Quantum executives cited everything from production scaling to a need for new laser technologies and smaller optics
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A panel of quantum executives cited everything from production scaling to a need for new laser technologies, smaller optics and more skilled personell as key challenges facing the industry
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The funding will be used to accelerate the firm’s series production development with major OEMs.
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A panel of quantum executives cited everything from production scaling to a need for new laser technologies, smaller optics and more skilled personell as key challenges facing the industry
02 February 2023
Quantum executives cited everything from production scaling to a need for new laser technologies and smaller optics
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A Photonics West 2023 executive panel agreed that 2023 remains a difficult year
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01 February 2023
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
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Lieven Penninck, CEO, PlanOpSim NV
The Photonics100 at Photonics West: Lieven Penninck Q&A
31 January 2023
Dr Lieven Penninck, the CEO of PlanOpSim NV and a Photonics100 honoree, is presenting at this year's Photonics West
Dr Laura Gemini, ALPhANOV
The Photonics100 at Photonics West: Laura Gemini Q&A
31 January 2023
Dr Laura Gemini, group manager, nanoscale laser processing & health applications at ALPhANOV, and a Photonics100 honoree, is a presenter at this year's Photonics West
Gabriella Gardosi, Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University
The Photonics100 at Photonics West: Gabriella Gardosi Q&A
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Gabriella Gardosi, a research associate at Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies and a Photonics100 honoree, is presenting her work at this year's Photonics West
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Pilot Photonics CTO and Photonics100 honoree Frank Smyth is one of the presenters on this year's Photonics West conference schedule
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Live-streamed volumetric video technology will enable 3D holographic images of people, objects and environments to be beamed into the metaverse
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The technology will help the oil & gas industry meet its compliance and regulatory obligations, as well as help transition towards more sustainable operations
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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
