Panel session on “unmet needs” at Munich show highlights the wildly different challenges of diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

Two week turnaround to manufacture custom designed micro-optics devices.

Portable, real-time airborne asbestos detector based on laser scattering, developed at UK's University of Hertfordshire.

Improved infrared sensitivity of laser-enhanced material could be used in night-vision goggles.

Fully scaled laser system expected to offer flight range of around 300 meters for surveillance applications.

Tablet-mounted infrared cameras offer wealth of potential applications in medicine and security, hears the conference.

Rugged, pan-European novel industrial welding solution braves the factory floor.

As a simple, non-invasive health indicator, the use of photonic and other technologies to study saliva is gaining popularity.

ChromaID compares spectral response to structured light against a database of patterns.

Highly compact imager will launch on board a satellite and be used to monitor volcanic gases.

Jointly working with various fiber interfacing solutions to meet customer needs.

Hylase intended for high-precision materials processing applications.