The sales of LEDs to automotive suppliers is set to double within the next 10 years, according to a new report published by IMS Research.
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07 December 2007
A new study reports that the value European photonics market has now drawn level with the semiconductor industry, and is now set to overtake it with an annual growth rate of 7.6 per cent.
12 November 2007
Sales of fibre lasers are set to double by 2011, a new report reveals. The fibre laser market is expected to be worth $240m by the end of this year.
12 October 2007
Visitors will be able to get up close to the latest applications of photonics at the Photonex show. By Tom Wilkie
09 July 2007
The use of lasers for industrial cutting and welding seemed to be the theme of Laser 2007, but opinions over which lasers would provide this technology were fiercely divided.
07 June 2007
Demanding websites like YouTube and MySpace have been driving the market for laser crystals, a new study suggests, with a 5 per cent increase in profit in this area since 2001.
04 May 2007
Machine Vision in European Manufacturing, a conference organised by Imaging and Machine Vision Europe magazine, has announced its first speakers, including representatives from DaimlerChrysler, EMVA and UKIVA
04 April 2007
Laser 2007, World of Photonics, which takes place from 18-21 June in Munich, will highlight the latest trends in photonics and the way it is being employed in industry.
16 March 2007
The team behind Imaging and Machine Vision Europe magazine has announced a conference entitled Machine Vision in European Manufacturing, to be held in Cambridge, UK on 13-14 September 2007
06 March 2007
Laser 2007 is set to be bigger and better than ever, with a new focus on the industrial applications of lasers.
06 February 2007
An excited buzz filled the air at Photonics West this January, as the event turned out to be SPIE's (the International Society for Optical Engineering) biggest success to date.
03 January 2007
Three major suppliers have expanded their presence in Asia. Andor and Edison Opto have opened premises in China, and PowerLase has opened a Korean Service Centre.
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Organoid imaged with Andor’s desktop confocal microscope system, the BC43. Credit: Andor
As microscopes become ever more powerful, a growing band of businesses are racing to make the latest technologies more accessible and more affordable, reports Rebecca Pool
Illustration of a three-dimensional crystal with various types of confining centres. (a) Crystal with four confining centres, each trapping waves (yellow) in all three dimensions simultaneously. (b) Crystal with a linear confining centre where waves can propagate in one dimension, analogous to an optical fibre. (c) Crystal with a planar confining centre where waves can propagate in two dimensions, analogous to a 2D electron gas. (Image: Vos et al.)
Newly discovered fundamental rules have been embedded into software to dramatically optimise the design of photonic integrated circuits
