Electro Optics - Features

The diode specialist

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Warren Clark meets the team at Dilas, a company that has made a virtue of sticking to what it knows - laser diodes

Super sensitive

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Stephen Mounsey investigates photon counting, and discovers a rich variety of approaches to an old problem

Lithography lessons

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Being able to engineer integrated circuits with higher transistor counts involves printing smaller structures. Photolithography, used in silicon chip fabrication, employs a variety of optical trickery to reduce the size of printed features, as Greg Blackman finds out

Safety first

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Stephen Mounsey looks into the requirements that laser safety equipment must meet, and takes a look at the various precautions that are available and advisable to laser users

Why photonics research is vital

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Dr Stefan Kaierle, chairman of the European Laser Institute, says ongoing investment in R&D is essential for the photonics community

A focus on customers

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Trioptics has been offering test and measurement solutions for optics for more than 15 years, as Warren Clark discovers

Towers of power

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Stephen Mounsey looks at the ways in which laser diodes are evolving, and the new markets opening up as a result

Making waves

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Greg Blackman looks at the applications to which diffractive optics are best suited and the benefits they provide

Sky-high laser processing

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Stephen Mounsey examines novel aerospace materials, and the innovative processing techniques that their introduction has necessitated

Photovoltaics shines bright

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Dave Clark, senior director of strategic marketing for photovoltaics at Newport Spectra-Physics, believes there is a huge amount of untapped potential in the sector for photonics

An eye for business

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Warren Clark charts the history of Laser Quantum, a company that has always had the commercialisation of technology on its mind

Hope for the future

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

As Electro Optics reaches another milestone in its history, our 200th issue, we asked the leading lights of photonics for their views on the state of the industry and its future

The big screen

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Stephen Mounsey evaluates the photonics contribution to flat-panel display manufacture

In the firing line

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Greg Blackman looks at uses of photonics for military applications, from infrared countermeasures to target designators

Fibre lasers defy economy

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Stephen Mounsey finds the fibre laser industry holding steady in the face of the financial climate