Carlos Lee talks with Alexey Zarenbin, general director and founder of Forc-Photonics, about his entrepreneurial journey
From starting an ice cream company as a child to founding an ultrashort pulse fibre laser business, Nikolajus Gavrilinas has always demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit. Here, he discusses the development of Integrated Fiber Optics with EPIC director general Carlos Lee
The photonics cluster in Rochester, New York, alone requires 550 more optics technicians every year. Professor Alexis Vogt discusses initiatives to help meet this demand, and suggests other ways to tackle the global optics skills shortage
Carlos Lee, EPIC’s director general, speaks with Ville Hevonkorpi, CEO at Schott Primoceler
Photonics engineering student Troy Rzeznikiewicz applied to hundreds of openings prior to starting as an optical design engineer intern at Lumentum. Here he describes the application process and discusses how technical students can be supported to succeed in industry
In the second installment of a two-part series, Christina C C Willis gives practical advice on how to create and maintain a lasting network successfully
Carlos Lee talks to Thierry Georges, CEO of Oxxius, a developer of continuous-wave laser modules
L to R: Marc Canales, Roger Artigas, EPIC’s Ana González & Carlos Lee
Jose Pozo, CTO at EPIC, talks with Roger Artigas, co-founder, president and CTO of Sensofar Metrology – a designer and manufacturer of 3D surface metrology instruments
In this first installment of a two-part series, Christina Willis discusses the importance of creating a network sustainably to enable better scientific and career outcomes – even during the Covid-19 pandemic
EPIC director general Carlos Lee talks with Dominique Bérard, executive VP of Laser Systems and Solutions of Europe (Lasse)
Carlos Lee speaks to Mike Powell, managing partner of Renevo Capital Limited, an investment bank specialising in photonics and semiconductors
Optical benches at Politecnico di Milano, the general coordinator of the Crimson project. Credit: Politecnico di Milano
It can take a village to bring a medical photonics device to market, Benjamin Skuse discovers
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We round-up the latest products and solutions in the single photon counting space.
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A look at the commercial offerings of the main players in freeform optics.
How automotive companies can choose the right lidar technology for their applications, by Gemma Church
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Here we highlight some of the initiatives working to engage and train young people in optics and photonics
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Raman spectroscopy has huge potential for use in medicine, as David Stuart finds out
Fabless start-up Scintil Photonics has raised €13.5m for its laser-integrated silicon chips. We speak to co-founder Sylvie Menezo
