All Things Photonics

In the premiere episode of Spotlight, from "All Things Photonics," Dr. Andrew Brown with SPIE joins us to preview this year's Global Business Forum at Photonics West in San Francisco. Brown predicts that it will once again be a packed house for the forum. As we approach the biggest event in the photonics industry, hear Brown give us some insights on the biggest names set to speak, and some of the trending topics he expects to take center stage.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.