Gabriella Gardosi, Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University
Gabriella Gardosi, a research associate at Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies and a Photonics100 honoree, is presenting her work at this year's Photonics West
Lieven Penninck, CEO, PlanOpSim NV
Dr Lieven Penninck, the CEO of PlanOpSim NV and a Photonics100 honoree, is presenting at this year's Photonics West
Dr Laura Gemini, ALPhANOV
Dr Laura Gemini, group manager, nanoscale laser processing & health applications at ALPhANOV, and a Photonics100 honoree, is a presenter at this year's Photonics West
Frank Smyth, CTO, Pilot Photonics
Pilot Photonics CTO and Photonics100 honoree Frank Smyth is one of the presenters on this year's Photonics West conference schedule
More than 1,200 exhibitors will be on the show floor this year, with more than 4,500 technical presentation taking place in tandem. (Image: SPIE)
Electro Optics shares the main events and themes on its radar at this year's show in San Francisco
One of the most apparent themes to emerge was that the potential impact of photonics on how we store, process and move data shows no sign of lessening
The Photonics100 list this year is clearly dominated by Western nations, with not one of this year’s honorees based south of the equator. In fact, just seven names on the list are from outside of Europe or North America, a figure we very much hope to see expand next year as photonics grows in global importance. The three best represented countries, perhaps understandably given the history and importance of photonics in their economies are the US, Germany and the UK.
Twenty-six of this year’s Photonics100 nominees are women, in roles ranging from PhD candidates to CEOs. While this ratio can be read as encouraging when compared with the proportion of women who responded to SPIE’s 2022 salary survey (21%), it is certainly a figure we hope to see increase in future editions of the list.
Not everyone in R&D can point to their work having an effect on their nation’s economy. Based in the Indian city of Surat, which reportedly cuts 90% of the world’s diamonds, Munjal Gajjar said the industry was almost entirely dependent on imported technologies. Costs were higher and delays waiting for replacement parts could halt production. So he and SPTL set about creating an indigenous solution.
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Organoid imaged with Andor’s desktop confocal microscope system, the BC43. Credit: Andor
As microscopes become ever more powerful, a growing band of businesses are racing to make the latest technologies more accessible and more affordable, reports Rebecca Pool
Illustration of a three-dimensional crystal with various types of confining centres. (a) Crystal with four confining centres, each trapping waves (yellow) in all three dimensions simultaneously. (b) Crystal with a linear confining centre where waves can propagate in one dimension, analogous to an optical fibre. (c) Crystal with a planar confining centre where waves can propagate in two dimensions, analogous to a 2D electron gas. (Image: Vos et al.)
Newly discovered fundamental rules have been embedded into software to dramatically optimise the design of photonic integrated circuits
