Features
10 April 2019
Jessica Rowbury looks at the latest research in the hunt for dark matter, one of the biggest mysteries in physics
10 April 2019
Powered predominantly by lidar, plus spectroscopy and visual-wavelength imaging, Andy Extance discovers unmanned aerial vehicles can safely survey hazardous environments
22 March 2019
Keely Portway looks at how researchers and commercial entities are developing Raman technology to benefit medical applications
22 March 2019
Controlling electrons and atoms, and forming nanogratings using femtosecond-duration pulses offer new possibilities for memory and processing, finds Andy Extance
21 February 2019
Andy Extance explores optical design for vehicles, including the headlamps that you’ve been seeing in your rear view mirror
11 February 2019
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is becoming faster and more effective, allowing the imaging of functional processes in tissue, finds Barbara Stumpp
10 December 2018
Shaping light wavefronts is improving many areas of microscopy – and is enabling Nobel Prize winner Eric Betzig’s most important work yet, finds Andy Extance
10 December 2018
Keely Portway looks at some of the latest advances in light-based test and measurement techniques
10 December 2018
Only two companies supply commercial 3D printing systems based on two-photon polymerisation, which can create structures smaller than living cells. Greg Blackman speaks to Denis Barbier from Microlight3D
01 November 2018
Imaging spectroscopy offers a powerful way to understand this world and others, and optical innovations are enhancing its capabilities, finds Andy Extance
01 November 2018
Barbara Stumpp rounds up the latest methods of cooling laser diodes efficiently
01 November 2018
The latest 400GbE demonstrations at ECOC 2018 showed potential for future use of high-speed optical transceivers. Keely Portway reports from the show