Peter Hallett, industry programme team leader at SPIE, says innovations need customers to succeed

Gemma Church looks at the range of optical design software on the market and how it can help engineers create cutting-edge photonics-related products without the need for numerous costly prototypes

Greg Blackman looks at the technology surrounding and the applications for lidar - a remote sensing technique analogous to radar

Gemma Church looks at the availability - or otherwise - of EU-wide public funding for photonics-related projects

Photonics is helping to reduce costs and improve efficiency in photovoltaics, as William Payne discovers

John Murphy meets the team at OptoSigma, an optical component manufacturer with an emphasis on individual customer care