Features
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
01 October 2018
As optics get smaller, simulation software is having to turn to new techniques to model optical systems, as Barbara Stumpp finds out
28 September 2018
Light therapies are coming to the fore to treat a huge range of medical conditions, from neonatal jaundice to dementia, as Keely Portway finds out
03 September 2018
VCSELs are known for their size, reliability, volume scalability and cost effectiveness. With more industries catching on to their potential, it’s no wonder the VCSEL market is forecast to be $3.1bn in four years, says Keely Portway
03 September 2018
Lithographic semiconductor processes using extreme ultraviolet light are set to enter mass production, writes Andy Extance, but must continue to improve
25 July 2018
Greg Blackman assesses the implications of revised EU PPE regulations, which ask for an operational lifespan to be put on laser safety eyewear
25 July 2018
Matthew Dale finds that food sorting using spectral analysis is big business