Apply to the Optica Ambassador program and be recognized as an emerging leader in optics and photonics. The deadline is fast approaching—applications are due by 9 August. For more information, and to apply, please visit: https://bit.ly/44KpQPq

This #InternationalFriendshipDay, we celebrate the lasting friendships formed in the optics community. At meetings, through student programs and the efforts of Optica Ambassadors, Optica works to bring people together. Make new connections at an Optica event near you: https://bit.ly/4fxlPCM

A new light-sheet microscopy system combining adaptive optics with rapid volumetric imaging can capture 3D seizure propagation 7x faster than previous systems! Read more: https://bit.ly/3RtUmtR #Optics #Neuroscience #Biomedicalimaging

Expand your global network! 2026 Ambassador Travis W. Sawyer calls the Optica Foundation Ambassador program a unique springboard to accelerate your leadership and outreach efforts. Apply for the 2027 cohort by 9 August: https://bit.ly/4hnV1aE

Have you cast your vote in the Optica Election yet? 👀 Your vote is important in deciding the future of Optica and guiding the Society’s direction. Check your Optica email for a message sent on 22 June with the instructions on how to access your ballot!

2027 Early Career Ambassador applications are now open! Apply here: https://bit.ly/3SZ6F1J #EarlyCareer #Photonics #Leadership

An ultrathin lens that shapes light into an optical needle can increase 3D medical imaging depth by 9x without losing high-resolution detail! Read more: https://bit.ly/4aSBlI4 #Optics #MedTech #Physics

Spider-silk inspired hydrogel fibers and AI enable high-resolution imaging inside tiny tissues space. The soft, light-transmitting fibers could allow safer, minimally invasive early detection of breast cancer hidden in narrow ducts. Read more: https://bit.ly/4wkCiBe #Optics #CancerResearch

A new technique combined adaptive optics and parallel OCT to capture high-speed, 3D views of cells in the living retina— enabling non-invasive early detection of blinding chorioretinal diseases. Read more: Read more: https://bit.ly/4g7WrFN #Optics #MedTech

Congratulations to Optica Corporate Member Edmund Optics on receiving the 2026 Private Company Board of the Year Award! Led by Optica Board member & CEO Marisa Edmund, we celebrate their commitment to strong governance and sustainable leadership! #Opitcs Read the release: https://bit.ly/4xRMzGo

Congratulations to Optica Board Member Marisa Edmund! Her company, Edmund Optics received the 2026 Private Company Boards of the Year Award from MLR Media for exceptional governance, strategic oversight, and leadership. Read the release here: https://bit.ly/4xRMzGo #Optics #Leadership

Caustic of the day: reflection of sunlight from my car hood

New #technology expands lidar sensing beyond distance and motion by mapping location, speed and material properties in one measurement. This could lead to safer autonomous vehicles and better sensing systems that work in poor visibility caused by glare, fog, or heavy rain. https://bit.ly/4aeBUvr 💡

📢 New paper in @optica.org from the Juffmann Group! The team presents a new approach combining SR-SIM and EOFLIM for high-resolution imaging of cellular dynamics in living cells. 🔗 imaging.univie.ac.at/details-news... #Research #Microscopy #Bioimaging #Optics #LifeSciences #Biophysics #Photonics

The Optica elections for the 2027 offices are now open! Ballots will be distributed to current members in June, so ensure you can fully participate by confirming your contact information in your member profile. Your voice matters in the future of Optica; learn more: https://bit.ly/4w1KFBt

A new advance brings frequency-domain #quantum information processing closer to practical implementation: https://bit.ly/4viWB1E Integrated acousto-optic frequency beamsplitters support scalable operations by splitting frequencies into only two waveguides, regardless of the number of channels. 💡⚛️

The June #solstice is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest in the Southern Hemisphere. This photo shows a snifter and a splash of cognac, making a liquid lens that captures the summer solstice boating on the Foster City lagoon. Dennis Hancock, Woodside, CA, USA

Today marks the June #solstice! For millennia, we leveraged the solstice to tell time. Now, optical lattice clocks use atoms trapped in a laser interference pattern to provide a high level of timekeeping accuracy. Follow along in this infographic on the evolution of timekeeping. ⚛️

One of the major limitations of the large FOV holographic display system is the small eye-box. To overcome the challenge, researchers created a system based on a holographic optical element to achieve a large FOV while the image light is focused at the entrance to the human pupil. #BoxDay 💡⚛️

In this installment, OPN talked with Optica Fellow Peter Delfyett, Distinguished Professor at CREOL and former NSBP president. Read how his innate sense of curiosity—and linking up with an ambitious research institution, CREOL—enabled a career of pathbreaking #research. https://bit.ly/4w2R8wb 💡⚛️

“As quantum computing gets better, we should be able to solve some physics problems theoretically that are intractable now. ” We know the thought experiment of Schrödinger’s Cat and its famous box, but where do we go from there? 💡🧪

For International #BoxDay, we are celebrating beyond Opticat's love for sitting in purrfectly-sized boxes! Boxes are critical to many scientific discoveries in #photonics, like imaging techniques, holographic displays and the foundation of #quantum physics. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4wfN4c3

Had a great time at #ICOP2026 presenting our latest results on STML fiber lasers! 💡 Great discussions and insights from the community! Check out our published paper here: opg.optica.org/ol/abstract.... 📖👇 #Photonics #Optics #LaserResearch #STML @optica.org

A new advance brings frequency-domain #quantum information processing closer to practical implementation: https://bit.ly/4viWB1E Integrated acousto-optic frequency beamsplitters support scalable operations by splitting frequencies into only two waveguides, regardless of the number of channels. 💡⚛️

This week, a diverse group of professionals from industry and academia learned to master building #AO #VisualSimulators & #RetinalImaging + Applications in #VisionScience & #Ophthalmology at @cvsuor.bsky.social #RochesterOptics #AdaptiveOptics in the #Eye Summer Course @urochester.bsky.social

NEWS: Gravitational lensing by a galaxy cluster + #NASAWebb = deepest spectrum of a little red dot. Multiple lines (literally) of evidence suggest this dot is a supermassive black hole enveloped by a dense gas cocoon, also known as a black hole star: https://news.stsci.edu/4fpl2Wc

What is Optics? The #science of light. The study of the eye. Lasers. Telescopes. Microscopes. What makes the sky blue and why stars twinkle. Manufacturing computer chips. Environmental monitoring and more every day. It's what our members do. Explore Optica: https://www.optica.org/ ⚛️💡

A new method uses soft X-rays to measure oxygen levels in phytoplankton with picogram precision: https://bit.ly/4ofrph8 Published in #OPG_OpEx, the technique could help evaluate the physiological state of marine microorganisms, explore intracellular elemental cycling and more. 💡🧪

With a label-free approach, researchers combine polarized light and a magnetic field to spot malaria under the microscope: https://bit.ly/4tIWThP The method could lead to earlier detection, better treatment decisions and ultimately better #health outcomes. 💡 🧪 #Medsky

Found some small inconsistencies in my book plots of optical Mobius strips so I redid the plots and here they are for fun