nLight has introduced highly doped, photodarkening resistant ytterbium fibres, featuring absorption at 920nm up to 60 per cent higher than conventional fibres
Lambda Photometrics are now distributing a new line of fibre-to-fibre optical isolators from Optics for Research, specifically designed for use in super-luminescent LED applications
Fiberguide has introduced a range of collimators and focus guides for fibre optics that efficiently collimate a power light source into a defined degree beam
nLIGHT Corporation has released mode field tapers (MFTs) for efficient interconnection of dissimilar fibre geometries found in higher-power, diffraction-limited fibre lasers and amplifiers.
CASIX has released a range of etalons to its Fibre Optics (optical communications) range.
Multiwave Photonics has released the Higher Power Broadband ASE Source at 1um (BBS-1um-45-U), which is a new addition to its Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) fibre sources family.
nLight has released its very large mode area (LMA), low numerical aperture (NA), all erbium fibres manufactured using its Direct Nanoparticle Deposition (DND) active fibre production technology.
The Optran UVNS (UV Non-Solarising) Silica/Silica Fibre and PowerLightGuide have a long-term performance with 40,000 continuous, unfiltered hours of level, steady transmission at 95 per cent of the original output.
Fibercore Limited has released its proprietary, field proven, all-silica erbium-ytterbium co-doped, dual-clad fibre.
nLight has released a Ytterbium fibre product series known as LIEKKI Yb1200, which offers extremely high dopant concentrations resulting in short application lengths.
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
