CONTENTS FEATURES 2 Hyperspectral Imaging: Making Rich Colors More Visible 6 Helping Machine Vision Go Beyond Human Programming APPLICATION BRIEFS 10 How Artificial Intelligence Makes Quality Traceable Down to Component Level 12 Controlling the Grind for Precision Photonics TECH BRIEFS 16 Lunar Lens: First Compact Flat Metalens Images Moon Surface 17 Wavelength-Multiplexed Optical Processor Computes Hundreds of Linear Transformations in Parallel 18 Ultrafast Beam-Steering Breakthrough at Sandia Labs 19 Optical Switching at Record Speeds Opens Door for Ultrafast, Light-Based Electronics and Computers DEPARTMENTS 20 New Products ON THE COVER Machine vision with AI is capable of capturing defects with human-like sensitivity and with greater detail than the human eye. AI validates good products - including their many acceptable variations - with similar precision relative to an experienced human inspector. To learn more about how machine vision technology is advancing and augmenting final product quality inspection processes, read the Machine Vision feature article on page 6. (Image: Adobe Stock) Photonics & Imaging Technology, May 2023 1http://info.hotims.com/84479-779