Cover
Let there be light
Editorial
Zoom - a fragment
Sound clip
Table of contents
Throwing light on this special issue
Introduction
Exoplanets in view
Image perception with the human eye
Polarisation for higher resolution
Five-pointed stars
Fun with physics
A sharp focus in opaque materials
OCT: low-coherence light for high-resolution images
Struggle between field and photon
Column
Treatise on Light
Know your classics
Sunlight for the electricity supply
Sustainability
Haidinger’s brush
In the field
Subnanometre precision with visible light during microchip manufacturing
The researcher display technology
Career
TROPOMI: a colourful mission
Measuring spectra at home
Digital
Nanoscale antennae
A new method for optical design
Student
Polarisation microscopy
In the picture
Moore’s law for photonics
LUXeXceL: digital printing of optical structures
In business
A rainbow after sunset
Physics art
Observing at nanoscale with superresolution fluorescence microscopy
The marble berry puzzle
Challenge
The dissection of sunlight
Know your classics
The National Light Measurement
Education
Survey
Colophon