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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. Contact us at Allthings@photonics.com.
Episodes
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Thermal Imaging and AI: Introducing HADAR — With Zubin Jacob
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Zubin 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’s solution leverages THz light, offering real-time inspection capabilities for printed and additive electronics.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Sponsored by:
PolyScience – www.PolyScience.com
Lumencor Inc. – www.Lumencor.com
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
The Mobile Photonics Lab Experience — With Michael Mohammadi and Bill Warger
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
The 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 Tuesdays.
Sponsored by:
PolyScience – www.PolyScience.com
Lumencor Inc. – www.Lumencor.com
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Low Loss — and High Gain — in Silicon Photonics — With Joyce Poon
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Integrated 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.
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Sense and Measure — With Joseph Shaw and Sanathana Konugolu
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
True 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 bonus segment, Sanathana Konugolu Venkata Sekar, cofounder of BioPixS, discusses the company’s biophotonics phantom technology platform.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Quantum Dot, Quantum Compute — With Peter Lodahl
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
The 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 dots. Sparrow, a developer of quantum light-matter interfaces, has pioneered quantum dot-based technology to support the pursuit of at-scale photonic quantum computing.
Sponsored by:
Block Engineering — www.blockeng.com
Ximea GmbH — www.ximea.com
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
About 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 of the line isn’t just populated with OLED models. While manufacturing challenges remain, microLEDs offer a wonderful marriage of efficiency, brightness, and sheer possibility, even beyond display and lighting applications. In this episode, Jiang and Lin discuss the path from paper to commercialization, and the road ahead and what possibilities the future holds.
Sponsored by:
Block Engineering — www.blockeng.com
Ximea GmbH — www.ximea.com
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Influence in Photonic Integration — With Peter O’Brien and David McGovern
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Peter 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 deputy chairperson of Medphab, joins the conversation to discuss the bridge between commercial and industry needs and high-level R&D.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Live From Optifab 2023 — With Chunlei Guo and Carolyn McMorran
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
“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 program, an American Center for Optics Manufacturing (AmeriCOM) photonics technician training initiative that follows successful implementations in Rochester and Colorado.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Nanomedicine: Out of the Lab and Into the Field — With Andrea Armani
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Photonic 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 episode, Armani discusses the current landscape of lab-on-a-chip technology, optogenetics, and the current and potential capabilities of both. She also discusses the path to commercialization, and what these advancements in nanomedicine may mean for the future.
Sponsored by:
Teledyne Judson Technologies — www.TeledyneJudson.com
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Beyond the Advent: Photonics and AI — With Tom Hausken
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Longtime 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 Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.