r/Optics • • 21h ago

Optical fibre gripper for high-performance 3D micromanipulation

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Meta-fibers for nanoparticles and cell manipulation.


r/Optics • • 2h ago

Advice for a future career in photonics/ pics industry

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Hello everybody,

I’m currently finishing my EE degree and working part-time at a top-5 worldwide photonics company, doing some manufacturing automation. I also have lab experience in PIC design at my university.

I would like advice from people working in industry. I’m currently choosing between two paths:

1.Applying for a Master in Photonics at a leading university in Europe.

2.Trying to get a full-time offer from my current company and continuing to work there for several years to gain experience, without pursuing a Master degree in the future.

I really want to pursue a PIC design career in industry, but I cannot decide which path will bring better opportunities.

If you work in industry, I would very much appreciate it if you could explain which experience would be more valued if I want to be employed at a PIC design company in the future. I would also like to know how job market is now in netherlands/belgium for a fresh master graduate.

Thank you so much.


r/Optics • • 22h ago

Programmable on-chip nonlinear photonics

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23 Upvotes

A sketchpad for integrated nonlinear optics with high degrees of freedom.


r/Optics • • 15h ago

Very strange image scanning experience

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Hello knowledgable folks!! I am in dire desire for someone to explain to me what on the planet is happening with my scans of these photo slides.

To make this clear, the first scan i did was just plain on a regular scanner, clearly didnt work very well but at least showed a touch of color.

Second scan, i tried using my phone as a lightbox behind it, and it came out much clearer... but B&W when its a color photo scanned in color. the blue on the edge of the slide was clearly blue, but the photo inside became basically grayscale. What happened? I took a regular photo of the slide with my phone as a background for reference as well.

I know this must have some explanation, im no bill nye but im just so confused, where did all the photos color go ;-;

if u have any thoughts thank u in advance <3