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Electro Optics
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The latest photonics news, including funding success for New Origin, Kepler Communications, Vector Photonics, Quantum Source and Zomp; SWIR imaging market surges; photonic ‘time crystals’; rollable mirrors for space telescopes; new EPIC president; and Quix Quantum puts entangled quantum light source on a chip
Photonics100 Q&As
EO talks to TriLite Technologies CTO Jörg Reitterer and Callum Littlejohns, Cornerstone Coordinator at the University of Southampton
The Photonics100 2024
How to nominate for the second edition of the who’s who of photonics research
Are your ultrafast laser parameters 12 set for maximum efficiency? Optimising pulse duration, energy, shape, spacing, and wavelength is key to unlocking higher throughput and quality in ultrafast laser processing, says Dariusz Świerad
COVER STORY Spectroscopy spreads
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From agriculture to AI, spectroscopy improvements are driving the technology into new areas. Experts shared new applications, latest developments and looming challenges during a recent EO webinar
Sponsored: Increasing yields and 18 recovering scrap materials in pharmaceuticals
Laser communications:
a silent breakthrough Dr Peter J. Christopher shares how satellite-based laser communication could impact the world
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sensor network Co-operation between telecoms operators and sensing networks is allowing optical fibres to sense events such as temperature, wind speeds or even earthquakes on a global scale, writes Jessica Rowbury
Sponsored: Optics for astronomy
A look at commercial offerings in mirrors, lenses and other optical components for astronomy applications
Sponsored: Shining a light
on solutions for multiplexed fluorescence detection
Perovskites lead PV’s efficiency race 28 Richard Corfield looks at current solar cell efficiency and explores some of the contenders, such as perovskite solar cells, showing promise for improvement
Sponsored: Let there be light –
solar simulation technology Sponsored: Optical fibres
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for laser delivery A look at the market for optical fibre for lasers and some of the commercial vendors offering solutions in this area
EPIC news
EPIC’s inaugural delegation to Japan Suppliers’ directory
Find the suppliers you need Products
Jan Trommershausen, MD of AEMtec, talks to EPIC’s Ivan Nikitski
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The latest innovations from around the world EPIC interview
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