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.
Building a new semiconductor fab can cost more than €10bn. Credit: Imec
Proposed multi-billion dollar and euro packages look set to increase uptake of leading-edge lithography, including for photonic technologies, finds Andy Extance
Manx Precision Optics’ polishing lap. Credit: Manx Precision Optics
Benjamin Skuse asks why, after 400 years of polishing optics, the process hasn’t been automated
Mathias Bochow, GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, is working on the Trace project to track marine plastic. Credit: Frank Schweikert, Aldebaran Marine Research & Broadcast (www.aldebaran.org/en/)
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
James Webb: A technician inspects the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope. The team’s improvements involving a Shack-Hartmann sensor have opened up applications for eye doctors examining human eyesight (image credit: NASA/Chris Gunn)
How the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing technique can be used to simply and quickly assess the quality of optical systems
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A look at the market for spectroelectrochemistry and some of the products and solutions available
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A look at the current market for Raman spectroscopy and some of the products and solutions available
The panel discussion at Laser Munich, with Leibinger holding the microphone (credit Messe Munchen)
Laser firms could really benefit from quantum computing, which should not just be reserved for the world's big challenges, finds Jessica Rowbury
Credit: Ayar Labs
As Ayar Labs secures investment to develop its silicon photonics technology, Robert Roe speaks to Hugo Saleh about the firm's plans
GasSight is a low-cost imager based on quantum technology that can produce real time video of methane gas. (Credit: QuantIC)
Matthew Dale asks whether quantum technologies are ready to be seen on the global stage at one of the world’s largest photonics exhibitions
