Features
09 March 2020
Electro Optics speaks to Roel Baets, lead of Imec-UGhent's Photonics Research Group, on the platforms opening up silicon photonics to high-volume production
27 February 2020
Keely Portway looks at how adaptive optics have allowed ground-based telescopes to observe new phenomena, including finer details of the Sun
27 February 2020
Graphene could transform networks if its remarkable properties can sustain a viable supply chain, finds Andy Extance
3D printing copper is important in the space industry for printing rocket nozzles, like the one produced by Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, shown here
24 February 2020
Optically-driven additive manufacturing is entering uncharted territory with challenging reflective, thermally conductive metals such as copper, finds Andy Extance
20 January 2020
Jessica Rowbury looks at the role metalenses could play in chip-making
20 January 2020
Photonic sensing and spectroscopy enable faster, more precise identification of tumours, finds Andy Extance
10 December 2019
As car makers install production lines for electric vehicles, Greg Blackman looks at how vision is currently used in their factories
A technician loads a wedged focus lens, a key element in the NIF final optics assembly, into a cleaning/coating frame
05 December 2019
Keely Portway finds out how the latest advances in photonics have enhanced the research environment, and how they have translated to the commercial sector
08 November 2019
Tematys partner Benoît d’Humières discusses photonics’ environmental potential using findings from a recent sustainability report
The Vuzix M300 AR headset is one of a variety of products targeting industrial applications
08 November 2019
Andy Extance finds that although augmented reality products talk about holograms more than they use them, holographic technology still has huge potential
14 October 2019
Keely Portway looks at some of the miniature imaging technology used in endoscopes
14 October 2019
Keely Portway looks at how optical software is being used to design light sources
