A leading resource for engineers involved in photonics business, technology and applications. http://www.electrooptics.com/ Copyright Europa Science Qioptiq has embarked on a rapid programme of acquisition and rebranding since its inception just five years ago, as Warren Clark discovers http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=152 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=152 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 As ultrafast laser research progresses onwards from femtosecond pulses, Stephen Mounsey looks at the cutting edge of attosecond lasers, and asks how to ready experimental lasers for the factory floor http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=153 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=153 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Greg Blackman on the uses of nonlinear optics in OPOs and other laser devices to tune the light to the desired wavelength http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=154 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=154 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Light microscopy is an old tool, but now a range of new technologies and innovative applications have pushed the boundaries of what can be done with light microscopy. Stephen Mounsey looks for these developments in some unexpected places http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=155 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=155 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Sinclair Vass, EMEA sales and marketing director for JDSU, believes that the fibre and telecoms industry now represents a huge opportunity for photonics companies http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=156 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=156 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Warren Clark traces the history of Fianium, a leader in the field of ultrafast fibre lasers http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=147 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=147 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Greg Blackman on the optics operating in the ultraviolet range and the applications they are used for http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=148 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=148 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Stephen Mounsey looks at the applications for optical parametric oscillators and amplifiers, both within spectroscopy and beyond http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=149 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=149 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100 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 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=150 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=150 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100 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 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=151 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=151 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100 IPG Photonics is synonymous with the field of fibre lasers, and has been for 20 years, as Warren Clark discovers http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=141 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=141 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Stephen Mounsey takes a look at some of the applications for biophotonics, both in the laboratory, and elsewhere, and looks at the ways in which photonic technologies are enabling the life sciences http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=142 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=142 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 With construction on the European Extremely Large Telescope due to start this year and a number of laser fusion research projects underway, the need for large optics is growing, as Greg Blackman finds out http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=143 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=143 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Is the industry doing all it can to attract young people into a career in photonics? Warren Clark investigates http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=144 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=144 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Stephen Mounsey on increasing competition in the fibre laser market http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=145 http://www.electrooptics.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=145 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100