The optics technician shortage demands an increase in training opportunities
Universities offering associate degrees for optics technicians could help answer the photonics skills shortage, finds Jessica Rowbury
Universities offering associate degrees for optics technicians could help answer the photonics skills shortage, finds Jessica Rowbury
Ouster plans to establish Ouster Automotive, a new functional division of the company focused on driving mass-market adoption of digital lidar
A Photonics West 2023 executive panel agreed that 2023 remains a difficult year
L-R: Dr Wilhelm Kaenders, founder and member of the executive board of Toptica Photonics AG; Dr Nicholas Traynor, founder and president of Azurlight Systems, who will become president of Toptica Photonics SAS; and Dr Juergen Stuhler, vice-president quantum technologies at Toptica Photonics AG, who will become General Manager of Toptica Photonics SAS. Image: Toptica Photonics AG
Toptica Photonics, the German laser manufacturer, has acquired French fibre laser technology company, Azurlight Systems.
Startups are the lifeblood of the healthcare sector, but must navigate a complex landscape of prototyping, partnerships, funding and regulation. Here is expert perspective from four founders and investors at BIOS Expo at Photonics West on how they have improved outcomes for their businesses and how it can help yours.
Why are startups in the healthcare sector so important?
Live-streamed volumetric video technology will enable 3D holographic images of people, objects and environments to be beamed into the metaverse
An R&D facility has also been established at the headquarters of its parent company, Hamamatsu Photonics, in Japan
Carlos Lee on finding the right kind of investors for funding photonics tech
Optical solutions provider, Navitar, has been bought by Ametek, a manufacturer of electronic instruments
The award, presented by Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany, honours scientists for exceptional achievements in technology, engineering and the life sciences
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