Europe needs to prioritise photonics to avoid market share losses as seen in the semiconductor industry, states Carlos Lee, EPIC’s director general
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Matthew Dale learns that focusing too heavily on quantum technologies could create long-term risks for the UK
04 March 2022
Rob Roe details how lasers and optics have enabled recent breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility
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Carlos Lee, EPIC’s director general, talks to Rick Mannello, CEO of Boston Electronics, which specialises in UV and IR detectors and signal processing electronics for photodetection
02 March 2022
Quantum clocks, computers and data networks could all benefit from photonics advances, it was told at Photonics West on Demand last week
17 February 2022
Intel's purchase of Tower Semiconductors could advance silicon photonics manufacturing, says Jose Capmany, founder of iPronics Programmable Photonics
11 February 2022
Matthew Dale speaks with ESA to learn about the opportunities arising for photonics in the space sector
11 February 2022
Europe’s volume silicon photonics manufacturing capacity has not been directly addressed in the Commission's plan, which could limit overall digital sovereignty
04 February 2022
Recruiting at historically Black universities is just one way companies are working to create a more diverse workforce, finds Jessica Rowbury
01 February 2022
Carlos Lee of EPIC talks to Dominique Lupinski, CEO and founder of Cristal Laser, which grows and fabricates nonlinear optical crystals
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The XR industry might be going through tough times right now, but photonics innovators continue to drive the hardware forward, finds Benjamin Skuse
M Squared has worked with the University of Strathclyde to develop the Maxwell quantum-computing platform, shown here during commissioning works (Courtesy: M Squared)
Photonics is proving key to recent advances being made in quantum technologies, finds Susan Curtis
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At SPIE AR | VR | MR in San Francisco, Matthew Dale learnt that reflective waveguides are now poised to enter consumer technologies
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Quantum executives cited everything from staff shortages and production scaling to a need for new laser technologies, smaller optics, more industry investment and clearer commercial use cases
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Daniel Bukaty, President of PG&O, on how a more flexible approach to material selection could protect optics manufacturing lead times against material shortages
Daniel Bukaty, President of PG&O, on how a more flexible approach to material selection could protect optics manufacturing lead times against material shortages
