€70M investment in cleanroom facility will more than double capacity of precision components used in lithography equipment.

Three contracts for directed energy systems awarded to consortia, with total value of £72.5M.

Tests at Robert Gordon University confirm ways to remotely identify explosives in soil environments.

Optoelectronic component maker says its 1550 nm source enables automotive lidar systems to ‘see’ well beyond 200 m.

More stable supply of key sources for semiconductor lithography equipment expected as production capacity is doubled.

Novel beam shaper developed at Vrije University Brussels also enables deeper cuts with compact diode laser systems.

Hidetoshi Katori and Jun Ye recongized for improved precision of time measurement.

The ESA future observation program employs multiple optical technologies.

Beckman Institute and partners employ spatial light-interference microscopy to spot virus.

State-of-the-art optical clocks and quantum gravity sensors set to benefit from narrow-linewidth emitters.

Dutch and Swiss firms target prescription spectacles and AR smart glasses.

Work on low-power photonic crystal emitters for data center interconnects wins £600,000 from Innovate UK and seed funders.