Four reasons teams fail to innovate
In a follow-up to her piece in our last issue, Liz Gerrish, technical programme manager and senior optical engineer at Wilcox Industries, provides further leadership perspective from being a woman in STEM
In a follow-up to her piece in our last issue, Liz Gerrish, technical programme manager and senior optical engineer at Wilcox Industries, provides further leadership perspective from being a woman in STEM
Various lidar companies are finding ways to meet the huge challenges automotive applications present. Jessica Rowbury discovers Luminar’s approach, and decisions made in designing their system
Simon Andrews, executive director of Fraunhofer UK Research, believes the excitement surrounding automotive lidar will ultimately bring benefits to many other sectors
Herve Floch, general director of the French competitiveness cluster Alpha-RLH, comments on how French photonics firms can succeed in Europe and further afield
Dr Katherine Bakeev at B&W Tek discusses the use of Raman spectroscopy in the pharma industry, following the opening of a centre in Hyderabad, India, to cater for the market
Liz Gerrish, technical programme manager and senior optical engineer at Wilcox Industries, gives career advice for females in male-dominated industries
On 16 May, the first International Day of Light celebrated the role of light and related technologies in science, art, education and sustainable development. Here we round up some of what occurred the day
Julian Carey, product marketing manager at SLD Laser (previously SoraaLaser), details some of the laser lighting products on display at the Light and Building trade fair, highlighting that the technology has achieved significant adoption and design-in since its introduction
Dr Sujatha Ramanujan, MD of photonics accelerator Luminate, discusses the investment trends for optical innovations
Matthew Dale reports from EPIC’s annual meeting, which took place in Berlin on 19-20 April, where the Asian market was a hot topic of discussion
Carlos Lee speaks to Mike Powell, managing partner of Renevo Capital Limited, an investment bank specialising in photonics and semiconductors
It can take a village to bring a medical photonics device to market, Benjamin Skuse discovers
We round-up the latest products and solutions in the single photon counting space.
A look at the commercial offerings of the main players in freeform optics.
How automotive companies can choose the right lidar technology for their applications, by Gemma Church
Here we highlight some of the initiatives working to engage and train young people in optics and photonics
Raman spectroscopy has huge potential for use in medicine, as David Stuart finds out
Fabless start-up Scintil Photonics has raised €13.5m for its laser-integrated silicon chips. We speak to co-founder Sylvie Menezo