Cuos researchers performing research on the applications of ultrashort laser pulsers (credit University of Michigan)
UK-based Optical Surfaces has been selected by the Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS) at the University of Michigan (USA) to provide beam expander optics for its zettawatt-equivalent ultrashort pulse laser system
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Scientists at Oxford University have developed a sensor made of a sapphire optical fibre able to tolerate extreme temperatures
Photonic chips can overcome the expected limit to Moore’s Law and will help tackle energy sustainability issues. (Image: PhotonDelta)
The funding will be used to invest in photonic startups and scaleups, expand production and research, attract and train talent, drive adoption, and develop a world-class design library
The plasma-based Spatial ALD system operates with rotation and can precisely coat even complex-shaped optics. (Image: LZH)
The system achieves higher deposition rates than previously possible, and could apply to the automotive lighting or VR/AR sectors
Credit: Bolb
Researchers at Guangzhou Institute of Microbiology have shown that UVC LEDs from Bolb achieve a 99.95 per cent kill rate for airborne viruses and bacteria
This new technology will support future requirements for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence solutions
Wireless power beaming will provide auxiliary power to small satellites in low Earth orbit. (Image: Space Power)
The technology will provide auxiliary power to small satellites in low orbit during their eclipse period – when they cannot see the sun
Project EPOS (Extremely Powerful Optical Sources) will see two different amplifier systems developed: one for terrestrial use and one for use in space. (Image: G&H)
The firm will develop next-generation optical amplifiers to enable multi-Tbit/s FSOC links between satellites and ground-stations
Researchers have designed a blueprint for a new laser system that can convert natural sunlight into a coherent laser beam. (Image: Shutterstock/Mrs.Moon)
Researchers have designed a blueprint for a new laser system that can convert natural sunlight into a coherent laser beam
The device triggers a chemical process that converts CO2 and hydrogen into methane and carbon monoxide
The carbon capture device could process up to one megaton of carbon dioxide per year
Building a new semiconductor fab can cost more than €10bn. Credit: Imec
Proposed multi-billion dollar and euro packages look set to increase uptake of leading-edge lithography, including for photonic technologies, finds Andy Extance
Manx Precision Optics’ polishing lap. Credit: Manx Precision Optics
Benjamin Skuse asks why, after 400 years of polishing optics, the process hasn’t been automated
Mathias Bochow, GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, is working on the Trace project to track marine plastic. Credit: Frank Schweikert, Aldebaran Marine Research & Broadcast (www.aldebaran.org/en/)
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
James Webb: A technician inspects the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope. The team’s improvements involving a Shack-Hartmann sensor have opened up applications for eye doctors examining human eyesight (image credit: NASA/Chris Gunn)
How the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing technique can be used to simply and quickly assess the quality of optical systems
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A look at the market for spectroelectrochemistry and some of the products and solutions available
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A look at the current market for Raman spectroscopy and some of the products and solutions available
The panel discussion at Laser Munich, with Leibinger holding the microphone (credit Messe Munchen)
Laser firms could really benefit from quantum computing, which should not just be reserved for the world's big challenges, finds Jessica Rowbury
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As Ayar Labs secures investment to develop its silicon photonics technology, Robert Roe speaks to Hugo Saleh about the firm's plans
GasSight is a low-cost imager based on quantum technology that can produce real time video of methane gas. (Credit: QuantIC)
Matthew Dale asks whether quantum technologies are ready to be seen on the global stage at one of the world’s largest photonics exhibitions
