June/July 2009
INDUSTRY VIEW
Hope for the future
As Electro Optics reaches another milestone in its history, our 200th issue, we asked the leading lights of photonics for their views on the state of the industry and its future
DISPLAYS
The big screen
Stephen Mounsey evaluates the photonics contribution to flat-panel display manufacture
FIBRE LASERS
Fibre lasers defy economy
Stephen Mounsey finds the fibre laser industry holding steady in the face of the financial climate
HARD TALK
The solar imperative
Tom Pearsall, general secretary of the European Photonics Industry Consortium, believes solar energy can provide rich pickings for our industry
MILITARY AND DEFENCE
In the firing line
Greg Blackman looks at uses of photonics for military applications, from infrared countermeasures to target designators
PROFILE
An eye for business
Warren Clark charts the history of Laser Quantum, a company that has always had the commercialisation of technology on its mind
News