The project ncludes companies Amo, Toptica and Amotronics along with research bodies Laser Zentrum Hannover, the Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH), and the German Institute of Food Technology
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Wafers with multiple, integrated, nanophotonic chips are necessary to develop a compact system for food analysis in the QPSPEC project. (Photo: Amo)
Research-industry quantum spectrometer to prevent food fraud
11 December 2022
An artist’s impression of high-dimensional entanglement being robust against noise (Image: Vatshal Srivastav)
Scottish-Swiss team makes quantum communication advance
11 December 2022
Heriot-Watt physicists have developed a way for quantum entanglement to survive and remain robust under even extreme conditions of noise and loss
SPIE Photonex's conference programme covers the latest research in photonics, biophotonics, quantum technologies, lasers, optical technologies, materials analysis, nanotechnology, and thin film coatings. (Image: SPIE)
Vector Photonics presents capabilities of Scotland's photonics cluster to UK Government at Photonex
07 December 2022
The presentation will be attended the Semiconductor Strategy Lead at the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Convergent Photonics can produce compact 100W laser modules, using blue CoS laser diodes from Ams Osram. (Image: Convergent Photonics)
New blue laser modules to enable compact welding solutions
29 November 2022
The modules are being developed using a chip-on-submount package for 445nm laser diodes from Ams Osram
Closeup of a solid-state PIC scanner (Scantinel Photonics)
Scantinel Photonics raises €10m for lidar-on-a-chip
24 November 2022
Scantinel will use the funding to roll out its frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) lidar devices to customers
The Photonics100 by country
21 November 2022
The Photonics100 list this year is clearly dominated by Western nations, with not one of this year’s honorees based south of the equator. In fact, just seven names on the list are from outside of Europe or North America, a figure we very much hope to see expand next year as photonics grows in global importance. The three best represented countries, perhaps understandably given the history and importance of photonics in their economies are the US, Germany and the UK.
The Photonics100 by gender
21 November 2022
Twenty-six of this year’s Photonics100 nominees are women, in roles ranging from PhD candidates to CEOs. While this ratio can be read as encouraging when compared with the proportion of women who responded to SPIE’s 2022 salary survey (21%), it is certainly a figure we hope to see increase in future editions of the list.
The Photonics100 has launched
17 November 2022
The list of the industry's most innovative people has launched, with subscribers getting early access
EPIC holds its second Meeting of the EPIC PIC Manufacturing Advocacy Group in Basel, Switzerland
EPIC works on European PIC strategy
13 November 2022
Carlos Lee at EPIC highlights work being done to ensure Europe plays a leading role in the manufacturing of Photonic Integrated Circuits
Illustration showing terahertz illumination stimulating quantum dots inside nanoscale holes (shown as illuminated rings). The light is detected by a CMOS sensor. Courtesy of the researchers and MIT
MIT develops terahertz quantum dot camera
13 November 2022
The imager can capture information about the polarisation of terahertz waves in real time
Ametek buys optical solutions provider Navitar
13 November 2022
Optical solutions provider, Navitar, has been bought by Ametek, a manufacturer of electronic instruments
Using ultrafast bursts of low-intensity pulses, researchers are able to add new functionalities inside semiconductor chips. (Image: Andong Wang)
Ultrafast lasers increase functionality of semiconductor chips
08 November 2022
The method could exploit the sub-wafer surface space of chips to achieve higher integration densities and deliver extra functionality
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Organoid imaged with Andor’s desktop confocal microscope system, the BC43. Credit: Andor
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
