All Things Photonics

Countermeasure Detection and Ranging Technologies — With Paul McManamon

Optics and photonics luminary Paul McManamon is our guest for a discussion on advanced ranging and detection capabilities across environments and applications areas. McManamon, a past president of SPIE, is current president and CTO of Exciting Technology, and a fellow of the Directed Energy Professional Society. Also in this episode, a discussion with Alasdair Pentland and Andy Bell of terahertz solutions firm TeraView.

"All Things Photonics"^® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.

Sponsored by:
PolyScience –  www.PolyScience.com
Lumencor Inc. –  www.Lumencor.com

Live from the EPIC Annual General Meeting and Summit 2024 — With Beate Sauter, Elizabeth Illy

Photonics Media comes to you from onsite at the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC). The episode features fireside chats with Elizabeth Illy and Beate Sauter, head of marketing at HÜBNER Photonics and CEO of diode laser components manufacturer Lumics, respectively. EPIC’s Carlos Lee hosts. Later, our Joel Williams discusses all things lasers for cinema with the acclaimed and award-winning Gregory Niven.

"All Things Photonics"^® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.

Sponsored by:
PolyScience –  www.PolyScience.com
Lumencor Inc. –  www.Lumencor.com

The Neuromorphic Photonics Roadmap — With Paul Prucnal and Bhavin Shastri

Paul 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
Lumencor Inc. –  www.Lumencor.com

The Almighty Soliton — With Andrea Blanco-Redondo

As 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 Matthias Trinker of the management team at ficonTEC, discuss ELAS Technologies Investment — a capital firm spurring high-tech business success at global scale.

"All Things Photonics"^® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.

Sponsored by:
PolyScience –  www.PolyScience.com
Lumencor Inc. –  www.Lumencor.com

Inside Silicon Photonics — With Mario Paniccia

Silicon 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 Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.

Sponsored by:
PolyScience –  www.PolyScience.com
Lumencor Inc. –  www.Lumencor.com

Thermal Imaging and AI: Introducing HADAR — With Zubin Jacob

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

The Mobile Photonics Lab Experience — With Michael Mohammadi and Bill Warger

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

Low Loss — and High Gain — in Silicon Photonics — With Joyce Poon

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.

Sense and Measure — With Joseph Shaw and Sanathana Konugolu

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.

Quantum Dot, Quantum Compute — With Peter Lodahl

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.