Laser Components has added Firecomms' OptoLock optical transceivers to its product portfolio. The IDL301T-220 uses a plastic optical fibre (POF) and offers hardened immunity to EMI/EMC interference, as well as excellent ESD performance
Laser Components has introduced a new range of opto-mechanical benches and mounts for laser optics
Newport has introduced the terahertz (THz) pulse generation kit using a sub-35fs Ti:sapphire amplifier system
Newport has expanded its offering of low-cost aluminium breadboards and accessories for basic photonic research and OEM optical assemblies
Newport has introduced the VIBe - a new table-top vibration isolation platform designed specifically for sensitive instrumentation and microscopes
4D Technology has introduced its NanoCam Sq dynamic profiler, an instrument for measuring surface roughness on large, polished optics and optical quality surfaces
Victrex, a UK-based developer of polymer materials, has introduced a novel pressure sensitive polymer label designed for high quality, high resolution laser marking
Nextreme Thermal Solutions has introduced its OptoCooler HV37 module, the next product in its high-voltage (HV) line of thin-film thermoelectric coolers for photonics applications with larger heat pumping
Laser Components, distributor for PD-LD, has introduced a solid-state alternative to the HeNe using Volume Bragg Grating (VBG) technology
Laser Components has introduced a fibre stripping tool specifically designed with medical applications in mind, capable of stripping the buffer off all common diameters of optical fibre
Carlos Lee, EPIC’s director general, talks to Heikki Timonen, director of GEHT International
The Central Laser Facility’s Vulcan laser amplifier and mirror bench, R1, at STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 26 January 2015. Credit: Science and Technology Facilities Council
Katrina Wesencraft outlines engineering and optical challenges involved in shrinking ultrafast lasers, all the way down to tiny devices for sending into space
Europe needs to prioritise photonics to avoid market share losses as seen in the semiconductor industry, states Carlos Lee, EPIC’s director general
Being confident and optimistic about future success may not come naturally to data-driven scientists – but it is key to approaching challenges outside of the lab, writes Dr David Giltner, founder and president of TurningScience
Metalens imaging simulation in Synopsys BeamProp BPM tool. Credit: Synopsys
Greg Blackman explores the optical design approaches for modelling metasurfaces
PureLiFi has launched a LiFi system for the home. LiFi at Home has a downlighter that fits into standard GU10 lightbulb fittings. Credit: PureLiFi
Laser-based technology and sophisticated modulation schemes could help deliver on future demands for high data volumes, finds Andy Extance
The chip shortage is a long term problem for the photonics industry, according to those attending the Electro Optics roundtable on supply chain issues.
The UK Government's focus on quantum technologies has the potential to pull focus from photonics. (Image: Shutterstock/Yurchanka Siarhei)
Matthew Dale learns that focusing too heavily on quantum technologies could create long-term risks for the UK
The technology for optical systems generation is becoming increasingly diversified, while each stage of the fabrication chain is becoming deeper and more specialised. (Image: PanDao)
Matthew Dale reports on efforts to modulate and streamline in software optical system design and fabrication
