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Dr Mike Soulby of Pro-Lite explains the physics of the piezoelectric effect, how the inverse piezoelectric effect is employed in precision nanopositioning, and the differences between open and closed loop control of piezoelectric devices.
Pro-Lite’s Robert Yeo discusses the changes in the regulations governing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and how they affect the selection and sale of laser safety eyewear
Pro-Lite’s Robert Yeo throws light on the science of measuring light and light sources: radiometry and photometry
Pro-Lite Technology has announced that Dr Nick Barnett has recently joined its UK team as business development manager for its remote sensing and spectroscopy group.
Pro-Lite is now distributing Laservision's active laser safe cabinet window that detects radiation impacting the sensor in the window frame
Laservision's new eye protection caps called Cap2protect use a self-adhesive instead of the typical head strap
Ocean Optics' UK lighting channel partner Pro-Lite has announced the release of the Torus, a miniature spectrometer tuned for the visible wavelength ranges of 360 to 825nm
Pro-Lite has launched VisionTune, an LED screen correction service, in cooperation with Radiant Imaging. The system uses a ProMetric imaging photometer to adjust the colour and brightness of each LED in a display
Pro-Lite distributes a range of germanium (Ge) and indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) photodiodes and avalanche photodiodes for the 800 to 2,200nm near-infrared band manufactured by GPD Optoelectronics Corporation
Pro-Lite has launched the CL-200a from Konica Minolta, an illuminance colorimeter that provides accurate lux, CCT, chromaticity and dominant wavelength measurements, including for LEDs
Advances in optical metrology equipment are helping the semiconductor industry increase productivity and reduce downtime, finds Keely Portway
Andy Extance finds the pains and gains of laser light’s different behaviour in water for oceanographers using lidar
Carlos Lee, Epic’s director general, talks to Martina Mueller, CEO of 3D AG, a Swiss company specialising in micro and nanotechnology and holographic structures
David Giltner, founder of TurningScience, discusses whether these two seemingly different career paths can successfully overlap
Matthew Dale reports on the association’s yearly event, where the importance of diversity, photonics funding and investment were to the fore
Géraldine Andrieux, at Blumorpho, shares her top tips on getting investors’ attention as a startup
Scientists have developed a lensless, infrared spectral-imaging system for medical diagnostics
A metaform is a new optical component that can combine with freeform optics to enable compact AR/VR headsets and eyewear. (Image: University of Rochester illustration/Michael Osadciw)
Researchers have combined freeform optics and a metasurface to deliver high-quality AR/VR glasses that are compact and easy to wear
