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

  • News & Views |

    ACTMOST, a new initiative subsidized by the European Commission, looks poised to boost microphotonic innovation in Europe.

    • Rachel Won

  • News & Views |

    Miniature lasers with dimensions approaching the nanoscale could provide the ultimate integrated source of bright and coherent light if losses can be overcome and electrical pumping made efficient.

    • David Pile

  • News & Views |

    Solar cells are poised to play an important role in the development of a clean-energy economy, but their future success depends both on supportive government policies and research efforts to improve conversion efficiencies and bring down costs.

    • Rachel Won

  • Profile |

    Electronic books have really begun to take off in the past few years. Siân Harris finds out about a display company that has helped this to happen.

    • Siân Harris

  • News & Views |

    Research on solar cells, optical frequency combs, high-power laser diodes and brain monitoring were all topics of discussion at the autumn meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics in Nagasaki this September.

    • Noriaki Horiuchi

  • News & Views |

    Research into photochemical reactions is now yielding promising ways of converting solar energy into convenient forms of chemical energy that can be easily stored.

    • David Pile

  • Editorial |

    Given that an article can't be published until any artwork issues are resolved, it makes sense to get it right first time and avoid delays.

  • Profile |

    The concentrator photovoltaics market is becoming increasingly crowded. Nadya Anscombe finds out what makes German company Concentrix Solar stand out from the crowd.

    • Nadya Anscombe

  • Industry Perspective |

    Quantum-dot-based solar cells promise to deliver efficiencies approaching those of crystalline solar cells but with the manufacturing simplicity of organics.

    • Ghassan E. Jabbour
    •  & David Doderer

  • Editorial |

    Do you have a strong opinion or comment that you think would be valuable to share with the optics community? Then why not make use of our correspondence section.

  • 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

  • Interview |

    The photonic sensors market is a diverse and fragmented one. David Krohn, chair of the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association's Photonic Sensor Consortium, tells Nadya Anscombe that the difference between success and failure often depends on understanding your market.

    • Nadya Anscombe

  • 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

  • News & Views |

    Europe has always been a hub of innovation for photonics, and this year's Photonics Europe conference has shown that young inventors are still coming up with great ideas for commercialization.

    • Rachel Won

  • 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.

  • News & Views |

    Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification is a promising approach for amplifying few-cycle laser pulses to unprecedented powers. However, the future success of the scheme depends on the availability of suitable pump sources.

    • Rachel Won

  • Editorial |

    An iPhone application for browsing nature.com content may change the way we access research news.

  • 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

  • Editorial |

    The recent explosion of e-readers onto the market, along with the news that Amazon is now selling more e-books than physical copies, suggests that our reading habits are finally changing.

  • News & Views |

    Japan's new government has reversed its decision for research funding and angered many scientists in the process as budgets — including those for photonics research — get cut.

    • Ichiko Fuyuno

  • Editorial |

    Could 2010 be the year that 3D display technology takes off in cinemas and homes? All the signs suggest that the answer is yes.

  • Industry Perspective |

    Advances in nano-imprint lithography have moved the technology out of the laboratory and onto the production floor for use in a wide variety of photonic applications.

    • Gerald Kreindl
    • , Thomas Glinsner
    •  & Ron Miller

  • Industry Perspective |

    Extreme ultraviolet lithography extends photolithography to much shorter wavelengths and is a cost-effective method of producing more-advanced integrated circuits. Although some infrastructure challenges still remain, this technology is expected to begin high-volume microchip production within the next three years.

    • Christian Wagner
    •  & Noreen Harned

  • 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

  • Profile |

    Start-up company Nanoscribe has developed table-top systems that can write intricate 3D structures not possible through other lithographic technologies. Nadya Anscombe finds out how the company was founded and what its plans are for the future.

    • Nadya Anscombe

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