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European XFEL Sets Intensity Record for Attosecond Hard X-Ray Pulses

Researchers used European XFEL to generate extremely short attosecond hard X-ray pulses with record intensity, enabling studies of electrons in atoms and molecules.

Gallium Phosphide-Diamond Hybrid Platform Enhances Quantum Light-Matter Interaction

Researchers integrated gallium phosphide (GaP) nanophotonic cavities onto a diamond substrate using a stamp transfer process, enhancing quantum optical interaction with diamond color centers. The devices are first fabricated by electron-beam lithography in a GaP thin film on a carrier, screened by spectroscopic testing, and then transferred. Experiments achieved cooperativity above 1. The platform can serve as a light-matter interface in quantum networks.

Optica: New Model Makes Lighting Design Better Suited to Aging Eyes

Researchers have developed a model that accounts for age-related changes in color vision and simulated different lighting configurations to improve color perception for older adults. The findings were published by Optica on October 13, 2026.

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Vuzix offers a new route for AI optical interconnects: the company will showcase its Causeway waveguide optical interconnect evaluation platform at two industry events.

Ultrashort Laser Pulse Microscope Maps Electron Interactions in Thin Materials

A paper in Optica reports a wide-field coherent multidimensional spectroscopy microscope (2DESM) that uses ultrashort laser pulses to map the spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of electron interactions in thin materials.

Hamamatsu and MEETOPTICS Partner to Integrate Scientific AI Chat

Hamamatsu Photonics and MEETOPTICS have announced a partnership to exclusively integrate MEETOPTICS' scientific AI chat tool into Hamamatsu's product portfolio, helping users find photonic devices.

Optica Congratulates Francis Halzen on 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics

Optica congratulates Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin on receiving the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Optica congratulates three optogenetics pioneers on 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

On October 5, Optica congratulated Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel on receiving the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering contributions to optogenetics.

New Study Explains Why Modern Display Colors Look Different to Everyone

Optica published the study on October 1. The model accounts for individual differences in color vision and explains why colors on modern displays appear different to different people, potentially helping to develop more consistent displays.

SIOM reveals internal dynamics of spatiotemporal optical vortex strings

Researchers at the Joint Laboratory for High Power Laser Physics at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics studied the internal dynamics of spatiotemporal optical vortex strings, uncovering phenomena such as spatiotemporal attraction and filamentation stretching. The results were published as "Probing Internal Dynamics of Spatiotemporal Optical Vortex Strings".

Delfyett, Backus and Vanholsbeeck Join Optica Board of Directors

Optica announced that Peter J. Delfyett, Sterling Backus and Frédérique Vanholsbeeck will serve as members of its Board of Directors.

Why the Human Eye Sees Color in Four Hues

Berkeley researchers analyzed human eye responses using photographs of natural scenes to explain the origins of the four fundamental hues in human color vision.

SIOM Achieves First Absolute Wavefront Measurement of an EUV Light Source

The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics and Harbin Institute of Technology have used a photon sieve to achieve the first absolute wavefront measurement of an EUV light source, solving the challenge of absolute wavefront measurement for extreme-ultraviolet and soft X-ray sources.

SIOM studies light-field transport in spatiotemporal non-Markovian random media

The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has made progress in research on light-field transport in spatiotemporal non-Markovian random media.

XIOPM Makes Progress in Label-Free 3D Microscopic Imaging

A team led by Yao Baoli at XIOPM has made new progress in label-free 3D microscopic imaging.

Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics Achieves Single-Shot Array Coherent Diffraction Imaging with Photon Sieve

The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made progress in single-shot array coherent diffraction imaging with a photon sieve.

Theoretical Breakthrough in Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy

The State Key Laboratory of Ultrafast Optics Science and Technology has established a prior-free digital reconstruction theory in the field of FPM.