Optics on Tenu Tech Brief https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/optics/ Recent content in Optics on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:05:56 +0000 Hair-width LEDs could eventually replace lasers https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/hair-width-leds-could-eventually-replace-lasers/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:40:05 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/hair-width-leds-could-eventually-replace-lasers/ • Hair-thin LEDs promise laser-like precision for data routing inside server racks. • Researchers demonstrate scalable, low-power LED arrays that match laser performance in optical Laser Arrays May Simplify Co-Packaged Optics https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/laser-arrays-may-simplify-co-packaged-optics/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:02:22 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/laser-arrays-may-simplify-co-packaged-optics/ • Monolithic tunable lasers can adapt statically and dynamically. • Key Takeaways The move to co-packaged optics (CPO) holds the promise of putting photonic ICs (PICs) and electron X-rays reveal kingfisher feather structure in unprecedented detail https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/x-rays-reveal-kingfisher-feather-structure-in-unprecedented-detail/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:24:36 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/x-rays-reveal-kingfisher-feather-structure-in-unprecedented-detail/ • Northwestern researchers used high-energy X-ray imaging to map kingfisher feather nanostructure. • Feathers display photonic crystals-microscopic ridges on keratin strands-creati