CONTENTS
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The latest from the world of photonics The Photonics100: where is the
growth? This year’s honourees on the sectors showing the greatest promise
How photonics can close the climate measurement gap
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Optics are centre stage in the fight against climate change, say two UK-based professors. They tell Susan Fourtané how the photonics community can get involved
Greenhouse gases feel the squeeze 16 Combining quantum mechanics and photonics could greatly enhance sensing systems used in environmental monitoring. Alex Clark reveals a novel sensing method
Taking on climate change with
space-based spectroscopy Brian Pramann of BAE Systems’ MethaneSAT project on putting spectrometers in orbit
The Photonics Leaders: Laseroptik 19 Situated just outside Hanover in Germany, Laseroptik lies very much at the heart of the town of Garbsen. Mark Elliott talks to its president Wolfgang Ebert about the business he has run since 2008
Killing the battery with indoor solar 22 We throw away billions of batteries a year. Could low-light solar cells be the answer? Ambient CEO Bates Marshall suggests so
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Sponsored: optimising the solar 25
industry with spectroscopy This case study explores the transformative impact of spectroscopy on the solar industry and uncovers how Avantes empowers the sector with solutions that drive the transition towards a sustainable energy future
Tech Focus: single-photon counting 26 We round up the latest detectors, modules and other products on the market
EPIC exhibits on Germany’s Berlin 28 Partners pavilion in Japan EPIC’s Carlos Lee reports from the show
Tech Focus: optical fibre
A look at the market for optical fibre for lasers and some of the commercial vendors offering solutions
Suppliers’ directory
Find the suppliers you need ‘It’s all about the ability to see
around corners’
Antonio Castelo talks to Dr Sanjai Parthasarathi, Chief Marketing Officer of Coherent – a global leader in engineered materials and optoelectronic components
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for a place on the list is fierce and entirely dependent on a nomination and editorial
We are seeking nominations for this year’s list. Is there a colleague, a customer, or someone you admire from afar who you think should be included this time?
Due to be published this winter, The Photonics100 will shine its light on a new group of the often unsung heroes
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