The ongoing commercialisation of the space sector is creating numerous opportunities for photonics technologies, Matthew Dale learns
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The space sector offers numerous oppurtunities for photonics technologies in the development and offering of satellite-based services. (Image: Shutterstock/Dima Zel)
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Optical benches at Politecnico di Milano, the general coordinator of the Crimson project. Credit: Politecnico di Milano
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3D printed Fresnel lens combining diffractive elements with refractive surfaces. Credit: Nanoscribe
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Benjamin Skuse investigates some impressive additive methods for producing polymer and glass optics for imaging
The space sector offers numerous oppurtunities for photonics technologies in the development and offering of satellite-based services. (Image: Shutterstock/Dima Zel)
14 June 2022
The ongoing commercialisation of the space sector is creating numerous opportunities for photonics technologies, Matthew Dale learns
Preliminary testing of the quantum gravity gradiometer designed by Michael Holynski and colleagues at the University of Birmingham, which has now been shown to locate an underground tunnel with a positional accuracy of 20cm. Credit: Crown Copyright
13 June 2022
Susan Curtis explores the new breed of quantum gravimeters finding their way onto the slopes of Mount Etna and into tunnels deep under Birmingham
Ams Osram’s multi-junction VCSELs are helping to improve automotive lidar. Credit: Ams Osram
06 June 2022
Multi-junction vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers are likely to displace LEDs and edge-emitting lasers in sensing, finds Andy Extance
Building a new semiconductor fab can cost more than €10bn. Credit: Imec
24 May 2022
Proposed multi-billion dollar and euro packages look set to increase uptake of leading-edge lithography, including for photonic technologies, finds Andy Extance
Manx Precision Optics’ polishing lap. Credit: Manx Precision Optics
19 May 2022
Benjamin Skuse asks why, after 400 years of polishing optics, the process hasn’t been automated
Mathias Bochow, GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, is working on the Trace project to track marine plastic. Credit: Frank Schweikert, Aldebaran Marine Research & Broadcast (www.aldebaran.org/en/)
18 May 2022
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
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The Central Laser Facility’s Vulcan laser amplifier and mirror bench, R1, at STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 26 January 2015. Credit: Science and Technology Facilities Council
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Katrina Wesencraft outlines engineering and optical challenges involved in shrinking ultrafast lasers, all the way down to tiny devices for sending into space
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Carlos Lee speaks to Mike Powell, managing partner of Renevo Capital Limited, an investment bank specialising in photonics and semiconductors
Optical benches at Politecnico di Milano, the general coordinator of the Crimson project. Credit: Politecnico di Milano
It can take a village to bring a medical photonics device to market, Benjamin Skuse discovers
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We round-up the latest products and solutions in the single photon counting space.
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A look at the commercial offerings of the main players in freeform optics.
How automotive companies can choose the right lidar technology for their applications, by Gemma Church
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Here we highlight some of the initiatives working to engage and train young people in optics and photonics
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Raman spectroscopy has huge potential for use in medicine, as David Stuart finds out
Fabless start-up Scintil Photonics has raised €13.5m for its laser-integrated silicon chips. We speak to co-founder Sylvie Menezo
