Jessica Rowbury speaks to Robert Schittny at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology about an invisibility cloak the team demonstrated at CLEO in San Jose in May

Greg Blackman investigates some of the diverse optical metrology techniques for measuring distances at the nanoscale to over many kilometres

Gemma Church finds that new materials like graphene are exhibiting interesting light sensing properties that could see them used to make faster and more sensitive photodetectors

Greg Blackman on the laser processes involved in making flexible displays, a technology that promises thinner, lighter, and potentially bendable and foldable electronic devices

Following the Photonics21 annual meeting in Brussels at the end of May,
Michael Mertin, the president of Photonics21 and CEO of Jenoptik, sets out the role for photonics in growing Europe's economy