The Luminate programme supports startups, with direct investment, mentorship and access to investors and lab facilities
Networking reception at the photonics investors meeting in Eindhoven
Carlos Lee on finding the right kind of investors for funding photonics tech
Closeup of a solid-state PIC scanner (Scantinel Photonics)
Scantinel will use the funding to roll out its frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) lidar devices to customers
With photonics competing with other industries for talent, investment and recognition, how can the industry pull together to increase its profile and engage key stakeholders?
Sitan Technology's 0.18inch microLED micro-display module (Image: Sitan Technology)
The funding rounds will stimulate Sitan Technology towards mass-production of its microLED chips and display modules.
Photonic chips offer lower latency, lower power consumption and higher bandwidth than electronic chips. (Image: iPronics)
Photonic chips offer lower latency, lower power consumption and higher bandwidth than electronic chips
At this year’s EPIC AGM Matthew Dale learned that increasing advocacy efforts is a must to ensure an ideal future for European photonics
At this year’s EPIC AGM Matthew Dale learned that increasing advocacy efforts is a must to ensure an ideal future for European photonics
Matthew Dale learns that focusing too heavily on quantum technologies could create long-term risks for the UK
Voyant Photonics' lidar system contain thousands of optical components fabricated on a single semiconductor chip. (Image: Voyant Photonics)
The firm’s lidar systems contain thousands of optical components fabricated on a single semiconductor chip, radically reducing the size and manufacturing complexity of lidar
Matthew Dale reports on the association’s yearly event, where the importance of diversity, photonics funding and investment were to the fore
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
