- Covid-19 update: 29 October 2020
A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry. - SPIE Startup Challenge competition 2021 opens for applications
Participants must have an optics or photonics technology or application as the basis for a viable new business. - Mourou, Hell, Hänsch slam EC's proposed 30% funding cut for photonics
Photonics Nobel winners warn jobs, growth, and new healthcare "at risk" due to EC plan to slash science funding in Horizon Europe budget. - Record-breaking sales at MKS as research spending recovers
Diversified industrial group sees continued strength in semiconductor and microelectronics manufacturing segments. - II-VI announces its high-power lasers now available on 6-inch GaAs platform…
…while Toptica launches single-wavelength fiber laser for 2-photon fluorescence excitation applications. - Continental buys into AEye lidar
Plan to industrialize long-range 1550 nm sensor technology for automotive use, with series production slated for 2024. - Frequency combs yield high-resolution spectra in almost complete darkness
Max-Planck Institute develops photon-level broadband spectroscopy and interferometry. - NASA’s SOFIA finds water on sunny side of the moon
Observatory’s discovery also indicates that water may be distributed across lunar surface. - Oxbotica deploys Hesai lidar in latest autonomous car trials
First public outing for UK-developed self-driving vehicles as ‘Endeavour’ cars take to the streets of Oxford. - Multifocus imaging captures 3D views of live cells
Boston University platform could assist in several bioimaging applications. - Photonics Digital Innovation hub secures €19 million to boost SME growth
Aim is to create 1,000 jobs and achieve €1 billion new business by 2025 across EU, says Photonics21. - Covid-19 update: 22 October 2020
A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry. - San Francisco 49ers appoint 'light therapy partner’
US football team working with provider Joovv to treat players with red and near infrared light to speed muscle recovery. - £5.5M project targets optical measurement systems to power 'smart factories'
Research led by Huddersfield to develop nm-scale systems; also involving Zepler Institute and industrial partners. - Integrated photonics development and training lab in Massachusetts wins $2.6M
Industrial laser firm Convergent Photonics hosts new facility in Chicopee, looks to new diode development. - Ultrafast camera captures 3D film at 100 billion frames per second
Caltech imaging technique could reveal dynamics of polarization and sonoluminescence. - Optical transmission boosted by forming fibers under pressure
Japan-US research team demonstrates that silica fiber signal loss can be cut by 50%. - Luna develops optical high-resolution rock stress measurement concept
Aim is to create continuous strain profiles that boost safety and efficiency of subsurface oil & gas systems. - Jenoptik drops outlook as Covid situation deteriorates
German photonics giant reduces annual sales expectations down by a further €40M. - Lights out as Cree exits LED business with $300M sale
One of the pioneers of the solid-state lighting revolution focuses elsewhere as sales and margins shrink.