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Optics and photonics

Optics and photonics

The potential of far-ultraviolet light for the next pandemic

19 May 2020
Taken from the June 2020 issue of Physics World.

According to the physicist Charlie Ironside, our ability to deal with future deadly pandemics could be better – if we look to the far-ultraviolet. Jon Cartwright reports on a call to arms for the LED industry

UVC fluorescent tube
Legacy technology UV fluorescent tubes are unwieldy and inefficient. An LED replacement would be cheaper, more tunable and longer-lasting, among other benefits. (Courtesy: iStock/proxyminder)
Imagine a world where people travel as they wish. They shake hands when they make new acquaintances,

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Jon Cartwright is a freelance journalist based in Bristol, UK
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