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  • News & Views |

    Next-generation wireless communication, high-harmonic generation of sub-cycle pulses and ultrafast probing of the excitation dynamics of materials were all topics of discussion at this year's IRMMW-THz conference in Hong Kong.

    • Noriaki Horiuchi

  • News & Views |

    Silicon photonics and devices based on group IV elements are overcoming the tough economic downturns that have rocked industry over the past 12 years. Cross fertilization between academia and industry may lead to new devices that are both innovative and profitable.

    • David Pile

  • Industry Perspective |

    The photosensitive optical fibre — a work-horse of the telecommunications industry for many years — is now seeing rapid uptake in the sensor and laser industries.

    • Andy Gillooly

  • Industry Perspective |

    Important developments in fibre technology now allow the realization of fibre lasers with reliable and stable single-mode operation at power levels beyond 1 kW.

    • Bryce Samson
    • , Adrian Carter
    •  & Kanishka Tankala

  • Editorial |

    Supply concerns over rare-earth elements mined in China are worrying the rest of the world.

  • Industry Perspective |

    Distributed fibre-optic sensors that rely on Brillouin scattering are being used by the oil and gas industries to keep their infrastructure safe and working properly.

    • Marc Niklès
    •  & Fabien Ravet

  • Industry Perspective |

    A high-definition LIDAR system with a rotating sensor head containing 64 semiconductor lasers allows the efficient generation of 3D environment maps at unprecedented levels of detail.

    • Brent Schwarz

  • Product Focus |

    The ability to capture and analyse complex, high-speed electronic signals makes the oscilloscope one of the most useful and powerful tools in an engineer's laboratory, reports The Scott Partnership.

  • Profile |

    Researchers in Germany have set up a company to manufacture custom-made optics for ultrafast applications. Nadya Anscombe finds out about the company's products and its plans for the future.

    • Nadya Anscombe

  • Interview |

    John Warlaumont, vice president of advanced technologies at SEMATECH, a consortium of the world's chip manufacturers, talks to Nadya Anscombe about the future of optical lithography.

    • Nadya Anscombe

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