Photonics21 has released a position statement saying the European photonics sector is ready to invest €100 billion in R&I if a photonics public-private partnership is launched for Horizon Europe funding
Editor's picks
The Photonics Leadership Group 2019 update shows the increasing value of light-based technology to UK economy
The organiser of Photonex, Xmark Media, has been bought by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics
News
Ning Wang, the study’s lead author, and Professor Mona Jarrahi working on the terahertz detector setup. (Image: UCLA Engineering)
17 July 2019
Researchers have developed an ultra-sensitive light-detecting system that could enable astronomers to view galaxies, stars and planetary systems in unprecedented detail
Iris: Luminar’s perception platform for series production vehicles (Image: Business Wire)
17 July 2019
The firm claims that Iris is the first sensing platform to exceed the essential requirements needed to deliver level three and level four autonomy to consumers
Nobel Prize winner Gérard Mourou. (Image: Messe München)
12 July 2019
Nobel Prize winner Gérard Mourou, gravitational physicist Carsten Danzmann, quantum physicist Anton Zeilinger and other renowned scientists gave lectures at the Congress
11 July 2019
The organisation hosted three events at the Munich biennial exhibition and had many of its 500 members either exhibiting or walking the halls at the show
08 July 2019
Photonics21 has released a position statement saying the European photonics sector is ready to invest €100 billion in R&I if a photonics public-private partnership is launched for Horizon Europe funding
08 July 2019
The Photonics Leadership Group 2019 update shows the increasing value of light-based technology to UK economy
05 July 2019
The silicon photonics company Rockley Photonics has received $52 million in funding from strategic partners
Analysis & opinion
11 July 2019
Jessica Rowbury reports on the importance of technical light applications in meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement
19 June 2019
André Richter, CEO of VPIphotonics, talks through his 20-plus years at the company with EPIC’s Carlos Lee
04 June 2019
Ahead of the Innovation award that will be presented at Laser World of Photonics, Jessica Rowbury talks technology development with Dr Jonathan Blackburn of welding research and technology specialist, TWI
Features
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
14 May 2019
Keely Portway looks at some of the latest developments in optical mirrors – including a trend for larger sizes – and how the technology may develop further
14 May 2019
3D technology is just one of the innovations emerging in the large display market, as Andy Extance assesses the prospects for LCD, OLED and microLEDs in the fight for a share of this competitive space
Press Releases
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
The WaveGo handheld light measurement system has earned a Red Dot Award: Product Design 2019 award
Imec, a world leading research and innovation hub in the field of nanoelectronics and digital technology, today announces that the Dutch province of Gelderland has approved a 65 million euro grant for the OnePlanet initiative, a new technology and innovation center
Rockley Photonics, a leader in complete integrated silicon photonics chipsets for digital connectivity and sensing systems, today announced that it has expanded its strategic relationship with Shanghai stock-exchange listed Hengtong Optic-Electric Co. Ltd (Hengtong)
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