Links

Medical / Optical

BioPhotonics and Photonics Spectra – excellent magazines
Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry

Mendosa's Diabetes Site –

will non-invasive blood glucose monitoring by optical means ever happen? You’ll get an idea of the issues and much more here

Medical Lasers

Diomed – where it all began for me …..
Biolitec – for fibreoptic cables as well as lasers
Quantel Medical – ophthalmic lasers
BMLA – British Medical Laser Association
Thorlaser – low-power therapeutic lasers
Lasers for Life – charity promoting laser therapy at University of Liverpool

Industrial Lasers

AILU – the Association of Industrial Laser Users (UK)
www.lasers.org.uk – University of Liverpool laser site
NORLAS – the Nordic region (inter alia) laser materials-processing site

Optical / Laser

Coherent Inc – make reliable single-emitter diodes
LIMO – FAC lenses perform very well

Medical / Regulatory

The US Food and Drug Administration
CDRH – responsible for laser standards in the USA
MHRA – UK Medicines and Health care products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
American Association for the Advancement of Medical Instruments

Cambridge UK

The Cambridge Network – quite a lot happening here!