Nobel Prize winner Eric Betzig has demonstrated how an enhanced lattice light-sheet microscopy method can image the entire fruit fly brain much faster than existing techniques
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SPIE calls on US government to be ‘reasonable’ with controls on exports of emerging technologies
18 January 2019
SPIE CEO Kent Rochford has responded to the US government’s proposed change to rules regarding the export of emerging technologies, urging that they are ‘reasonable and balanced’
How EPIC will serve its members in 2019
17 January 2019
Carlos Lee, director general of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), details the association's agenda for 2019
Ams' behind-OLED sensor could increase smartphone screen size
14 January 2019
Apple supplier Ams has developed a light and infrared proximity sensor that can sit behind a smartphone’s screen, reducing the area required to house such sensors to allow for a larger screen size
Ultrashort pulse lasers to advance automotive HUDs
14 January 2019
A German research project is focusing on how the beams of ultrashort pulse lasers can be shaped using refractive and diffractive optical elements, specifically for the processing of glass in head-up displays for the automotive industry
New lidar innovations shown at CES 2019
11 January 2019
At the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which is taking place this week in Las Vegas, several companies released lidar innovations, which promise to improve the intelligence and safety of autonomous vehicles
Lidar wins big at CES 2019
11 January 2019
Three lidar firms have received innovation nods at the Consumer Electronics Show taking place this week in Las Vegas
Harvard team stores and controls light on a chip
08 January 2019
Researchers from the Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new integrated photonics platform that can store light and electrically control its frequency in an integrated circuit
Trumpf acquires laser diode division of Philips
07 January 2019
Trumpf is acquiring 100 per cent of Photonics GmbH from Philips, headquartered in Ulm, Germany. The move, which represents Trumpf's largest acquisition since buying JFY in China in 2013, opens up a new market segment for Trumpf to complement its existing high-power diode laser business
OCT system designed for use at home starts US clinical trial
03 January 2019
Notal Vision, an ophthalmic diagnostic services company, has started a clinical trial in the United States to advance the commercialisation of its home-based, patient-operated, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) system
Omnidirectional laser could boost microscopy & lidar illumination
03 January 2019
Researchers in Eindhoven have developed a new type of low-energy, nanoscale polarition laser that shines in all directions
Pilot line to lower PIC production costs for SMEs
05 December 2018
A €13.9 million EU project to build a photonic integrated circuit pilot production line for European SMEs has begun in Eindhoven