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September 2024 Issue
Feature Articles
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Photonics and AI: Industry Perspectives
OPN talked with six companies about some of the opportunities AI could open for the optics and photonics industry—in silicon photonics and beyond.
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Submarine Optical Fibers: A Window into Climate Change
Distributed acoustic sensing, increasingly recognized as a potential tool for seismic monitoring, can provide insights on ocean circulation, marine-mammal migration and other climate-relevant parameters.
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GPU-Accelerated Photonic Simulations
Hardware advances are enabling simulations of Maxwell’s equations at unprecedented speed and scale.
by Momchil Minkov, Peng Sun, Ben Lee, Zongfu Yu and Shanhui FanDepartments and Columns
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Research and Industry News
Giant-clam light conversion / Multichannel X-rays / Fine eye details / Ti:sapphire laser on chip / Holotomography / Climate change impacts / Industry news
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Whales and Climate Change
A half a decade ago, researchers were already sounding the alarm about climate change’s potential impacts on the delicate recovery of many whale species.
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Optics Education for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Embracing inclusivity and adapted teaching techniques in STEM for people with vision impairments benefits not just students, but society as a whole.
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The Value in Creative Partnerships
A scientist at NEC Labs America talks with OPN about the benefits of working across research fields and the academia–industry divide.
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Laser Cutting Comes to Fruition
Lasers were first used for machining applications in the early 1960s, and technological advances in subsequent decades further increased their industrial potential.
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Challenges for Science in Times of Tension
Unfortunately, the trend toward international scientific cooperation lately seems to have reversed.
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30, 20 and 10 Years Ago in OPN
X-ray amplifiers; lasers for fine-art conservation; diamond Raman lasers.
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News from the Society
Quantum deep dives / Optica Fellow stories / Imaging and Sensing Congresses / Industry Summit / L’OrĂ©al-UNESCO Women and Science Prize / Siegman School / Online industry meeting on cancer / Thank you, editors and meeting chairs
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Optica Financial Report
Summary of Optica’s 2023 financial statements.
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Chemical Art
Thin crystalline film of cesium chloride imaged in compensated polarized light microscopy.