According to a new report, European photonics PPP projects funded under Horizon 2020 have shown five-fold leverage on the money invested by the EU
Editor's picks
Incumbent silicon photovoltaic players have powerful technologies with which to deliver clean energy – but perovskite solar start-ups think they can do better, finds Andy Extance
Dominique Bonnisseau and Corinne Tsamba, from Tematys, detail how technology companies should address challenges that could impact growth
News
16 August 2019
The SPIE Endowment Matching Programme will enhance educational capacity in optics and photonics
13 August 2019
Coda Devices is a manufacturer of laboratory and portable Raman spectrometers used for non-destructive chemical analysis
12 August 2019
The UK and India will collaborate under a new programme to develop laser technologies for economic and societal impact
12 August 2019
According to a new report, European photonics PPP projects funded under Horizon 2020 have shown five-fold leverage on the money invested by the EU
09 August 2019
The method could catch insect infestation at early stages, helping to prevent further damage to trees and forests
09 August 2019
Coherent's revenues drop 30 per cent year-on-year, while IPG’s decrease by 12 per cent
Schematic of how an electrode-based ultrasound skin patch would function. (Image: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering)
01 August 2019
Researchers have developed a novel ultrasound technique that enables optical images to be taken through biological tissue to image organs within the body
Analysis & opinion
25 July 2019
EPIC’s Carlos Lee speaks with Jean François Vinchant, CEO of SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques, about his career progression and business strategies
25 July 2019
Dominique Bonnisseau and Corinne Tsamba, from Tematys, detail how technology companies should address challenges that could impact growth
11 July 2019
Jessica Rowbury reports on the importance of technical light applications in meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement
Features
12 August 2019
Incumbent silicon photovoltaic players have powerful technologies with which to deliver clean energy – but perovskite solar start-ups think they can do better, finds Andy Extance
12 August 2019
Keely Portway discovers how optics are expanding the horizons for ultrafast lasers
19 June 2019
Greg Blackman looks at systems presented at the recent Control trade fair for quality inspection
19 June 2019
Keely Portway looks at how fibre lasers are advancing bio imaging and disease diagnosis and treatment
Press Releases
New lidar entrant SiLC has lured former Texas Instruments veteran Ralf Muenster to help expand its presence to Silicon Valley
Luxinar has established new overseas offices and technical support since it became an independent company
The prize was awarded for her outstanding master’s degree in Physics
Hamamatsu Photonics will construct a new factory building at its Shingai Factory in Hamamatsu City, Japan, in order to cope with increasing sales demand for opto-semiconductors, x-ray image sensors and x-ray flat panel sensors.
Avantes has appointed Pro-Lite Technology as its distribution partner for the UK and Ireland
NKT Photonics is growing. This summer, we are expanding our global activities even further with a new facility in Boston
RoboSense, a leader in LiDAR perception technology solutions and CES 2019 Innovation Award Honoree, announced today that it has provided cold-resistant all-weather LiDAR for the world’s first autonomous driving shuttle bus for all weather conditions
Viewpoint
16 April 2019
Dan Adams, product marketing manager at Edmund Optics, discusses the impact that additive manufacturing is having on the optics industry
1 April 2019
Pro-Lite’s Robert Yeo discusses the changes in the regulations governing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and how they affect the selection and sale of laser safety eyewear
Tech focus
12 July 2019
New method can measure large-scale quantum correlation of single photons, which until now would have required thousands of single photon counters
23 May 2019
A research team has created software for modelling femtosecond pulses that overlap at angles of up to 140 degrees much more efficiently than existing systems
29 April 2019
Combining 3D printing with metal-coating and wet-etching processes enables metamaterial geometrical optics with unique properties
Products
04 July 2019
Gamma Scientific has released its SpectralLED wide field of view, uniform intensity light source, ideally suited for sensor testing applications requiring a field of view (FOV) up to 180°
04 July 2019
Sensofar Metrology has released the fifth generation of its optical profiler
04 July 2019
The M-971 motorised mechanical stage is used in automated optical microscope systems for materials testing, inspection or biotechnology
04 July 2019
The Coherent PowerMax Pro OEM is a laser power sensor, combining the response speed of a photodiode with the broadband wavelength coverage, large detection area, dynamic range, and laser damage resistance of a thermopile
04 July 2019
Alpao has released a Modal Deformable Mirror (DMM) for industrial applications
04 July 2019
Synopsys has released LucidShape CAA V5 software,which allows designers to perform optical simulations and analyses of automotive lighting products within the CATIA V5 environment
04 July 2019
Limo has developed micro-optics for creating a beam profile that offers 30 per cent more throughput in display production
Events
White papers
10 July 2019
Broadband monitoring with high signal quality enables use of both broadband and monochromatic layer termination algorithms in the same process when depositing optical interference coatings. Case studies using a bandpass filter and an absorbing layer show how such a “hybrid” approach can lead to the most accurate layer termination.
10 July 2019
Transmission gratings open up many design options for the optical designer. In this tech note, we consider one special type: volume phase holographic (VPH) gratings. With benefits ranging from superior optical performance and design flexibility to robustness and consistency, VPH gratings are ideal for applications like laser pulse compression, spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography, and astronomy.
01 July 2019
LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is a highly versatile active remote sensing technique that is used in Earth and atmospheric sciences, autonomous vehicles, urban planning, and many other applications. Some of the most important components of LIDAR sensors are the filters that isolate target signals, while preventing sunlight and other extraneous light from reaching the detector. A wide variety of applications and sensor types exist, from laser altimeters to Raman LIDAR systems, all with different return signal strengths and LIDAR filter requirements. Therefore, LIDAR filters must be designed with the specific application and sensor type in mind in order to maximize signal-to-noise ratio.
Webcasts
02 July 2019
The EPIC Webinar on Hyperspectral Imaging will insight on the hyperspectral imaging hardware and its use in all application fields: from the ground using microscopes and spectrometers to airborne or satellite sensors, up to astrophysical data
11 April 2019
Dr Erik Novak, senior director of business development at 4D Technology, will discuss the different aspects that need to be considered when selecting a Large Aperture Interferometer.
03 April 2019
This is the first of many activities of EPIC in Quantum Photonics, with its flagship event being the EPIC World Industrial Quantum Photonics Technology Summit in June