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Breakthrough Electronic-Photonic Chip Could Fix the AI Energy Crisis
22+ min ago (627+ words) AI data centers consume a massive amount of energy. In fact, they require more energy than traditional power grids can handle right now. We’ve covered that topic quite a bit at MarketWise, including a number of viable alternative energy sources…...
Deterministic shaping of nanoplasma shock waves with double-pulse femtosecond laser excitation
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (500+ words) EurekAlert! Figure 1. Schematic illustration of the formation of structured nanoplasma shock waves by dual-pulse excitation in gold nanospheres. Background: When intense femtosecond laser pulses irradiate nanoparticles, the rapid energy deposition triggers a cascade of electronic and ionic responses within an…...
Mid-Infrared Light Tuned For Sensing With New MIT Chip
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (144+ words) As you want to scale up, you need something that’s part of a consistent process, and that’s why chip foundry manufacturing becomes so important. The inclusion of a diode selector further prevents unwanted currents between pixels, a crucial element for…...
Optical filter sorts light by its ‘quantum statistics’
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (42+ words) A nanostructured gold surface can filter light depending on the tendency of its photons to arrive at a detector in pairs. A nanostructured gold surface can filter light depending on the tendency of its photons to arrive at a detector…...
Europe warned over space laser gap
11+ hour, 42+ min ago (435+ words) Europe is investing billions of euros in sovereign space infrastructure but industry leaders are warning that satellites alone will not be enough to secure long-term strategic autonomy. They argue that Europe must also accelerate the deployment of optical (laser) communications…...
Greater Flexibility for Confocal Precision Measurements
11+ hour, 12+ min ago (227+ words) AZoSensors From Micro-EpsilonJul 15 2026Reviewed Micro-Epsilon is expanding the confocalDT sensor family with new IFS2404 sensors for precise, non-contact distance measurements With additional measuring ranges, a large offset distance and slim designs, the sensors provide greater flexibility in challenging installation situations Image Credit:…...
Spontaneous Creation and Optical Control of Woven Domain Patterns in
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (109+ words) A new study in Light: Science & Applications reports that a ferroelectric crystal can spontaneously generate a striking “woven” pattern of electric polarization domains—and that those intertwined structures can be steered and reshaped using light. The work, published online on…...
SES, Airbus and Dutch Municipality of Noordwijk to Build Satellite Optical Ground Station for EAGLE-1 | Business Wire
13+ hour, 14+ min ago (257+ words) 15.7.2026 08:50:00 CEST | Business Wire | Press release The parties signed a ground lease agreement allowing installation of the optical ground station (OGS) at the NL Space Campus SES, a space solutions company, jointly with Airbus Netherlands B.V. signed a ground lease agreement with…...
Experimental investigation of the second oscillatory bifurcation past a stationary sphere | Journal of Fluid Mechanics
10+ hour, 16+ min ago (480+ words) Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2026 The flow past a sphere is one of the most extensively studied flows, both experimentally and numerically (Tiwari et al. Reference Tiwari, Pal, Bale, Minocha, Patwardhan, Nandakumar and Joshi2020a ), because the sphere is the…...
Laser communications push satellite networking beyond RF
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (592+ words) NASHUA, N.H. – For decades, radio frequency (RF) communications have formed the backbone of satellite networking. Engineers have relied on RF links to transmit telemetry, relay commands, and move data between spacecraft and ground stations. The technology has proven dependable across everything…...