ELECTRO OPTICS: JUNE/JULY 2003 ISSUE
NEWS
- IPG announces 300W from single-mode fibre laser
- Novalux emerges from Chapter 11
- Markets for gallium nitride continue to grow
- THz receiver increases telescope sensitivity
- Bookham lays down integration roadmap
- Alcatel Optronics taken over by Avanex
- Samsung demonstrates transparent active-matrix OLEDs
- More firms catch SARS fever
- Space research stimulates big crystal growth
- PLUS news from BFi Optilas, Universal Laser Systems, Nuphoton Technologies, Media Cybernetics, DataCell, MASD, Image Management Technologies, Pro-Lite Technology, Labsphere, Science Foundation Ireland, AG Electro Optics, Laser Physics UK, Meadowlark Optics
FEATURES
We're still here - so what's changed?
To celebrate 35 years as Europe's premier optics magazine, we asked a number of people of a certain age - experts in their field, who have been working in the sector over that time - to look back over the period and give us their visions of the future...
A phoenix rises from the ashes
A high-tech American company with a promising technology was badly burned by the telecoms crisis. John Murphy reports on Novalux's decision to emerge from Chapter 11, to give itself a second lease of life...
Laser diodes create a bright spot
High-power laser diodes are displaying a rare positive side to today's laser market. Roy Szweda investigates how companies are exploiting the potential of these compact energy sources for materials processing...
The world of photonics comes to town
As the world's laser and optics community packed its bags and headed for the Neue Messe Munich, Electro Optics previewed LASER 2003:World of Photonics, the most comprehensive show to date in the two-year series...
Smart imaging finds the right place
A German vision system incorporating smart cameras is now being tested in the UK, writes Phillip Hill...
Can this gap be bridged?
Tim Weedon, president of the UK's Association of Industrial Laser Users, highlights a serious flaw in the relationship between laser designers, manufacturers and the end user...
PRODUCTS
This issue, we feature 60 of the latest products in:
Opto-electronic components :: Frame grabbers :: Ancillary equipment :: Microscopes :: Software :: Cameras :: Lasers and diodes :: Imaging :: Test and measurement :: Sensors and detectors :: Lenses and filters :: Electronics :: Fibre optics :: Laser safety :: Displays :: Laser systems
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