Photonic metrology system used in production of new Ford Explorer and Ford Focus models is expected to reduce cabin noise.

Trend will see more high-resolution smart phone and tablet cameras incorporating microlens arrays in place of traditional lens optics.

Serial entrepreneur Hamid Farzaneh vows to build on Varioptic's pioneering liquid lenses as he takes the technology to Silicon Valley.

Optical spectroscopy method distinguishes benign pancreatitis and early signs of cancer.

The inexorable rise of photovoltaic cell manufacturing provides applications for a huge range of laser technologies, hears the conference.

Femtosecond lasers are rapidly becoming commercialised and finding new applications, hears plenary audience.

Concentrating PV division agrees another 125MW of deployments in the San Diego area, as the DOE puts other solar applications on hold.

The first geosynchronous element of the new missile warning system launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on May 7.

Edinburgh Instruments believes it can objectively measure the protein changes causing the condition.

Japanese materials company leverages existing plastic optics technology to provide concentrating lenses for market-leading Amonix.

Hybrid approach combines arc welding with a 20kW IPG fiber laser to reduce welding time for inch-thick steel components by 80%.

One year on from the catastrophic oil spill, SPIE's Defense, Security + Sensing Symposium will show how photonics provided an instant response.