Optics challenges and solutions (PDF, 7.5 MB)

Our 20-page May 2011 supplement on optics technology

Keeping a close eye on the future

Apr 28, 2011

President of the Optical Society of America, Christopher Dainty, on the future of optics

Optoelectronics: a green explosion

Apr 28, 2011

"Green" photonics is good for the planet and for profits, discovers Richard Stevenson

Optical sensors boost space science

Apr 28, 2011

Hamish Johnston explores how space science and cellular biology are proving profitable areas for optics firms

Optical tweezers: where physics meets biology

Nov 6, 2008

Joost van Mameren explains how quantitative force measurements by optical tweezers can unravel the mechanical properties of biological molecules

Measuring ultrashort pulses needs precision

Nov 6, 2008

Marie Freebody speaks to Rick Trebino about the intricacies of measuring ultrashort pulses and how the devices that characterize such pulses can be commercialized

Phoenix unlocks the icy history of Mars

Nov 6, 2008

Jacqueline Hewett speaks to Peter Smith, the principal investigator on NASA's Phoenix mission to Mars

Jenoptik looks to solar for future growth

Nov 6, 2008

Michael Mertin is the man responsible for Jenoptik's recent restructure and securing future growth. Jacqueline Hewett asks him how heavily photovoltaics features in these plans

Plasmonics propagates into new optical fields

Nov 6, 2008

Marie Freebody speaks to Niek van Hulst about the potential wealth of applications for plasmonics

Menlo takes frequency combs to the masses

Nov 6, 2008

Nadya Anscombe discovers how Nobel prize winning research has been turned into a practical product

Cobolt Mambo 594 nm

Nov 6, 2008

Optics and optical design for the nuclear industry

Jan 25, 2008

Precision optical components

Nov 14, 2007

Demanding high precision optics for space observation

Oct 9, 2007