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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.
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Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
With 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 the heightened global attention that has been placed on core photonic technologies and applications.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Three-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"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Rohit 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 airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
In 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 that make up the machine vision ecosystem, as well as the company’s trajectory, are focuses of the interview.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Isiah 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 today.
"All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Metalenz 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.
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Two 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, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
From 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 and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Brian 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 virtually by Photonics Media Oct. 25-27.
"All Things Photonics" is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
NIL 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 Tuesdays.