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
Freeform optical elements give optical designers new and exciting degrees of freedom when it comes to designing optics for illumination applications. These same freeform elements can also add a new layer of complexity to the design process due to added degrees of freedom.
The plasma-based Spatial ALD system operates with rotation and can precisely coat even complex-shaped optics. (Image: LZH)
The system achieves higher deposition rates than previously possible, and could apply to the automotive lighting or VR/AR sectors
An application of SLD's laser light source
California-based SLD Laser was co-founded in 2013 by a group of pioneers in solid state lighting, including Dr Shuji Nakamura (2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics)
As part of the Horizon 2020 project Repro-light two novel LED tiles have been developed that offer new lighting possibilities
Credit: SLD Laser
TDK Ventures has invested $50 million in SLD Laser, a leader in the commercialisation of visible laser light sources
Keely Portway looks at how optical software is being used to design light sources
A lighting system has been developed to provide control over the spectral distribution of colour used to stimulate plants in horticulture research
Andy Extance explores optical design for vehicles, including the headlamps that you’ve been seeing in your rear view mirror
Researchers in Eindhoven have developed a new type of low-energy, nanoscale polarition laser that shines in all directions
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
