CONTENTS & LEADER
Electro Optics
Contents Focus
Volvo: Lidar improves safety l Spain launches commercial PIC foundry l EU project cuts photovoltaic production times
Day of Photonics Feature: Lighting
Anita Chandran on the commercial potential of quantum dot LEDs
Sponsored: Lighting Feature: Scientific lasers 19
Lighting metrology – reviewing the tools of the trade
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What might be achieved if access to attosecond technology was broadened to the wider world? Benjamin Skuse reports
Sponsored: Spectroscopy
Opening up spectral measurement for multiple applications
Feature: Beam analysis 24
David Stuart on recent developments in beam analysis, and their implications for the industry
Sponsored: Beam analysis
Safe laser welding in the production of batteries
Sponsored: Laser safety
Keely Portway on some of the emerging risks when working with lasers
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We hear from new starters to find out what’s important to young engineers in their work
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Researchers have developed computing hardware that improves on the quantum gate speeds of prior technologies
Epic news
Carlos Lee discusses a Europe-wide strategy for PIC manufacturing
Sponsored: Crystal laser 34
core technology CLC technology is unlocking applications in the yellow and green wavelength range, finds Gemma Church
Sponsored: Optical coatings Tech Focus: Spectroscopy
A focus on products and solutions in the spectroscopy space
Tech Focus: Optics for imaging
The latest on optics used in cameras and imaging equipment
Tech Focus: Photoluminescence Products
Find the suppliers you need Interview: Careers
We hear from Jürgen Zosel at Orafol Fresnel Optics
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A look at the current market and som e of the latest products available
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The latest products from around the world Suppliers
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Gemma Church looks into new coatings with greater reflectivity in the deep UV range
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LEADER JESSICA ROWBURY
Promoting photonics
While light-based technology has a profound impact on many areas of society, it often does not get the same recognition as giant industries such as software. This can affect the flow of talent into the field – if less students and graduates are aware of the photonics industry and its successes, the less likely they are to acknowledge, or seriously consider, it as a future career path.
Initiatives like the Day of Photonics, which takes place every year on 21 October, aims to promote the industry to wider audiences. To mark the occasion, we spoke to young engineers at the start of their careers to find out more about their journeys into photonics. The aim was to give insight into how we can improve awareness of photonics among young people – and more importantly, how the sector can attract and retain them. One engineer we spoke to hadn’t heard
of the industry until the word ‘photonics’ started appearing in job searches. To fix this, it was suggested that more practical lessons earlier in school could help to spark interest in students early on. The industry doing more to highlight end applications and products to students – and the impact these have on our everyday lives – was also suggested as a way of promoting photonics as a potential career path – and importantly, one with a high impact, a key desirable on the job wishlists of our interviewees. Read more on page 8.
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