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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 Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
In season ten’s finale, "All Things Photonics" speaks with its first knighted guest: Sir David Payne, Director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton. Sir David is recognized as a pioneer in fiber laser research, having broken the kilowatt output barrier, and in fiber optics research, where he contributed to the development of the erbium-doped fiber amplifier. Later, we speak with Tara Fortier, project leader at the Time and Frequency Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Fortier’s research is focused on precision optical and microwave metrology, and the development of optical clocks.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Sponsored by:
PolyScience – www.PolyScience.com
Thorlabs Inc. – www.Thorlabs.com
Avantes – www.Avantes.com
LightPath Technologies Inc. – www.LightPath.com
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Lightwave Logic CEO Michael Lebby discusses his company’s electro-optic polymer technology, what it means for the data center and artificial intelligence industries, and his company’s path to commercial success. Stephen Milton, Vice President of Accelerator Science at TAU Systems provides a look at his company’s miniaturized particle accelerators, their expected uses, and what they could mean for the future of research.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Sponsored by:
PolyScience – www.PolyScience.com
Thorlabs Inc. – www.Thorlabs.com
Avantes – www.Avantes.com
LightPath Technologies Inc. – www.LightPath.com
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
David Shelton, President and CEO of AmeriCOM, discusses ongoing efforts to strengthen the United States’ optical manufacturing industry and how they relate to defense and national security. Andrea Alù, Einstein Professor of Physics at The City University of New York, provides a primer on metamaterials, including ongoing research efforts and hot topics, and a look to the future.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Sponsored by:
PolyScience – www.PolyScience.com
Thorlabs Inc. – www.Thorlabs.com
Avantes – www.Avantes.com
LightPath Technologies Inc. – www.LightPath.com
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Ji-Xin Cheng, professor at Boston University, discusses the future of biophotonics and the challenges it still faces. Cheng shares more on what drives him to continue his research in medical photonics. Ronnen Lovinger, CEO of silicon photonics optical interconnects technology developer DustPhotonics, offers expert insights into the growth of the technology sector, as well as into inflection points at which the technology is arriving.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Sponsored by:
PolyScience – www.PolyScience.com
Thorlabs Inc. – www.Thorlabs.com
Avantes – www.Avantes.com
LightPath Technologies Inc. – www.LightPath.com
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Lieven Penninc, founder of planar optics modeling software developer PlanOpSim, offers perspective on the meta-optics technology boom. Sam Rubin, CEO of LightPath Technologies, picks up the conversation from our previous episode on chalcogenide glasses, alternate optical materials, and applications — especially those in the infrared.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Sponsored by:
PolyScience – www.PolyScience.com
Thorlabs Inc. – www.Thorlabs.com
Avantes – www.Avantes.com
LightPath Technologies Inc. – www.LightPath.com
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Senior editor Joe Kuczynski speaks with Javier Elizalde, COO of Wooptix, about the company’s wavefront phase imaging technology. Following that, EPIC’s Antonio Castelo catches up with Tim Kunze, CEO of Fusion Bionic, a startup specialized in the creation of advanced surface features via laser patterning. Closing out the episode, Jake Saltzman has a conversation with Kathleen Richardson of the University of Central Florida’s College of Optics and Photonics about her work with chalcogenide glass.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Sponsored by:
PolyScience – www.PolyScience.com
Thorlabs Inc. – www.Thorlabs.com
Avantes – www.Avantes.com
LightPath Technologies Inc. – www.LightPath.com
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Terry Thorn, vice president commercial operations at optical interconnect solutions developer Ayar Labs, discusses the ever-evolving road to overcoming AI system bottlenecks, and how optical solutions are poised to provide answers. Industry-specific challenges, plus Ayar’s own innovations, are spotlighted in this exclusive interview.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Sponsored by:
PolyScience – www.PolyScience.com
Thorlabs Inc. – www.Thorlabs.com
Avantes – www.Avantes.com
LightPath Technologies Inc. – www.LightPath.com
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
In the inaugural episode of Season 10, we discuss GlobalFoundries’ Fotonix project and the potential of silicon photonics with Anthony Yu, Vice President of GlobalFoundries’ Computer and Wired Infrastructure Business Unit. Later, we speak with John Jost, co-founder of Enlightra, a Swiss startup creating chip-scale optical frequency combs. Jost speaks to the applications of these miniaturized devices as they relate to telecommunications, and perhaps in the future, scaled-down optical clocks.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Sponsored by:
PolyScience – www.PolyScience.com
Thorlabs Inc. – www.Thorlabs.com
Avantes – www.Avantes.com
LightPath Technologies Inc. – www.LightPath.com
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
The episode begins with on-site interviews from EPIC’s Technology Meeting for Photonics in XR, held in Helsinki, Finland. Guests include Stefan Steiner, CEO of LightTrans International; Erhan Ercan, head of global business development at Morphotonics; and Bharath Rajagopalan, director of strategic marketing at STMicroelectronics. EPIC’s Jérémy Picot-Clémente leads these chats. In our feature interview, news editor Joel Williams speaks with Jason Sorger, senior field service and applications engineer at DRS Daylight Solutions, about market opportunities for durable quantum cascade laser technology in sectors including optical communications, quantum, and infrared spectroscopy.
"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 May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
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