Greg Blackman assesses the implications of revised EU PPE regulations, which ask for an operational lifespan to be put on laser safety eyewear
Matthew Dale discovers what medical laser users are looking for to ensure safety in their clinics
Laservision has introduced a new blue polycarbonate laser safety window, the P5P10, provides improved visibility, higher protection and better impact resistance over conventional green laser safety windows
Laservision has introduced absorptive acrylic windows to meet most laser safety requirements
Laservision has introduced its F16 laser safety spectacle frames, compatible with the company's range of polycarbonate filters
LaserVision has launched its Roll-Up model flexible laser safety barrier for laser users requiring a temporary and portable laser safety solution
Laservision has developed a laser safety dome, designed especially for demonstration of laser applications in public areas or at trade shows
Laservision has released laser viewing sheets and windows, ideal for laser enclosures and rooms. They provide safe viewing of lasers from outside the nominal hazard zone
Laservision has developed a brand new plastic filter, especially for medical treatments.
Laservision has developed new carry options for its goggles, which are an alternative solution to the DUO – FLEX temples.
Professor Paul Shore led the team that micromachined the complex mirrors within James Webb’s mid-infrared instrument. He chats about the technical lessons learnt
EMF invested a great deal of time and effort in developing a coating system for producing long-lasting diamond like carbon (DLC) coatings on chalcogenides at scale
The properties of chalcogenide glass optics have opened up a number of use cases in infrared optics applications and beyond. This article assesses how some of the associated manufacturing and handling challenges of this material can be overcome
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We detail the commercial offerings from some of the main players in optical mirrors
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Shining a light on the latest products and solutions in the diode laser space
Optical technologies offer researchers a powerful new toolkit to explore the structure and function of the brain. (Image: Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock.com)
Advances in optical fibres and microscale LEDs are furthering neuroscientists’ understanding of the brain
The nulling interferometry devices under development at Caltech’s Exoplanet Technology Laboratory cancel out starlight to help detect and identify foreign worlds. (Credit: Shutterstock/Dotted Yeti)
Nemanja Jovanovic, lead instrument scientist at Caltech’s Optical Observatory and Exoplanet Technology Laboratory, on emerging astrophotonic technologies on his radar
Robert Smith is a professor at the University of Alberta and historian to JWST since 2002
As James Webb Space Telescope beams back images from the edge of space and time, space historian Robert Smith recalls some of the decisions made to bring the $10bn NASA project to fruition. David Stuart reports
