Electro Optics - Features

Advancing by acquisition

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Qioptiq has embarked on a rapid programme of acquisition and rebranding since its inception just five years ago, as Warren Clark discovers

As fast as it gets

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

As ultrafast laser research progresses onwards from femtosecond pulses, Stephen Mounsey looks at the cutting edge of attosecond lasers, and asks how to ready experimental lasers for the factory floor

Tuning light

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Greg Blackman on the uses of nonlinear optics in OPOs and other laser devices to tune the light to the desired wavelength

The changing face of microscopy

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Light microscopy is an old tool, but now a range of new technologies and innovative applications have pushed the boundaries of what can be done with light microscopy. Stephen Mounsey looks for these developments in some unexpected places

Fibre fights back

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Sinclair Vass, EMEA sales and marketing director for JDSU, believes that the fibre and telecoms industry now represents a huge opportunity for photonics companies

Fibre insiders

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Warren Clark traces the history of Fianium, a leader in the field of ultrafast fibre lasers

Focusing on ultraviolet

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Greg Blackman on the optics operating in the ultraviolet range and the applications they are used for

Spreading out light

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Stephen Mounsey looks at the applications for optical parametric oscillators and amplifiers, both within spectroscopy and beyond

Shaking down and lighting up

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Stephen Mounsey takes a look at the LED-based lighting industry and discovers that, when it comes to testing these light sources, legacy approaches are often insufficient

Out with the new, in with the old

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Ron Stubberfield, director of sales at ET Enterprises, believes the market for photomultipliers is as robust as ever, in spite of the technology having been around for more than 50 years

The fibre provider

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

IPG Photonics is synonymous with the field of fibre lasers, and has been for 20 years, as Warren Clark discovers

Organic growth

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Stephen Mounsey takes a look at some of the applications for biophotonics, both in the laboratory, and elsewhere, and looks at the ways in which photonic technologies are enabling the life sciences

Scaling up

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

With construction on the European Extremely Large Telescope due to start this year and a number of laser fusion research projects underway, the need for large optics is growing, as Greg Blackman finds out

The search for new blood

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Is the industry doing all it can to attract young people into a career in photonics? Warren Clark investigates

Efficient growth for fibre

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Stephen Mounsey on increasing competition in the fibre laser market