Research

Researchers have demonstrated that lasers can be used to transmit audible messages to a person without the need for receiver equipment

InPulse, a four-year project offering new-entrant companies access to state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) based on indium phosphide, was launched officially on 23 January

Stefan Hell, Gérard Mourou and Theodor W Hansch, Nobel prize winning scientists behind major photonics breakthroughs, have warned that the sector could be seriously compromised if it is not included in the Horizon Europe draft funding priority list

A prototype point-of-care device based on silicon photonics has been developed, which could allow patients to be screened for cardiovascular diseases at their GP’s office

Sofradir and its subsidiary ULIS will invest €150 million over five years in France’s Nano 2022 initiative to support the development of next-gen infrared detectors

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

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

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

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