February/March 2009
LASER TESTING
Dumbing down?
With lasers at ever higher power levels, and being used increasingly by non-photonics specialists, test equipment has to adapt to be accessible and user-friendly. Gemma Church looks at how laser testing equipment manufacturers are addressing this need
BIOPHOTONICS
Non-invasive innovation
William Payne on the emerging area of biophotonics, which sees lasers applied to many aspects of biology
HARD TALK
A measure of free trade
Robert Yeo, partner at Pro-Lite, on dealing with conflicting measurement units in photonics
OLEDs
Organic growth
OLEDs are tipped to be the next big thing in display technology. Greg Blackman assess the progress of these light emitting polymers
PROFILE
A portable future
John Murphy charts the course of Avantes, as it takes advantage of an ever-expanding range of applications for spectroscopy
RECRUITMENT
The tomorrow people
The question of where the next generation of scientists and engineers is coming from continues to concern some among photonics. Greg Blackman investigates
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