June/July 2010
UV OPTICS
Focusing on ultraviolet
Greg Blackman on the optics operating in the ultraviolet range and the applications they are used for
HARD TALK
Out with the new, in with the old
Ron Stubberfield, director of sales at ET Enterprises, believes the market for photomultipliers is as robust as ever, in spite of the technology having been around for more than 50 years
LED TEST AND MANUFACTURE
Shaking down and lighting up
Stephen Mounsey takes a look at the LED-based lighting industry and discovers that, when it comes to testing these light sources, legacy approaches are often insufficient
OPOs
Spreading out light
Stephen Mounsey looks at the applications for optical parametric oscillators and amplifiers, both within spectroscopy and beyond
PROFILE
Fibre insiders
Warren Clark traces the history of Fianium, a leader in the field of ultrafast fibre lasers
News