Features
12 January 2021
Algorithms let developers shrink microscopes, enabling innovation by building on existing technology, discovers Andy Extance
16 December 2020
Now smaller, cheaper and more robust, light detection and ranging instruments are being used in new ways, finds Jessica Rowbury
Classification of nuts as good or bad using Specim’s FX17 camera
13 November 2020
Optical design is crucial in enabling wider adoption of hyperspectral imaging, finds Andy Extance
13 November 2020
Optical coatings are helping to improve the efficiency of solar cells, finds David Stuart
A schematic of Coherent's adjustable ring mode fibre and the five basic power patterns possible within the focused laser spot (Image: Coherent)
14 October 2020
Greg Blackman discovers how emerging lasers with adjustable beam quality are improving quality and flexibility in cutting and welding
12 October 2020
Keely Portway takes a look at the latest developments in optical software for the biomedical industry
Fibre lasers channel the and amplify the light through a fibre optic cable
16 September 2020
Keely Portway takes a look at some of the latest developments in optical fibre design for fibre lasers
In deflectometry, a camera images fringe patterns that have reflected off a surface under test, so that a system can deduce a map of the surface slopes from the deviation of the projected fringes, and from that determine the surface shape. Credit: Mahr
04 September 2020
Lens features have been getting too small to properly characterise – but metrology providers are catching up, finds Andy Extance
31 July 2020
How will the world feed 10 billion people by 2050 with no new land for agriculture? Greg Blackman speaks to machine builder Bühler about how optical sensing can maximise yield in grain processing
Investment is making lidar more accessible and cost-effective for the autonomous driving sector
23 July 2020
Keely Portway delves into some of the latest lidar developments for self-driving vehicles, and how these are proving beneficial in other applications
23 July 2020
New methods and instruments are building on impressive investigative capabilities, finds Andy Extance
16 June 2020
Progress is being made on entanglement methods that can work in mainstream telecom wavelengths, in conventional networks, finds Andy Extance
