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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, was founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies. Serving more than 255,000 constituents from 183 countries, the not-for-profit society advances emerging technologies through interdisciplinary information exchange, continuing education, publications, patent precedent, and career and professional growth.

Articles by SPIE

a diagram showing the SS-Raman spectroscopy system, with a black box representing the swept-laser source laser that has an orange wire coming out of it producing a yellow light that goes through lenses and a mirror to the sample, then from the sample the light goes through more lenses and a filter to reach the silicon photoreciever, which is a smaller black box

Compact Raman Spectroscopy: A New Solution for Chemical and Biomedical Analysis

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New swept-source Raman system offers portable, cost-effective identification of both chemical and biological materials

Eight differently colored squares on a white background showing 3DSIM reconstructions of plant and animal tissue samples, the top row of 4 images (labeled a-d) are a yellow square show cell walls in oleander leaves, a red square showing hollow structures within black algal leaves, a purple square showing root tips of corn tassels, and a teal/purple square showing actin filaments in mouse kidney tissue. The bottom four images (labeled e-h) show corresponding maximum intensity projection images below each matching top image.

Super-Resolution Microscopy Harnesses Digital Display Technology

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Microscopy breakthrough combination allows for high-speed imaging that facilitates biological discovery

a head-on view of the eyepiece of a confocal microscope with an out of focus lab bench in the background

Building Images Photon-by-Photon to Increase Information Provided by Microscopes

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A newly developed compact ISM microscope provides high-resolution structural and functional imaging

A microscope, a rack of fulcan tubes, and a laptop with a microscope image on the screen, on a table in a lab

A Breakthrough in Microscopy Resolution

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An innovative algorithm successfully addresses the challenge of microscopy resolution through pixel reassignment

computer image of ammonia molecule on black table

Fabrication of a Polymer Lens on a Laser Chip for Miniaturized Spectroscopy

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Two-photon-polymerization 3D printing is successfully exploited to reduce the divergence of a vertical laser diode

Abstract computer image of entangled quantum particles

All-Optical Quantum State Sharing via Continuous Variable System

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Researchers developed a new way to share secret information, using quantum mechanics

Three green lasers on a black background

New High-Speed, Two-Photon Microscope for Precise Biological Imaging

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Innovative laser scanning design unlocks high-precision observations at up to 10,000 frames per second

Low poly render of bacteria and microscope on blue background

High-Speed Super-resolution Microscopy via Temporal Compression

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New imaging technique resolves a longstanding contradiction between spatial resolution and imaging speed

New Spectroscopy Technique Improves Trace Element Detection in Liquid

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Filament- and plasma-grating-induced breakdown spectroscopy offers improved sensitivities for trace metal detection

Understanding the Effect of Wildfires on Air Quality

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Researchers from NASA monitor, using airborne observations, the levels of carbon monoxide and ozone in wildfire plumes