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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
Jun 4, 2024
Jun 4, 2024
39 min
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
May 21, 2024
May 21, 2024
56 min
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
May 7, 2024
May 7, 2024
56 min
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
Apr 23, 2024
Apr 23, 2024
34 min
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
Apr 9, 2024
Apr 9, 2024
46 min
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
Mar 26, 2024
Mar 26, 2024
57 min
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
Mar 12, 2024
Mar 12, 2024
42 min
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
Feb 27, 2024
Feb 27, 2024
27 min
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
Jan 9, 2024
Jan 9, 2024
46 min
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.
Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024
1 hr 8 min
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.