Incumbent silicon photovoltaic players have powerful technologies with which to deliver clean energy – but perovskite solar start-ups think they can do better, finds Andy Extance
Keely Portway discovers how optics are expanding the horizons for ultrafast lasers
EPIC’s Carlos Lee speaks with Jean François Vinchant, CEO of SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques, about his career progression and business strategies
Dominique Bonnisseau and Corinne Tsamba, from Tematys, detail how technology companies should address challenges that could impact growth
Jessica Rowbury reports on the importance of technical light applications in meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement
Organoid imaged with Andor’s desktop confocal microscope system, the BC43. Credit: Andor
As microscopes become ever more powerful, a growing band of businesses are racing to make the latest technologies more accessible and more affordable, reports Rebecca Pool
Illustration of a three-dimensional crystal with various types of confining centres. (a) Crystal with four confining centres, each trapping waves (yellow) in all three dimensions simultaneously. (b) Crystal with a linear confining centre where waves can propagate in one dimension, analogous to an optical fibre. (c) Crystal with a planar confining centre where waves can propagate in two dimensions, analogous to a 2D electron gas. (Image: Vos et al.)
Newly discovered fundamental rules have been embedded into software to dramatically optimise the design of photonic integrated circuits
