICs for biosensing, quantum information processing, displays and visible light LIDAR applications.💡
A new paradigm for high-performance, compact frequency comb sources is the size of a coin: https://bit.ly/4pM5IoU
Integrated on a butterfly package, the self-injection-locked design eliminates bulky lasers, amplifiers and high-voltage components while maintaining low system complexity.💡 🧪
Integrated on a butterfly package, the self-injection-locked design eliminates bulky lasers, amplifiers and high-voltage components while maintaining low system complexity.💡 🧪
January 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
A new paradigm for high-performance, compact frequency comb sources is the size of a coin: https://bit.ly/4pM5IoU
Integrated on a butterfly package, the self-injection-locked design eliminates bulky lasers, amplifiers and high-voltage components while maintaining low system complexity.💡 🧪
Integrated on a butterfly package, the self-injection-locked design eliminates bulky lasers, amplifiers and high-voltage components while maintaining low system complexity.💡 🧪
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In this week’s Fourier Optics course we shall be looking at diffraction from 2D apertures.
Fourier techniques provide an elegant way of calculating the patters for regular arrays
🧪 #physics ⚛️ #optics 💡 #iTeachPhysics 🎢
Fourier techniques provide an elegant way of calculating the patters for regular arrays
🧪 #physics ⚛️ #optics 💡 #iTeachPhysics 🎢
January 25, 2026 at 12:10 PM
In this week’s Fourier Optics course we shall be looking at diffraction from 2D apertures.
Fourier techniques provide an elegant way of calculating the patters for regular arrays
🧪 #physics ⚛️ #optics 💡 #iTeachPhysics 🎢
Fourier techniques provide an elegant way of calculating the patters for regular arrays
🧪 #physics ⚛️ #optics 💡 #iTeachPhysics 🎢
This video was rendered with a glasses-free, ultra-thin 3D light-field display: bit.ly/4jVEMkt
3D light field displays create a scene by using a directional backlight to direct light, allowing each eye to see a slightly different image to create natural sense of depth without 3D glasses. 💡⚛️🧪
3D light field displays create a scene by using a directional backlight to direct light, allowing each eye to see a slightly different image to create natural sense of depth without 3D glasses. 💡⚛️🧪
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
This video was rendered with a glasses-free, ultra-thin 3D light-field display: bit.ly/4jVEMkt
3D light field displays create a scene by using a directional backlight to direct light, allowing each eye to see a slightly different image to create natural sense of depth without 3D glasses. 💡⚛️🧪
3D light field displays create a scene by using a directional backlight to direct light, allowing each eye to see a slightly different image to create natural sense of depth without 3D glasses. 💡⚛️🧪
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What if a consumer-grade 3D printer could be used to make complex optical components?
In new work, researchers did just that, creating lenslets for super-resolution microscopy.
Check out the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4pWU0XD
#microscopy #technology #3DPrinting #lens 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
In new work, researchers did just that, creating lenslets for super-resolution microscopy.
Check out the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4pWU0XD
#microscopy #technology #3DPrinting #lens 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
January 22, 2026 at 9:49 PM
What if a consumer-grade 3D printer could be used to make complex optical components?
In new work, researchers did just that, creating lenslets for super-resolution microscopy.
Check out the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4pWU0XD
#microscopy #technology #3DPrinting #lens 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
In new work, researchers did just that, creating lenslets for super-resolution microscopy.
Check out the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4pWU0XD
#microscopy #technology #3DPrinting #lens 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
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Researchers have demonstrated how #metasurfaces could lead to large-scale #quantum #computing.
In new work, a team used metasurfaces to create arrays of optical tweezers that could trap hundreds of thousands of neutral atoms.
Read the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4bbHRL4 💡 ⚛️
In new work, a team used metasurfaces to create arrays of optical tweezers that could trap hundreds of thousands of neutral atoms.
Read the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4bbHRL4 💡 ⚛️
January 21, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Researchers have demonstrated how #metasurfaces could lead to large-scale #quantum #computing.
In new work, a team used metasurfaces to create arrays of optical tweezers that could trap hundreds of thousands of neutral atoms.
Read the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4bbHRL4 💡 ⚛️
In new work, a team used metasurfaces to create arrays of optical tweezers that could trap hundreds of thousands of neutral atoms.
Read the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4bbHRL4 💡 ⚛️
No one builds a career alone.
Is there an important mentor in your life? Where did you meet them...at a conference coffee break, a webinar, a student event?
We hope you join an event this year, you might just meet your next mentor: https://bit.ly/4rPqoOq
#InternationalMentoringDay #AcademicSky
Is there an important mentor in your life? Where did you meet them...at a conference coffee break, a webinar, a student event?
We hope you join an event this year, you might just meet your next mentor: https://bit.ly/4rPqoOq
#InternationalMentoringDay #AcademicSky
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM
No one builds a career alone.
Is there an important mentor in your life? Where did you meet them...at a conference coffee break, a webinar, a student event?
We hope you join an event this year, you might just meet your next mentor: https://bit.ly/4rPqoOq
#InternationalMentoringDay #AcademicSky
Is there an important mentor in your life? Where did you meet them...at a conference coffee break, a webinar, a student event?
We hope you join an event this year, you might just meet your next mentor: https://bit.ly/4rPqoOq
#InternationalMentoringDay #AcademicSky
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Image of the Week: Vascular Elegance
A two-photon microscopy fluorescence lifetime imaging representation of an artery cross-section, showcasing the rich structural details of the vascular wall.
[2025 #OPNPhotoContest Honorable Mention]
Read more here: http://bit.ly/3Uj2QCf
A two-photon microscopy fluorescence lifetime imaging representation of an artery cross-section, showcasing the rich structural details of the vascular wall.
[2025 #OPNPhotoContest Honorable Mention]
Read more here: http://bit.ly/3Uj2QCf
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Image of the Week: Vascular Elegance
A two-photon microscopy fluorescence lifetime imaging representation of an artery cross-section, showcasing the rich structural details of the vascular wall.
[2025 #OPNPhotoContest Honorable Mention]
Read more here: http://bit.ly/3Uj2QCf
A two-photon microscopy fluorescence lifetime imaging representation of an artery cross-section, showcasing the rich structural details of the vascular wall.
[2025 #OPNPhotoContest Honorable Mention]
Read more here: http://bit.ly/3Uj2QCf
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Check out the January feature article "Unlocking the Secrets of Replicated Mirrors" to learn about this cost-effective method that can create complex optical geometries on many kinds of substrates!
Click the link: https://bit.ly/3LJ0gEv
#mirrors #materials #technology 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
Click the link: https://bit.ly/3LJ0gEv
#mirrors #materials #technology 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
January 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Check out the January feature article "Unlocking the Secrets of Replicated Mirrors" to learn about this cost-effective method that can create complex optical geometries on many kinds of substrates!
Click the link: https://bit.ly/3LJ0gEv
#mirrors #materials #technology 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
Click the link: https://bit.ly/3LJ0gEv
#mirrors #materials #technology 💡 ⚛️ 🧪
This approach combines 3D printing, silicone molding and a UV-curable clear resin to fabricate lenses for super-resolution imaging: https://bit.ly/4jzmgOw
Each lens costs less than USD1 to produce, which could broaden access to fully customizable optical parts and enable new imaging tools.
🧪 💡
Each lens costs less than USD1 to produce, which could broaden access to fully customizable optical parts and enable new imaging tools.
🧪 💡
January 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
This approach combines 3D printing, silicone molding and a UV-curable clear resin to fabricate lenses for super-resolution imaging: https://bit.ly/4jzmgOw
Each lens costs less than USD1 to produce, which could broaden access to fully customizable optical parts and enable new imaging tools.
🧪 💡
Each lens costs less than USD1 to produce, which could broaden access to fully customizable optical parts and enable new imaging tools.
🧪 💡