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Photonics Frontiers 2023 Technologies driving real-world applications (logo)

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By showcasing how technology is providing real-world solutions to specific issues in targeted areas, Photonics Frontiers presents valuable insights that can help shape future projects and illustrate just how quickly dynamic research and development can make a difference.

This annual celebration of best-in-class innovation segments a dazzling array of brilliant work into seven distinct categories:

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Aerospace & Defence

USAF RABDO vehicle

Optical tools map landmine dangers

Hyperspectral imaging and spectroscopy are being used to detect explosive devices in conflict zones

Drone spraying crops

‘Drones with hyperspectral sensors are the top choice’

Nirev Patel is part of a farming cooperative in Gujarat, India, and is using drones to help manage an area of distributed farmland

Aircraft wing

BAE rocket laser optics

Installing Draco camera on NASA DART spacecraft

3D modelling aircraft wing

Case studies

Case study: Protecting pilots and optics at Mach 2

Life sciences & Medical

3D-printed dental prosthesis

Additive manufacturing helps get medical devices to those in need

Laser-based 3D printers are allowing experts and amateurs alike to produce essential components for humanitarian purposes

DNA sequence

Accessible RNA sequencing helps tackle Covid-19

Being able to identify and understand the coronavirus rapidly was crucial for the development of therapies and vaccines.

Drugs and needle

Heart imaging

curved microchannel plates

Covid -19 virus under microscope

Case studies

Case study: Massively multiplexed single-molecule imaging

Case study: Pushing the limits of bioluminescence microscopy

Optical communications

Light on a computer chip

Photonic integrated circuits delivering next-gen optical communications

Commercially available photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are delivering faster communication speeds while cutting cost and complexity

Nasa's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration

Space lasers overcome ground-based communication limits

As the world’s data usage grows exponentially every year, the need for fast, reliable communications is rising.

pureLiFi Light Antenna Module

Avicena LightBundle MicroLED arrays

Data blueprint stock image

Nokia PSE-6

Case studies

Case study: Creating connections

Automotive

Automotive lidar scans

How the $500 lidar chip could help cut severe accidents by 20%

Photonic component advances and smart integration are helping to commercialise lidar

Porsche high-definition microLED headlight

More light for less power – high-res microLED headlights

Car manufacturers such as Porsche and Audi employ matrix technology to improve lighting design and flexibility

Formula 1 pit crew

Starship Technologies delivery robot

BMW’s Panoramic Vision HUD

$Diagram of V-bending imaging device that identifies and measures fracture strains in sheet metal$

Case studies

Case study: Photonics enhance vehicle safety and comfort

Manufacturing

Hydrogen fuel cell

Laser-welded fuel cells to enable hydrogen-powered future

Manufacturing the complex structures within fuel cells at high speeds is only possible with lasers

Integrated circuit chip

Extreme UV lithography creates smaller, faster and more powerful chips

Cutting-edge lithography machines are a prime example of the critical role photonics-enabled technology plays in a booming industry

Photovoltaic Experimental wafer stack design

3D-printed part on jet engine

Man holding laser marked fruit

BMW 3D-printed components on a conveyor belt

Case studies

Case study: Photonics’ vital role in modern manufacturing processes

Environment & Energy

Pillars of Creation image taken by James Webb space telescope

Optics fabrication advances push space exploration further

A Cranfield University team developed new tools and machinery to make the mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope

Insecticide drone

Fighting malaria with spectral analysis

Professor Benjamin Jacob talks about his smartphone app that pairs his algorithm with a drone and satellite images to identify locations of previously unknown mosquito breeding habitats to treat them within the same day

Sampling soot-based biomass particles

Church of Saints Andrew and Jehoshaphat

A laser bay at the National Ignition Facility

Nasa Earth Observatory satellite image showing flooding along the Orontes River

Case studies

Case study: Monitoring water quality - a challenge for spectroscopic technology

Solid-state illumination Light Engines for photoresponsivity characterisation

Consumer

smart watch on a wrist

OEMs in microLED race for brighter, more energy-efficient displays

The mass market beckons as manufacturers move to secure microLED capabilities

Electron microscope micrograph of a metalens

Metasurface optics on chips enter consumer world

Ten years of foundational research led to metalenses moving from the lab into commercial applications

Worker inspecting semiconductor wafer

Event imaging comparison shot of man hitting tennis ball

LG Innotek Optical Telephoto Zoom Camera Module

LED volume

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