Features
Shrinking optoelectronic components and combining them with silicon devices requires careful consideration of thermal management, finds Andy Extance
Matthew Dale discovers how scaling spectrometers down to the chip level enables them to be mass-produced in standard MEMS foundries, making spectroscopy more affordable for various new applications
Matthew Dale discovers that smart lighting has a lot more to offer than the energy savings associated with LEDs
Mark Venables reports on the work being carried out to get Raman spectroscopy into clinical laboratories and operating rooms, where it could improve disease diagnosis
Manufacturers are increasing the power and wavelength of ultrafast sources used in live tissue imaging to aid researchers, Matthew Dale finds
Jane Burgermeister reports on world-class neuroscience research that’s being advanced by photonics
Televisions are receiving a major overhaul, Matthew Dale finds, with quantum dot and OLED technologies competing to give displays a wider gamut of colours
Jessica Rowbury asks whether diode lasers will one day take market share from the dominant fibre laser in materials processing
Rachel Berkowitz on the latest developments made in photonic crystal fibres, optical fibres with unique light guiding properties
Jessica Rowbury finds that not only is super-resolution microscopy improving in resolution, but is becoming more affordable
Matthew Dale discusses some of the latest fabrication techniques, materials and optical structures being used in the field of micro-optics
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