Designing for Success
25 September 2017
The design of an optical system is just the beginning. The system must not only perform, but be designed and toleranced so it can be manufactured for a reasonable cost, as Mark Venables discovers
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Projection power in miniature: MEMs projectors advancing virtual reality
9 August 2017
Jessica Rowbury explores how MEMS projectors are advancing virtual and augmented reality headsets
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Michael Scheppke, Vice-President of Global Labs and Manufacturing at Exfo talks exclusively to Antonio Castelo, EPIC’s Photonics Technologies Programme Manager
Michael Scheppke, Vice-President of Global Labs and Manufacturing at Exfo talks exclusively to Antonio Castelo, EPIC’s Photonics Technologies Programme Manager
The quest for ever-smaller fibre-optic endoscopes that can analyse disease inside the human body is revolutionising clinical diagnosis
OroraTech’s Forest-1 nanosatellite carries a thermal infrared detector to detect wildfires in low Earth orbit. Image: OroraTech
In orbit, in the air or even on the ground, photonics technologies give us a precise big picture on climate change, discovers Ben Skuse
Electro Optics asked the Photonics100 honorees what they thought the biggest challenge facing the photonics industry in 2023 would be
To solve the quantum skills gap, the training ecosystem must consider the needs of industry and the scope of career pathways, finds Jessica Rowbury
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Delivering diagnostics at the time of testing improves healthcare outcomes, but requires photonics firms who develop optical sensing technologies such as spectroscopy, to adapt to the changing needs of the medical sector
Designers, builders and operators of free-space networks can leverage LWIR quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) to achieve multi Gb/s data transfer rates. Find out how
An upcoming strategy seeks to build on Britain’s photonics-enabled niche competencies rather than build a whole supply chain from scratch. Jessica Rowbury reports
