The lead graphic in this issue of the Optics and Photonics Education Newsletter displays a new, very rapid optical technique for 3D printing. The system works by spraying patterned light from a projector onto a rotating drum, which is filled…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – February 2019
New breakthroughs and innovations in lasers and optics continue to stimulate the rapid expansion of photonics applications. The first graphic in this issue represents the advantages of welding metals with blue lasers. The first article explains how optical sensors are…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – January 2019
The lead article in this issue describes the enormous growth in the use of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers and VCSEL diode arrays. A brief introduction to VCSELs is included in module 6 of OP-TEC’s Course 2, Laser Systems and Applications. More…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – September 2018
The first two articles in this month’s newsletter (Using LADAR to See Through Fire and Lensless See-Through Cameras) are examples of the rapidly emerging applications of photonics. As this technology continues to expand, the demand for competent photonics technicians is…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – July 2018
July 2018 Optics and Photonics Education News: Optics & Photonics Enable “Rise of the Robots”A New Cloak of InvisibilityConverging Networks in Enterprise BuildingsMPEC Hosts Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Summer Manufacturing CampIntegrated Photonics Figures and Images for InstructorsNew WomenTech Educators Video BlogHI-TEC Conference…
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OP-TEC Newsletter – June 2018
On 16 May 2018 the first International Day of Light (IDL) celebrated the vital role of light and related technologies in science, culture and art, education and sustainable development. More than 600 events were held in 87 countries reaching hundreds…
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