3SAE Technologies has developed an automated ball lensing station to create fibre optic ball lenses – rounded-edge fibre cleaves for use in precision laser technologies
Laser Components has introduced enhanced AR coatings designed for use on optical fibres, which reduce coatings reflections by nearly 3 per cent at the glass/air interface
Fiberguide's new line of high power mode stripping SMA cables include assemblies that operate above 150W with a 200µm core without the need for active water cooling
Leoni Fiber Optics has introduced a line of standard and custom medical probes for the laser energy transmission of argon, Nd:YAG excimer, KTP and diode lasers
Laser Components now offers high-power cables with connectors and copper ferrules. The use of copper as a ferrule material guarantees optimal heat removal
Laser Components has introduced its Fibercheck device for testing the condition of optical fibres by simply coupling a good visible laser light into the fibre to be checked
Arden Photonics has introduced the VFI-1200, an interferometric inspection system for checking the end-face quality and flatness of fibres with diameters of 125-1200µm
FiberTech RoMack, a Leoni Fiber Optics business unit, has introduced its Planar Lightwave Circuits (PLC), which include single mode 1 x N and 2 x N broadband splitters with up to 64 channels
Fiberlogix has introduced a range of passive components designed for high power lasers, including power monitors, polarisers, and isolators. The devices are suitable for wavelengths around 2µm
Laser Components has introduced a range of optical fibre switches designed for various laser measurement and microscopy applications
Advances in optical metrology equipment are helping the semiconductor industry increase productivity and reduce downtime, finds Keely Portway
Andy Extance finds the pains and gains of laser light’s different behaviour in water for oceanographers using lidar
Carlos Lee, Epic’s director general, talks to Martina Mueller, CEO of 3D AG, a Swiss company specialising in micro and nanotechnology and holographic structures
David Giltner, founder of TurningScience, discusses whether these two seemingly different career paths can successfully overlap
Matthew Dale reports on the association’s yearly event, where the importance of diversity, photonics funding and investment were to the fore
Géraldine Andrieux, at Blumorpho, shares her top tips on getting investors’ attention as a startup
Scientists have developed a lensless, infrared spectral-imaging system for medical diagnostics
A metaform is a new optical component that can combine with freeform optics to enable compact AR/VR headsets and eyewear. (Image: University of Rochester illustration/Michael Osadciw)
Researchers have combined freeform optics and a metasurface to deliver high-quality AR/VR glasses that are compact and easy to wear
