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Couder turns the tables at Bookham Aug 26, 2008

Despite burning its way through hundreds of millions of dollars over the past 20 years, InP and GaAs chip maker Bookham is still in business. Remarkably, it now looks like it will be generating cash by the end of 2008. Michael Hatcher asks CEO Alain Couder how he has turned around the company's fortunes.

Research news

Photonic textiles are a perfect fit Sep 5, 2008

A glove incorporating plastic optical fibre is ideal for autonomously monitoring vital health statistics such as blood oxygenation.

VECSEL premiers in microscopy system Sep 4, 2008

A compact and reliable frequency doubled VECSEL could be an ideal replacement for the gas lasers used in confocal microscopy systems.

Laser emits tunable blue light Sep 3, 2008

A solid-state laser that offers practical output powers and a tuning range of 425 to 489 nm is unveiled by researchers in Spain.

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UK Photonics KTN China mission

This week, we are welcoming Glenn Barrowman of Aston Science Park, UK, as a guest contributor to our blog. Glenn is going on the UK Photonics KTN mission to China between 3 and 10 September and will be posting his experiences. The mission includes a visit to the vast CIOE show in Shenzhen. Stay tuned to the UK Photonics KTN mission to China page for more details.

Industry news

LED sales receive Olympic surge Sep 5, 2008

Taiwan’s LED manufacturers report strong growth, boosted by the Beijing games.

Spanish PV industry seeks fair tariff Sep 4, 2008

With Spain's photovoltaic market growing so strongly, changes to the feed-in tariff are causing concern among the industry.

Microsoft says hello to blue LED mice Sep 3, 2008

Leaked details suggest the Windows firm has switched a red diode laser source for a blue LED in the latest attempt to improve the usefulness of our dependable computer controllers.

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