Understanding the Design-to-Testing Gap in Biomedical Optical Systems at Photonics West 2026 

Dr. David Biss, Senior Manager of Optical Engineering at Optikos Corporation, returns to the Photonics West stage this January with fresh insights for the life sciences sector. Drawn from years of hands-on experience solving complex optical challenges, his talk “Correlating final system performance metrics with design metrics of optical imaging systems in biomedical devices” addresses a persistent industry problem he has seen time and time again in his …

Hubble From Behind (2009) Caption The Space Shuttle Atlantis moves away from Hubble after the telescope's release on May 19, 2009 concluded Servicing Mission 4. The Soft Capture Mechanism, a ring that a future robotic mission can grapple in order to de-orbit the telescope, is visible in the center. Credits NASA

When Theory Meets Reality at 30,000 Feet: How STOP Analyses Safeguard Optical Performance

There is a captivating quality to concepts that propose stripped-down, simplified solutions. For example, becoming increasingly popular among aerospace engineers is the idea that if you can build an entire telescope from a single material, the system will expand uniformly with temperature changes. The goal is for the telescope to stay perfectly in focus in all sorts of conditions like …