Optical Technologies

Could quantum dot lasers be the ideal optical source for future high-speed data communications?

A highly sensitive EMCCD camera helps to redraw the boundaries of super-resolution 3D imaging.

A new European event and an online journal are the latest initiatives by SPIE in the area of photonics for environmental applications.

Original laser fires one more time as SPIE joins in laser 50th anniversary celebrations.

A 2 W room-temperature quantum cascade laser emitting at 4 µm is targeting homeland security applications.

As many companies report improved performances in quarter one of 2010, Jacqueline Hewett asks Tom Hausken of Strategies Unlimited to assess the current state of the optics industry.

Featuring news from Carl Zeiss, Zarlink, Jenoptik, Corning, Fianium and more.

As the financial reporting season continues in earnest, positive results are in from Coherent, IPG Photonics and Rofin-Sinar.

Market analyst Strategies Unlimited predicts that the global laser market will grow to $8.8 billion in 2014.

There is more evidence of an improving picture in the optics industry as Newport reports encouraging results for Q1.

Featuring news from IPG Photonics, Renesas Electronics, Corning, Jenoptik and more.

SPIE Europe, Cardiff, UK, has assumed ownership of the website optics.org, in a transition from ownership by IOP Publishing of Bristol, UK.

Another financial quarter and another acquisition for Andor Technology.

Last month, InVisage Technologies unveiled the first quantum-dot based image sensor. Jacqueline Hewett asks Ted Sargent, the company's CTO, why he believes silicon's light sensing days are numbered.

The explosive growth in OLED lighting patents since 2000 coincides with increased government funding.

Green lasers for pico-projection applications will drive market growth.

Will consumers be replacing 40 watt incandescent bulbs with LED alternatives by the end of the year?

Featuring news from Microvision, Avago, Boston Micromachines, the Blu-ray Disc Association, IMEC and Andor.

After a tough year in 2009, Jenoptik anticipates a marked improvement in 2010.

Sofradir is displaying a focal plane array featuring integrated optics at this week's SPIE Defense, Security & Sensing conference.