IMAGE: A new process called fiber nanoimprinting speeds fabrication of nanooptical devices, such as this pyramid-shaped Campanile probe imprinted on an optical fiber (captured in a scanning electron microscope image). The gold layer is added after imprinting and the gap at the top is 70 nm wide. (Image credit: Berkeley Lab)
In case you missed them, here are 10 of the most viewed business and technical posts on the Laser Focus World website in November 2017. There’s a bit more emphasis on business news than previous months, and any mention of the iPhone or lidar is sure to make the cut.
Number 1:Fun with VCSELs and the iPhone 8, blog by our laser analyst Allen Nogee
Number 2:LFW Photonics Market Financials, streaming stock market update of photonics companies' stock prices and press releases, along with global stock information (15 minute reporting delay)
Number 3:Toptica Photonics opens new U.S. headquarters, by Editor in Chief Conard Holton
Number 4:Annual Laser Market Review & Forecast: Where have all the lasers gone? Our January 2017 market review by the LFW staff
Number 5:Li-Fi replacing Wi-Fi: multipoint-to-multipoint-capable optical data transmission for automation, by Senior Editor John Wallace
Number 6: Laser diode operation 101: A user’s guide, by engineers from Arroyo Instruments
Number 7:Multifocus optics target materials processing, but hint at novel uses, by Senior Editor Gail Overton
Number 8:Lidar: A photonics guide to the autonomous vehicle market, by engineers from Hamamatsu
Number 9:Lasers strengthen the automotive industry, a White Paper from Ophir
Number 10:Berkeley Lab and aBeam develop process to nanoimprint devices on tip of an optical fiber, by Senior Editor Gail Overton
About the Author
Conard Holton
Conard Holton has 25 years of science and technology editing and writing experience. He was formerly a staff member and consultant for government agencies such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the International Atomic Energy Agency, and engineering companies such as Bechtel. He joined Laser Focus World in 1997 as senior editor, becoming editor in chief of WDM Solutions, which he founded in 1999. In 2003 he joined Vision Systems Design as editor in chief, while continuing as contributing editor at Laser Focus World. Conard became editor in chief of Laser Focus World in August 2011, a role in which he served through August 2018. He then served as Editor at Large for Laser Focus World and Co-Chair of the Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar from August 2018 through January 2022. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, with additional studies at the Colorado School of Mines and Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.