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 future of LEDS lies some way beyond the humble LED bulb. (Image: LariBat/shutterstock.com)
As nations turn to LED lighting to save energy and cut emissions, industry players are still chasing efficiencies and searching for the elusive, right light, reports Rebecca Pool
Anita Chandran on the commercial potential of quantum lighting
Superluminescent LED drivers can help us understand ocean turbulence, here’s how
The device triggers a chemical process that converts CO2 and hydrogen into methane and carbon monoxide
The carbon capture device could process up to one megaton of carbon dioxide per year
Laser Components is expanding its portfolio of UV LEDs with products from the South Korean manufacturer Photon Wave
Image: University of Surrey
Researchers detail how two relatively unexplored semiconducting materials can satisfy the demand for more data at greater speeds
As part of the Horizon 2020 project Repro-light two novel LED tiles have been developed that offer new lighting possibilities
Improved performance is achieved without the external packaging components that are often used to manipulate the light emitted by LEDs
Keely Portway looks at how optical software is being used to design light sources
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
