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June 2019

Analysis and opinion

Fuelling innovation

4 June 2019

Ahead of the Innovation award that will be presented at Laser World of Photonics, Jessica Rowbury talks technology development with Dr Jonathan Blackburn of welding research and technology specialist, TWI

Feature

Quest for quality

19 June 2019

Greg Blackman looks at systems presented at the recent Control trade fair for quality inspection

May 2019

Analysis and opinion

A measure of success

2 May 2019

Carlos Lee speaks with Thomas Zettler, co-founder of LayTec, on how the firm’s growth relies on keeping a good balance between industry and academia

Feature

Resolution evolution

14 May 2019

3D technology is just one of the innovations emerging in the large display market, as Andy Extance assesses the prospects for LCD, OLED and microLEDs in the fight for a share of this competitive space

Feature

On reflection

14 May 2019

Keely Portway looks at some of the latest developments in optical mirrors – including a trend for larger sizes – and how the technology may develop further

April 2019

Analysis and opinion

Communicating at light speed

2 April 2019

As part of new series of articles on entrepreneurship, Carlos Lee, director general of the European Photonics Industry Consortium, speaks to pureLiFi founder Professor Harald Haas

Feature

Optical sensor drones fly into danger

10 April 2019

Powered predominantly by lidar, plus spectroscopy and visual-wavelength imaging, Andy Extance discovers unmanned aerial vehicles can safely survey hazardous environments

Feature

Searching in the dark

10 April 2019

Jessica Rowbury looks at the latest research in the hunt for dark matter, one of the biggest mysteries in physics 

March 2019

Feature

One small step

22 March 2019

Keely Portway looks at how researchers and commercial entities are developing Raman technology to benefit medical applications

February 19

Feature

Advancing diagnosis

11 February 2019

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is becoming faster and more effective, allowing the imaging of functional processes in tissue, finds Barbara Stumpp

December 2018 / January 2019

Feature

Printing living tissue

10 December 2018

Only two companies supply commercial 3D printing systems based on two-photon polymerisation, which can create structures smaller than living cells. Greg Blackman speaks to Denis Barbier from Microlight3D

Feature

Measure for measure

10 December 2018

Keely Portway looks at some of the latest advances in light-based test and measurement techniques

Feature

Biological imaging reaches new depths

10 December 2018

Shaping light wavefronts is improving many areas of microscopy – and is enabling Nobel Prize winner Eric Betzig’s most important work yet, finds Andy Extance

Analysis and opinion

Swiss photonics is pushing innovation

10 December 2018

Andreas Ettemeyer, NTB Interstate University of Applied Sciences, Buchs, and member of the EOS board, expresses concerns about discussions to merge photonics with microelectronics within European Union funding

November 2018

Product focus

Optics for 5G

1 November 2018

Prism technology that’s now a major part of optical communications is finding its way into next-generation lidar systems

Feature

Chilling out

1 November 2018

Barbara Stumpp rounds up the latest methods of cooling laser diodes efficiently

Feature

The dividend of the spectrum

1 November 2018

Imaging spectroscopy offers a powerful way to understand this world and others, and optical innovations are enhancing its capabilities, finds Andy Extance

October 2018

Analysis and opinion

Breaking into aviation

22 August 2018

A project called Saphyr developing photonic technologies for aeronautics is underway, with the aim of having demonstrators at the Le Bourget Air Show in Paris in June 2019. Alain Fontaine, president of French consulting company Pegase and Saphyr coordinator, argues that photonics should play a much greater role in aviation

Feature

Healing properties of light

28 September 2018

Light therapies are coming to the fore to treat a huge range of medical conditions, from neonatal jaundice to dementia, as Keely Portway finds out

Feature

Small is beautiful

1 October 2018

As optics get smaller, simulation software is having to turn to new techniques to model optical systems, as Barbara Stumpp finds out

Aug/Sep 18

Feature

The rise and rise of VCSELs

3 September 2018

VCSELs are known for their size, reliability, volume scalability and cost effectiveness. With more industries catching on to their potential, it’s no wonder the VCSEL market is forecast to be $3.1bn in four years, says Keely Portway

July 2018

Analysis and opinion

Astronomy on a chip

29 June 2018

Professor Dr Martin Roth, at research centre Innofspec Potsdam, discusses the role that fibre Bragg gratings and other photonics components could play in transforming astronomy

Analysis and opinion

Lighting up the road

11 July 2018

Various lidar companies are finding ways to meet the huge challenges automotive applications present. Jessica Rowbury discovers Luminar’s approach, and decisions made in designing their system

Analysis and opinion

Four reasons teams fail to innovate

30 July 2018

In a follow-up to her piece in our last issue, Liz Gerrish, technical programme manager and senior optical engineer at Wilcox Industries, provides further leadership perspective from being a woman in STEM

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