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The race to develop self-driving cars means that optical LiDAR is forecast to become a US$5 billion market within 5 years. Photonics start-ups in the area are finding themselves at the centre of a frenzy of acquisition and investment.
The International Day of Light is an achievement that the entire photonics community can be proud of. Let’s be inspired by the celebrations to begin planning for next year’s event.
Progress in silicon photonics is delivering chips that can densely pack photonics and electronics together and perform multidimensional quantum information processing.
Scientific claims, particularly those related to devices, are often backed up by standardized characterization. In fields without accepted standards, is it beneficial to strive to establish them?
