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Photonic Advances Enhance Imaging Techniques

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

The field of imaging has benefited greatly from advances in photonics, said Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, ICFO - Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain, and member of the 20th Anniversary Challenge Selection Committee.

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  • The field of imaging has benefited greatly from advances in photonics, said Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, ICFO - Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain, and member of the 20th Anniversary Challenge Selection Committee.
  • The research being conducted by the challenge recipients strives to solve for todays pain points in imaging, including efficiency and accessibility.
  • Im trying to revolutionize existing microscopic techniques with new and advanced optical elements based on metasurfaces, explains Hu.
  • Over the last decades, the field of medical imaging has spawned several seminal inventions, including Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Computed Tomography (CT), ultrasound, and Magnet Resonance Imaging (MRI).

New Photonics Research to Solve for Environmental Challenges

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

Today, the Optica Foundation released details of promising photonics research solving for global environmental challenges.

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  • Today, the Optica Foundation released details of promising photonics research solving for global environmental challenges.
  • This photonics research seeks novel and powerful approaches to address critical environmental issues, said Alan Willner, chair of the 20th Anniversary Challenge Selection Committee and 2016 Optica President.
  • Now, with applied research from Ashim Dhakal, Phutung Research Institute, Nepal, a cost-effective and efficient option may be on the near horizon.
  • Michela Florinda Picardi, ICFO The Institute of Photonics Sciences, Spain
    Every process, industrial or natural, generates heat as a byproduct.

Qrypt Provides Secure Alternative to Quantum Key Distribution

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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Qrypt Key Generation can be applied in any cloud connected use case, leaving the alternative Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) for niche applications.

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  • Qrypt Key Generation can be applied in any cloud connected use case, leaving the alternative Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) for niche applications.
  • With this new solution, Qrypt is taking direct aim at the secure distribution problem by avoiding distribution altogether.
  • Qrypts Key Generation offers high speed, high-volume quantum key generation to keep up with the growing security needs of enterprises.
  • BLAST enables Key Generation to securely produce any kind of symmetric keys at multiple endpoints, including AES, negating the need for key encapsulation or key distribution.