We roundup the latest products and solutions in the optical design software space
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25 August 2022
We detail the commercial offerings from some of the main players in optical mirrors
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29 September 2022
We roundup the latest products and solutions in the optical design software space
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25 August 2022
We detail the commercial offerings from some of the main players in optical mirrors
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22 August 2022
Shining a light on the latest products and solutions in the diode laser space
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20 July 2022
We round-up the latest products and solutions in the single photon counting space.
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20 July 2022
A look at the commercial offerings of the main players in freeform optics.
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16 June 2022
A look at the market for lidar and some of the systems, products and solutions available
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15 June 2022
A look at the market for hyperspectral imaging and some of the products and solutions available
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15 June 2022
A look at the current market for Neurophotonics and some of the products and solutions available
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17 May 2022
A look at the market for spectroelectrochemistry and some of the products and solutions available
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17 May 2022
A look at the current market for Raman spectroscopy and some of the products and solutions available
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04 April 2022
A look at the current market for solar and some of the products and solutions available
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04 April 2022
A look at the market for photonic integrated circuits and some of the products and solutions available
28 February 2022
A look at the issues surrounding optics damage and some of the products and solutions available to help prevent this
25 February 2022
A look at the current market for positioning equipment and some of the products and solutions available
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24 January 2022
A look at the current market for fibre optic sensing and some of the products and solutions available
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24 January 2022
A look at the current market for optical coatings and some of the products and solutions available
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06 January 2022
Advances in research have made strides in the improvement of wearable and AR/VR displays
LLNL optical engineers Justin Wolfe (left) and Simon Cohen are seen through the 'r' filter (credit: Garry McLeod)
06 January 2022
A telescope, described as one of the world’s newest, has been completed following a project undertaken by researchers to develop some very specialist optical filters
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06 January 2022
Advances in optical prisms are being used to help researchers gain a greater understanding of space and astronomy
Sydney Institute for Astronomy researchers have developed a new type of wavefront sensor that leverages a ‘photonic lantern’ and deep learning. (Norris et al.)
01 November 2021
Researchers have developed a wavefront sensor using a ‘photonic lantern’ that could optimise humanity’s viewing of the cosmos
At Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers integrate the gamma ray and neutron spectrometer into the Psyche spacecraft. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
01 November 2021
A gamma ray and neutron spectrometer was recently installed on the ‘Psyche’ spacecraft, which will launch next year to probe a distant asteroid and uncover clues about the origins of our solar system
01 June 2021
Scientists have developed a lensless, infrared spectral-imaging system for medical diagnostics
Many university laboratories using lasers have had to shut down temporarily following a visit from an HSE inspector
26 August 2020
Matthew Dale learns how the safety knowledge of the laser community is not yet fully up to scratch
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Professor Paul Shore led the team that micromachined the complex mirrors within James Webb’s mid-infrared instrument. He chats about the technical lessons learnt
EMF invested a great deal of time and effort in developing a coating system for producing long-lasting diamond like carbon (DLC) coatings on chalcogenides at scale
The properties of chalcogenide glass optics have opened up a number of use cases in infrared optics applications and beyond. This article assesses how some of the associated manufacturing and handling challenges of this material can be overcome
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We detail the commercial offerings from some of the main players in optical mirrors
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Shining a light on the latest products and solutions in the diode laser space
Optical technologies offer researchers a powerful new toolkit to explore the structure and function of the brain. (Image: Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock.com)
Advances in optical fibres and microscale LEDs are furthering neuroscientists’ understanding of the brain
The nulling interferometry devices under development at Caltech’s Exoplanet Technology Laboratory cancel out starlight to help detect and identify foreign worlds. (Credit: Shutterstock/Dotted Yeti)
Nemanja Jovanovic, lead instrument scientist at Caltech’s Optical Observatory and Exoplanet Technology Laboratory, on emerging astrophotonic technologies on his radar
Robert Smith is a professor at the University of Alberta and historian to JWST since 2002
As James Webb Space Telescope beams back images from the edge of space and time, space historian Robert Smith recalls some of the decisions made to bring the $10bn NASA project to fruition. David Stuart reports
