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Contents Focus Opinion: Astronomy Analysis: PIC conference
Iñigo Artundo, CEO of VLC Photonics, discusses the challenges associated with photonic integration
Profile: Admesy Feature: Mapping
Rachel Berkowitz reviews the latest applications for lidar mapping technology
Feature: 3D-printed optics Feature: Microscopy EOS news Product focus: Positioning equipment
A round-up of the latest optical positioning products Show preview: Photonex
Products
The latest photonics products Supplier’s directory
Find the photonics suppliers you need Technology focus: Detecting microbeads
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Matthew Dale looks at the additive methods to produce optics for use in applications such as endoscopy
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Sensitivity and sample damage can limit the effectiveness of fluorescence microscopy. Jessica Rowbury discovers how scientists are working to overcome these issues
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The European Optical Society remembers the work of optical scientist Alexandre Valentinovitsh Tishchenko who passed away in August
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Some of the technology that will be on display at the UK’s Photonex trade fair
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Scientists have used spectroscopy to analyse microbeads found in ocean sediment, Artic sea ice and a UK estuary
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Mattthew Dales speaks with Steven Goetstouwers, CEO of Admesy, on the business of producing advanced measurement systems
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UK Future Photonics Hub highlights photonic manufacturing l Li-fi for smart factories l Carlos Lee celebrates Lithuania’s laser community
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Professor Martin Hendry from the University of Glasgow details how the LIGO detected gravitational waves and planned improvements for the facility
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The long-awaited detection of gravitational waves on September 14 2015 will no doubt go down in scientific history. But one year on, what does the future hold for gravitational-wave astronomy? One page 12, Professor Martin Hendry, whose research team at the University of Glasgow helped build and install the LIGO facilities, points to plans for an extended global network of advanced ground-based interferometers, which could significantly improve the ability to locate gravitational- wave sources in space, making them easier to find and study. He predicts that we can expect dozens – or even hundreds – of further detections within the next few years.
This issue also has features reviewing the application of lidar for mapping environments under the sea and from outer space (page 18), the improved additive methods for making better- performing plastic optics (page 24), and near infrared probes that are enabling deeper live cell imaging (page 30). In addition, on page 14, CEO of VLC Photonics, Iñigo Artundo gives a summary of his talk from the recent Photonic Integration Conference, which took place in The Netherlands on 27 September. Lastly, the technology focus on page 52 details how spectroscopy has been used to show how microbeads – which are gradually being banned by governments across the globe – are accumulating in oceans.
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