All Things Photonics
72 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago -From space exploration and quantum optics, to biomedical imaging and defense, today’s top scientific minds are using lasers, spectroscopy, sensors, and optics to deliver cutting-edge innovation to our society. In intimate conversations with those pushing the boundaries of human knowledge, “All Things Photonics” spotlights photonics industry progress from beyond the lab.
Hear how 3D printed microscopes — and those developed for a fraction of the cost — offer our best hope for diagnosing disease in the developing world; why spectroscopy might be the most valuable tool in the crime scene technicians’ arsenal; how light can motorize drug delivery; and how the quantum cascade laser, CMOS image sensor, and robot-assisted surgery became realities.
Notable guests include Nobel Prize winner Donna Strickland; Columbia University Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering Michal Lipson; inventor of the CMOS image sensor Eric Fossum; serial entrepreneur Jason Eichenholz; co-namesake of the Hockney Falco Thesis Charles Falco; and SPIE President and founder of the Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center Anita Mahadevan-Jansen.
“All Things Photonics”® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays. The podcast was a shortlisted finalist in two categories — Best Science & Medical Podcast and Best Technology Podcast — for The Publishers Podcast Awards in 2021. It has again earned shortlist honors in the Best Science and Medical Podcast category for 2022.
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The Neuromorphic Photonics Roadmap — With Paul Prucnal and Bhavin Shastri
April 23, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes - 78 MBPaul Prucnal, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Center for Network Security and Access (CNSA) at Princeton, and Bhavin Shastri, assistant professor in the Queen’s University Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, discuss the neuromorphic photonics roadmap and the technology area’s prospects for success. "All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays. Sponsored by: PolyScience – www.PolyScience.com ...
The Almighty Soliton — With Andrea Blanco-Redondo
April 09, 2024 04:00 - 46 minutes - 106 MBAs an endowed professor at The University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics (UCF CREOL), Andrea Blanco-Redondo focuses on some of the most exciting topics in photonics research. While some of her research interests are just beginning to emerge in commercial and consumer applications, others stand very solidly in the realm of R&D, eagerly awaited by industry. Our conversation spans topics in soliton photonics, slow light, and quantum topology. Also, Torsten Vahrenkamp and Mat...
Inside Silicon Photonics — With Mario Paniccia
March 26, 2024 04:00 - 57 minutes - 131 MBSilicon photonics’ evolution from application shrouded in uncertainty to discipline harboring vast application potential has commanded the attention of those in and beyond the fields of optics and photonics. Mario Paniccia, CEO of ANELLO Photonics, recounts his own journey through the budding sector, with recollections from his 20-plus-year career at Intel and insights from his latest undertaking: ANELLO Photonics’ silicon photonics optical gyroscope. "All Things Photonics"® is produced by ...
Thermal Imaging and AI: Introducing HADAR — With Zubin Jacob
March 12, 2024 04:00 - 42 minutes - 97.9 MBZubin Jacob, Purdue University Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, discusses the convergence of thermal imaging and artificial intelligence. The recently developed heat-assisted detection and ranging (HADAR) technique offers performance advantages in low-light environments, in which other modalities face drawbacks. Also, we speak with TRAQC’s Mariia Zhuldybina and Benjamin Dringoli. The company recently took first place in the 2024 SPIE Startup Challenge. TRAQC...
The Mobile Photonics Lab Experience — With Michael Mohammadi and Bill Warger
February 27, 2024 05:00 - 27 minutes - 63.7 MBThe conceptualization, development, and rollout of Thorlabs’ Mobile Photonics Lab Experience is the ultimate story in optics and photonics accessibility. Thorlabs’ vice president for global sales and business development, Michael Mohammadi, and director of photonics education, Bill Warger, share insights into Thorlabs’ industry-acclaimed mobile resource as a vehicle for photonics education and technology outreach. "All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on ...
Low Loss — and High Gain — in Silicon Photonics — With Joyce Poon
January 09, 2024 05:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MBIntegrated Photonics luminary Joyce Poon caps Season 8 of "All Things Photonics" with a discussion and status update on the ascent of integrated photonics. From sustained high-level R&D to commercial prospects, 2024 is poised to be the year of the PIC. Poon offers insight into optical computing, integrated sensing, and datacenter AI. "All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Sense and Measure — With Joseph Shaw and Sanathana Konugolu
January 02, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBTrue understanding is accomplished only through precise measurement. Though practitioners in the field deploy numerous modalities to obtain this essential information, remote sensing incorporates a spectrum of photonics technologies that is as broad and diverse as it is ubiquitous and effective. Joseph Shaw, director of the Optical Technology Center at Montana State University, overviews remote sensing technology, with a focus on core and novel applications, as well as core methods. In a bon...
Quantum Dot, Quantum Compute — With Peter Lodahl
December 12, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes - 80.1 MBThe almighty nanoparticle known as the quantum dot is enjoying its moment in the sun — after innovations involving its discovery and development earned three photochemists a share of the Nobel Prize in chemistry earlier this fall. Peter Lodahl, head of the Quantum Photonics Group at the University of Copenhagen/NielsBohr Institute, director of the Danish National Research Foundation Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks, and founder of Sparrow Quantum, sheds light on the durability of quantum d...
MicroLEDs: A Marriage of Brightness, Efficiency, and Possibility — With Hongxing Jiang and Jingyu Lin
November 28, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MBAbout 20 years ago, Hongxing Jiang and Jingyu Lin published a paper describing the microLED. Since the publishing of that seminal work, microLEDs have seen commercialization in automotive and industrial lighting applications, but for much of that time, Jiang and Lin’s envisioned application in display technology had been simmering on the backburner. Now, the technology is becoming a household name. With the holiday season approaching, consumers shopping for a new TV are noticing that the top...
Influence in Photonic Integration — With Peter O’Brien and David McGovern
November 14, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 94.8 MBPeter O’Brien, director of the PIXAPP Photonics Packaging Pilot Line and head of the photonics packaging group at the Tyndall Institute, overviews the current state of integrated photonics technologies, as well as core considerations in the sector. Focus is given to packaging, heterogeneous integration, and dynamic collaboration. David McGovern, senior business development manager with the Irish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC [Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Photonics]) and...
Live From Optifab 2023 — With Chunlei Guo and Carolyn McMorran
October 31, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes - 68.2 MB“All Things Photonics” broadcasts from SPIE Optifab 2023 in Rochester, N.Y. In this episode from the heart of the optics industry, we speak with Chunlei Guo, from the University of Rochster’s Institute of Optics, and Carolyn McMorran, from central Florida’s Valencia College. Guo and his collaborators recently advanced their acclaimed fano-resonant optical coating technology, and our conversation spotlights the advance and its significance. McMorran is leading Valencia College’s new optics pr...
Nanomedicine: Out of the Lab and Into the Field — With Andrea Armani
October 24, 2023 04:00 - 39 minutes - 90.2 MBPhotonic technologies like lab-on-a-chip are taking out a lot of the head-scratching and tedium that goes along with traditional diagnostic methods, giving patients and clinicians access to technology that is cheaper, quicker, and often more reliable. Andrea Armani, the Ray Irani Chair in Engineering and Materials Science at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, is working at the forefront of this exciting technology and others that promise to revolutionize the world of medicine. In this ep...
Beyond the Advent: Photonics and AI — With Tom Hausken
October 10, 2023 04:00 - 26 minutes - 60.7 MBLongtime photonics market analyst and current industry adviser Tom Hausken delivers his expert insights into top-of-mind trends and drivers for the photonics sector. The prevalence of AI in and for photonics technologies permeates a conversation that also explores integrated photonics workforce development, government and policy perspectives, and technological competitiveness. Sponsored by: Teledyne Judson Technologies — www.TeledyneJudson.com "All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photoni...
PATHS-UP: The Commercialization of Raman Instrumentation at the Point of Care — With Samuel Mabbott, Michael Matthews, and Cyril Soliman
June 13, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes - 95.2 MBThe Precise Advanced Technologies and Health Systems for Underserved Populations initiative, or PATHS-UP, aims to integrate engineering research and education with technological innovation to transform national prosperity, health, and security. The National Science Foundation-funded collaboration also extends into industry, to ensure that positive R&D outcomes ascend into use in the wider community. In a panel discussion, host Jake Saltzman is joined by Samuel Mabbott, assistant professor i...
Opportunity and Strategy in Semiconductors — With Walter Burgess
May 30, 2023 04:00 - 28 minutes - 64.9 MBMicroelectronics technology innovation and, more notably, recent legislation have brought to the fore the need for a unified strategy to ensure sustained positive outcomes in today’s semiconductor environment. Walter Burgess, co-CEO, Sales & Engineering at Power Technology Inc., is helping to spearhead many of the efforts that business and technology leaders in Arkansas are commencing to ensure they can best-leverage opportunities stemming from 2022’s Chips and Science Act. In this episode, ...
Quantum Integrated Photonics: Drivers and Outcomes — With Matt Eichenfield (5/16/2023)
May 16, 2023 04:00 - 40 minutes - 93.5 MBAs separate disciplines, quantum science and integrated photonics are pushing the bounds of possibility in communication science, compute, data processing, and more. In tandem, the two realms are highly complementary. Matt Eichenfield, the SPIE Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences and associate professor of optical sciences at the University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences, spotlights quantum integrated photonics with a focus on applications and a look into the future of the field....
Evolution of the Optics Shop, Workforce, and Industry — With Paul Melone (Thorlabs)
May 02, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutes - 56.9 MBThe changing nature of the "optics shop" — and, more broadly, its role in the optics and photonics industry today — is an effective gauge for tracking how optics workforce development is aligned to the ever-evolving needs of the industry. Recounting his own 40-plus-year professional journey, Paul Melone, global optics manufacturing director at Thorlabs, discusses his company’s ties to AmeriCOM (American Center for Optics Manufacturing) and how Thorlabs aims to identify and cultivate optics i...
Toward a Viable Holography — Scalable and Cost-Effective — With Theodore Marescaux and Mike Noonen
April 18, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes - 68.2 MBThe brain trust of holographic extended reality startup Swave Photonics discusses the company’s scalable holographic chip technology. Company founder and chief product officer Theodore Marescaux and CEO Mike Noonen outline Swave’s diffractive photonics technology and inform on the company’s future plans following its first-place finish in the 2023 SPIE Startup Challenge at Photonics West 2023. “All Things Photonics” ® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
The Carrot and the Stick — Insights from PhotonDelta — With Ewit Roos
April 04, 2023 04:00 - 34 minutes - 78 MBWith its goal to cultivate and foster photonics-driven progress in the Netherlands, PhotonDelta today is a burgeoning cross-border ecosystem of photonic chip technology organizations. Around the central technology area of integrated photonics, the ecosystem's current aim is to leverage decades of expertise and dozens of strategic partnerships to create a production capacity of 100,000+ wafer per year by 2030. PhotonDelta CEO Ewit Roos discusses the mission and vision of the organization amid...
Checking in From NIF — Laser-Driven Fusion — With Jean-Michel Di Nicola (3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 04:00 - 31 minutes - 72.9 MBThree-and-a-half months after December 2022's breakthrough experimental result that yielded fusion ignition, Jean-Michel Di Nicola, chief engineer of laser systems at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) and acting program co-director for laser science and system engineering at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, provides an update on sustained progress in fusion science. Di Nicola takes listeners inside NIF, and he offers his insights on next steps in big science. "All Things Photonics...
Utility in Infrared Imaging — A Biophotonics Perspective — With Rohit Bhargava
March 07, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 78.2 MBRohit Bhargava, director of the Cancer Center at Illinois, follows his Photonics West 2023 Optical Biopsy Conference keynote with a discussion on increased utility in infrared spectroscopic imaging. Discussion points include the advent of the quantum cascade laser, the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning for optimized workflows, and optimizations in instrumentation leading to improved outcomes in clinical settings. “All Things Photonics”® is produced by Photonics Media and ...
Big Image Data: Unveiling the Power of Raw Images — With Bruno Sanguinetti
January 10, 2023 05:00 - 28 minutes - 65.1 MBIn a world characterized by massive quantities of (often unusable) information sources, many facets of society have great need to turn raw data into an actionable tool. Bruno Sanguinetti, co-founder of Dotphoton, discusses his company’s solution that aims to harness the full potential of image data, taking data in its raw form and transforming it for the benefit of the medical, aerospace and defense, and industrial sectors. Where Dotphoton fits among the confluence of distinct technologies t...
Guided by Light: A Life in Fluorescence — With Isiah Warner
December 13, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes - 68.2 MBIsiah Warner, Boyd Professor and Emeritus Philip W. West Professor, Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, and former vice president for strategic initiatives at Louisiana State University (LSU), reflects on 20th- and 21st-century milestones in fluorescence science, as well as his own contributions to academic mentorship. The acclaimed spectroscopist has helped bring LSU’s total of African American Ph.D. graduates in chemistry from six prior to his arrival at the university, to nearly 100 tod...
The Ascension of Meta-Optics — With Rob Devlin
November 29, 2022 12:27 - 35 minutes - 81.7 MBMetalenz co-founder and CEO Rob Devlin recounts a decade of progress in the field of meta-optics, culminating in his company’s rollout of commercial products and technology offerings. Devlin’s insights span the growth of the market, current and forthcoming applications, and recollections of his time working in the group of photonics luminary Federico Capasso. “All Things Photonics”® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
The Utility of Lidar — Flood Prevention and Revelations from a Maya Settlement
November 15, 2022 05:00 - 53 minutes - 123 MBTwo lidar imaging use cases are explored. In segment one, the Texas Water Development Board’s Joey Thomas and Saul Nuccitelli explain how the organization uses topobathymetric lidar to help prevent flooding along the South Llano River. Later, the collaborative team of Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Felix Kupprat, and Juan Carlos Fernandez Diaz employs the method to investigate beneath the Calakmul biosphere’s forest canopy. “All Things Photonics”® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly,...
From Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2022
November 01, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 75.6 MBFrom on scene at Optica's Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science Show in Rochester, N.Y., All Things Photonics speaks with S.J. Ben Yoo, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Davis and Daniil Lukin, of the Nanoscale and Quantum Photonics Lab at Stanford University. Plus, an exclusive conversation with the newly crowned winner of the Luminate NY Accelerator Competition. "All Things Photonics" is produced by Photonics Media ...
Biomedical Optics — The BioPhotonics Conference Episode with Brian Pogue
October 18, 2022 04:00 - 23 minutes - 54.6 MBBrian Pogue, professor and chair of the Department of Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin and the Maclean Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College, is our guest. The episode explores the (sometimes conflict-characterized) relationship between industry and medicine, as well as cancer therapies and diagnostics, the evolution of standards, and biomedical device productization. These subjects and more are featured in the program for the BioPhotonics Conference to be held virtuall...
Meta-Optics Fabrication and Commercialization — with Theodor Nielsen
October 04, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes - 60 MBNIL Technologies CEO and founder Theodor Nielsen discusses the road to commercialization for meta-optical elements, metalenses, diffractive optical elements, and other ultrasmall components. The interview spans the complete product life cycle — from conceptualization and design to fabrication and market placement, and focuses on high-growth, high potential industries at a critical juncture for the technology. "All Things Photonics" is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tue...
Ultrashort-Pulse X-Ray Sources and Laser Research — With Donna Strickland, Francois Légaré, And Heide Ibrahim
May 24, 2022 04:00 - 44 minutes - 101 MBNobel laureate Donna Strickland joins Francois Légaré and Heide Ibrahim from the Advanced Laser Light Source Laboratory (ALLS), located outside Montreal. The panel discusses the specifications of the ALLS laser systems, their functionality, and their applications in molecular imaging, agriculture, and metrology. Jan Lagerwall, head of the Experimental Soft Matter Physics group at the University of Luxembourg, introduces nonconventional applications for liquid crystals, including in sensing, ...
Brain Imaging and Measurement — All Things Neurophotonics With David Boas
May 10, 2022 04:00 - 27 minutes - 63.8 MBDavid Boas, director of the Boston University Neurophotonics Center, is our guest. The episode introduces techniques including functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), laser speckle contrast imaging, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and interferometric diffuse correlation spectroscopy, with expert insight on the advances and neurophotonic applications for each method. Boas is founding editor-in-chief of the journal Neurophotonics published by SPIE, and he is founding president of th...
The LaserNetUS Consortium — A Podcast of High Intensity with Chandra Breanne Curry
April 26, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MBChandra Breanne Curry, coordinator of the LaserNetUS consortium, offers insights into high-intensity laser systems, supported applications, and an update on fusion science. The 10-system consortium supports research across disciplines, from biomedical science to plasma physics. Miriam Vitiello, director of research at the National Research Council of Italy, professor of condensed matter physics at the Scuola Normale Superiore, and co-author of "The 2017 Terahertz Science and Technology Roadm...
Photonic Supercomputing — With Michael Hochberg and Marcus Gomez
April 12, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 76.5 MBSilicon photonics pioneer and President of Luminous Computing Michael Hochberg joins Luminous’ CEO Marcus Gomez for a conversation about advancing AI supercomputing. The company’s photonic approach is supported by a recently announced $105 million Series A award from investors including Bill Gates. A second segment revisits the notion of sending invertebrate organisms into space with help from optical components and devices. Sponsored by: COMSOL - www.comsol.com "All Things Photonics" is p...
Advances in Terahertz Optoelectronics — With Mona Jarrahi
March 29, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 72 MBUCLA researcher Mona Jarrahi breaks down critical achievements in the terahertz domain, with particular focus on terahertz optoelectronics. Biomedical, plasmonic, and imaging applications are explored, as are commercial pursuits. In advance of the inaugural Photonics Spectra Spectroscopy conference April 12-13, Richard Crocombe, principal at Crocombe Spectroscopy Consulting, and Ellen Miseo, president of the Coblentz Society, introduce listeners to the event program and individual sessions. ...
Inside the Vintage Laser Archives — With Bob Hess
March 15, 2022 04:00 - 27 minutes - 63.1 MBBob Hess, one of the world’s leading collectors of lasers, laser accessories, and holograms, takes us through his exhibit, "Vintage Lasers & Holograms," on now in Tempe, Ariz. Hess is a career holographer and photonics technician, and his collection features more than 500 lasers and upward of 600 holograms. Also, a check-in with the University of Southampton's Pearl John to discuss the artform of holography and its ties to photonics outreach and education. "All Things Photonics" is produced...
Directed Energy Arrays — And Nematodes in Space Part II — With Philip Lubin and Joel Rothman
March 01, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes - 100 MBBuilding on the first episode of the season, University of California, Santa Barbara scientists Philip Lubin and Joel Rothman discuss Project Starlight, a NASA project that intends to send microscopic worms — among other creatures — into space. Lubin, the brainpower behind the directed energy facet of the project, identifies the considerable photonic advances that must be made before achieving atmospheric flight. "All Things Photonics" is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tu...
Displays, Waveguide Optics — And Nematodes in Space? — With Jonas Zeuner and Joel Rothman
February 15, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes - 66.9 MB2022 SPIE Startup Challenge winner VitreaLab's glass-based waveguides are innovating the lighting and displays sector. Back from Photonics West (Jan. 2022), company CEO Jonas Zeuner details VitreaLab's laser writing technology and what it means for liquid crystal displays. In a preview of an upcoming episode, University of California, Santa Barbara scientist Joel Rothman discusses the biological implications of a directed energy interstellar project that proposes to launch invertebrate organ...
Explorations of the Quantum Cascade Laser — with Jerome Faist
December 28, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 55.3 MBJerome Faist, co-inventor of the quantum cascade laser (QCL), reflects on nearly 30 years’ worth of innovations in semiconductor lasing and the history of the QCL. Faist discusses applications in the terahertz and mid-infrared bands, frequency comb spectroscopy, and ultrashort-pulse lasing. Plus, how did the QCL get its name? All Things Photonics is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays. Contact us at [email protected].
All Things Quantum Sensing — with Kevin Cox
December 14, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 61.4 MBThe electromagnetic environment in which today’s soldiers operate is the focus of this episode, which features our discussion with physicist Kevin Cox from DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory. The advent of quantum sensors — and the applications that emerge in our conversation — range from magnetometry and accelerometry to the interferometric detection of celestial objects and chip-scale atomic timekeeping. All Things Photonics is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays. Cont...
The Lidar Boom — with Jason Eichenholz
November 30, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 62.4 MBSerial entrepreneur and co-founder and CTO of Luminar Technologies Jason Eichenholz discusses the company’s technology, and shares his thoughts on lidar’s surge into the mainstream. The interview examines Luminar’s acquisition of its exclusive InGaAs chip provider, the (near) future of autonomous driving, and the optics and photonics industries’ technical workforce shortage. All Things Photonics is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays. Contact us at Allthings@photonics...
At the Intersection of Optics and Art — with Charles Falco
November 16, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 55.8 MBExperimental physicist Charles Falco expounds on the thesis that bears his name, and gives insight into his relationship with the acclaimed artist David Hockney — with whom he shares the thesis’s title. A panel composed of Alejandro Manjavacas, Silvia Centeno, and Andrea Schlather discuss the evolution of their co-authored 2019 paper that investigates the plasmonic properties of daguerreotype images. All Things Photonics is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays. Contact...
Surgical and Vision-Guided Robotics — with Moshe Safran and Russell Taylor
November 02, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 75.8 MBMoshe Safran, CEO of RSIP Vision US, speaks on the intersection of computer vision, AI, and medical-guided robotics. Johns Hopkins University’s Russell Taylor gives a macro look at surgical robotics — a field with implications for photoacoustic imaging, OCT, confocal microscopy, and other imaging modalities. All Things Photonics is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays. Contact us at [email protected].
Light-Activated Molecular Machines — with Ivan Aprahamian
October 19, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 77 MBIvan Aprahamian, author of the 2020 ACS Central Science paper "The Future of Molecular Machines," kicks off Season 4 with a look at recent advancements to light-activated molecular motors. Applications include smart drug delivery and nanomedicine, applied spectroscopy, functional materials, and more. Nick Vamivakas, University of Rochester professor of quantum optics and quantum physics, discusses how to build a quantum workforce: How do we educate its future members, what will they do, and ...
John Harvey: A Test (and Measure) of the Global Photonics Ecosystem
June 22, 2021 04:00 - 43 minutes - 100 MBIn the season's final episode, John Harvey, founder and CEO of Southern Photonics, shares his journey from nuclear physics to biophotonics, and from lasers to test and measurement equipment. The state of the photonics industry in Australia and New Zealand is among the points of discussion. Rohit Bhargava, Founder Professor of Engineering and director of the Cancer Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, talks about a new technique for solid-tissue imaging that relies on the...
Matthieu Baudelet: Forensic Spectroscopic Tire Chemical Analysis
June 08, 2021 04:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBLaser-induced breakdown spectroscopy is the technology behind a newly developed forensic technique for tire chemical analysis. University of Central Florida’s Matthieu Baudelet, who introduced the method in a recent Applied Spectroscopy paper, explains the approach and how it is poised to enhance crime scene investigation. Pierre Türschmann, CEO of Interherence, talks about how the company is working to resolve the bottleneck of reproducibility in microscopy. Sponsored by: PerkinElmer - www...
Bishnu Pal: A Guide Through Guided Wave Optics
May 25, 2021 04:00 - 44 minutes - 101 MBBishnu Pal, author of "Frontiers in Guided Wave Optics and Optoelectronics" and dean of academics at Mahindra University's Ecole Centrale School of Engineering, is our guest. From his start in semiconductor physics to numerous collaborations in the areas of fiber optics, silicon photonics, specialty fibers, and optical materials, Pal walks us through his journey in optics and photonics, which earlier this year saw him recognized with the SPIE Maria J. Yzuel Educator Award in recognition of f...
Claudio Mazzali: On OSA and the Future of Fiber
May 11, 2021 04:00 - 40 minutes - 93.4 MBClaudio Mazzali, CTO and senior vice president of technology at Corning Optical Communications, is our guest. The 2020 elected fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) guides listeners through an unprecedented 15-month period for optical technology, and shares his thoughts on what to expect from large-scale organizations such as OSA as they reemerge from the pandemic. Trends for a bright future in nanomaterials, hollow- and novel-core fibers, and optical fibers conclude the episode. All Things P...
Eric Fossum: The CMOS Sensor’s ‘Epic’ Journey
April 27, 2021 04:00 - 41 minutes - 94.7 MBEric Fossum, inventor of the CMOS active pixel image sensor, talks about the past, present, and future of imaging applications and the technology transfer in industry and academia. CEOs Berthold Schmidt (TRUMPF Photonic Components) and Adam Piotrowski (VIGO Systems), the two newest board members of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), speak about their new platform and spurring photonics innovation. All Things Photonics is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tues...
Thomas Battley: Optics in the Driver’s Seat (in Western NY and Beyond)
April 13, 2021 11:35 - 37 minutes - 86.5 MBWestern New York (specifically, the city of Rochester) is a globally recognized hub for optics, photonics, and imaging innovation. From titans Kodak and Xerox to an industry’s reemergence from a global pandemic, New York Photonics’ Executive Director Thomas Battley discusses how one industry (specifically, one cluster) blends contributions from industry, academia, and government to drive economic growth and scientific progress. Sponsored by: PerkinElmer - www.PerkinElmer.com All Things Pho...
Gregory Quarles: Directed Energy – Dual Usage and the Transfer of Technology
March 30, 2021 04:00 - 48 minutes - 112 MBGreg Quarles, former OSA chief scientific officer and current CEO of Applied Energetics, takes us beyond the defense sector and the combatting of threats along the electromagnetic spectrum, outlining current applications in directed energy. Tom Nugent, CTO and co-founder of PowerLight Technologies, talks optical power beaming - a technology that is closer than you think. Sponsored by: PerkinElmer - www.PerkinElmer.com All Things Photonics is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, o...
Ursula Gibson: Novel Core Optical Fibers and Materials
March 16, 2021 04:00 - 39 minutes - 90 MB2019 President of The Optical Society and Fulbright Scholar Ursula Gibson details her latest work with novel core optical fibers and their function in expanding applications spanning metrology, optical communication, and optoelectronics. Nick Harris, founder and CEO of supercomputing company Lightmatter, talks about silicon-driven advances in all-optical computing and Lightmatter’s photonic computing platform. Sponsored by: COMSOL - www.comsol.com All Things Photonics is produced by Photon...