Contents: February 2002

17 Jun 2002

'Europe urgently needs a strong optics meeting'

Peter Knight is the first European physicist to be elected president of the Optical Society of America. He tells Nadya Anscombe about his aims during his presidency and how he thinks the society could support optics in Europe.

Mixed fortunes: start-up bucks the telecoms trend

In spite of the telecoms downturn, some start-ups in the field have been flourishing. Jacqueline Hewett visits Intense Photonics in the UK to find out why it thinks it will survive the current market conditions.

Researchers compile radiation database

As optical materials and devices are more widely used in high-energy physics environments, radiation-induced performance degradation becomes a key issue. Johan van der Linden discovers how it is to be tackled.

Europe sees growth amid saturated medical market

Last year, Europe's medical-lasers market saw much consolidation. It also managed to avoid being hit by the global downturn and kept on growing throughout the year. John Wheeler finds out why. News This month
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