Photonics Videos
Advice for students interested in optics and photonicsMay 08, 2012
SPIE asked leaders in the optics and photonics community to give some advice to students interested in the field. Astronomers, professors, CEOs, a Nobel Prize winner, and others all give their answer to the question, "What advice would you give to a student or young professional interested in optics and/or photonics?" This is a small collection of their responses.
Animation: How Does Silicon Photonics Work?Apr 27, 2012
Animation: How does Silicon Photonics work?
Engineering Your Future - Photonics EngineerMay 06, 2012
Video interviews featuring engineers from the various fields of engineering will give you a behind-the-scenes look at the work these engineers do every day. You'll learn about the challenges they face, why they find it so exciting, and what they did to prepare for their careers. This is part of the Engineering Your Future web curriculum offered by ThinkTV.
Metamaterials: The Next Photonics RevolutionMay 15, 2012
Phil Saunders of SpaceChannel.org and Nikolay Zheludev of the University of Southampton, UK, have graciously permitted OPN to reproduce this fascinating video, which is related to Zheludevs October OPN feature on metamaterial-induced transparency. It explores the science behind metamaterials—crystalline-like sub-wavelength arrangements of electromagnetic resonators that can exhibit exotic optical properties such as negative refraction and cloaking. With a focus on work being conducted at the University of Southampton, the video describes how metamaterials may usher in the next global technological paradigm shift—the photonics revolution. By controlling light with light, scientists can use metamaterials to transform defense, security and global information networks in ways that previously seemed unimaginable. Video by SpaceChannel.org.
Silicon Photonics Hardware DemoApr 27, 2012
Demonstration of the hardware and technical description of the 50G Silicon Photonics Link.
Photonic Crystals As Power Storage (Brainstorm Ep48)Apr 15, 2012
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European Commission address: Innovating in Photonics in Horizon 2020May 03, 2012
Thierry Van der Pyl Hot Topics presentation at SPIE Photonics Europe 2012 spie.org European Commission address: Innovating in Photonics in Horizon 2020 Thierry Van der Pyl, Director, Directorate G "Components and Systems", Information Society and Media Directorate General European Commission This talk will focus on the upcoming Horizon 2020, the EU's new Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for 2014 to 2020, with a particular emphasis on the role of photonics research and innovation. Photonics is recognised as one of the European Union's six Key Enabling Technologies. Nevertheless, there are still many challenges in translating excellent research into innovation potential and economic growth and job creation. The speaker will give an overview of the main photonics challenges in Horizon 2020 and will address some of the main ingredients needed for the success for photonics research and innovation, including the key role to be played by close partnerships, between industry and academia, between public and private sources of finance and between the European, national and regional levels. Biography: Thierry Van der Pyl graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan and is docteur d'état in Informatics from University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI. He was researcher at CNRS and joined the European Commission in 1984 where he held different management positions in the research programs on Information and Communication Technologies, including head of unit of High ...
Bridging Photonics and ComputingMay 17, 2012
Speaker/Performer: Mario Paniccia, Director of Photonics Technology Lab, Intel Sponsor: CITRIS (Ctr for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society), UC Berkeley (Headquarters), Research Exchange seminar Abstract: The silicon chip has been the mainstay of the electronics industry for the last 40 years and has revolutionized the way the world operates. Today a silicon chip the size of a fingernail contains over one billion transistors and has the computing power that only a decade ago would take up an entire room of servers. Recently silicon photonics has attracted a great deal of attention since it offers an opportunity for low cost opto-electronic solutions for applications ranging from telecommunications down to chip-to-chip interconnects as well as possible applications in new emerging areas such as optical sensing and or bio-medical applications. Recent advances and research breakthroughs in silicon photonic device performance over the last few years have shown that silicon can be considered as a material onto which one can build future optical devices. While significant efforts are needed to improve device performance and to "commercialize" these technologies, progress is moving at a rapid rate. If successful, silicon may similarly come to impact optical communications as it has impacted the electronics industry.
Molex 100Gbps silicon photonics demonstration at OFC/NFOEC 2012Apr 25, 2012
Molex 100Gbps silicon photonics with HBMT and FlexPlane optical backplane interconnect demonstration at OFC/NFOEC 2012 At OFC/NFOEC 2012 in Los Angeles CA Molex its 100Gbps silicon photonics based transceiver demonstration platform developed in partnership with Luxtera . The demonstration looped one 25Gbps singlemode optical transmit channel of the transceiver demonstration platform through a Molex HBMT blind mate backplane connector and Molex FlexPlane optical flex circuit to the receive channel of the module. A total of four singlemode optical connections formed this link proving the robustness of the optical link margin which could support up to 4000 meters of singlemode fiber. Un-retimed electrical eye monitoring was done through the demonstration systems high speed electrical breakout cables which are built into the demonstration platform. The Silicon Photonics technology within the demonstration platform is a single CMOS 4x25Gbps transceiver IC incorporating all photonic, analog & digital circuits functions including modulators, photo detectors driven by a single CW DFB laser source and will be incorporated into Molex's zQSFP EDR active optical cable form factor at 4x25Gbps per channel for 100Gbps total bandwidth. For product info check out these links: www.molex.com www.molex.com
2012 Photonics Prism Award in Optics and Optical Components winner OptotuneMar 30, 2012
photonicprismawards.com From the award ceremony at Photonics West 2012, Optotune accepts the Prism Award in the optics and optical components category for their Laser Speckle Reducer. Mike Cumbo, President of IDEK Optics & Photonics presented the award. The Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation is an international competition that is quickly becoming known as a photonics industry standard for recognizing cutting-edge products that break conventional ideas, solve problems, and improve life through photonics.
2012 Photonics Prism Award in Life Sciences and Biophotonics winner 89 NorthMar 22, 2012
photonicsprismawards.com From the award ceremony at Photonics West 2012, 89 North accepts the Prism Award in the life sciences and biophotonics category for their Heliophor. Laura Smoliar, CEO of Peppertree Engineering presented the award. The Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation is an international competition that is quickly becoming known as a photonics industry standard for recognizing cutting-edge products that break conventional ideas, solve problems, and improve life through photonics.
Introducing the Alcatel-Lucent 400G Photonic Service EngineMar 14, 2012
With bandwidth consumption doubling every 18 months, service providers are looking for technologies to address the cost and capacity crunch associated with this increase, while at the same time, seeking new capabilities for developing revenue-generating services. The Alcatel-Lucent 400G coherent Photonic Service Engine (PSE), is a versatile next generation Electro-Optics Engine, that will herald faster, more efficient and better performing networks, ushering in the age of 100G and accelerating its deployment while shining light on the path to 400G.
Photonics Explorer Excites Youth for Engineering, Science and TechnologyApr 13, 2012
The Photonics Explorer is an intracurricular Photonics kit designed for lower and upper secondary school students . Each kit contains a class set of generic, durable and versatile optical experimental components for a class of 25 - 30 students. This is supported by a didactic framework consisting of worksheets, factsheets, teacher guide and multimedia material. The Photonics Explorer is specifically designed to integrate into and enhance and complement existing European secondary school science curricula. The kit is free of charge for teachers, only in conjunction with teacher training courses. It has been extensively tested in 7 EU countries with over 1500 students. The development has been sponsored by the European Commission.
Photonic Induction? WHERE ARE YOU!!!May 10, 2012
Here is my video for photonic induction. you may have to pause to read some things.
Seren Photonics -- A Novel Manufacturing ProcessMay 04, 2012
Dr Tao Wang and Dr Carl Griffith discuss new manufacturing methods for the production of high brightness LEDs, which have been realised via the National III-V Semiconductor Research Centre -- a key facility for fabrication of new semiconductor devices (www.researchatsheffield.co.uk).
Inrad Optics, Inc. Changes Stock Symbol to "INRD"
NORTHVALE, N.J., April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Inrad Optics, Inc. (formerly Photonic Products Group, Inc.) (OTC Bulletin Board: INRD) today announced that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has approved the change of the Company's stock symbol from "PHPG" to "INRD" effective April 9, 2012. The new stock symbol reflects the Company's name change from Photonic Products Group, Inc.
Nanotechnology for Photonics: Global Markets
NEW YORK, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
Nanotechnology for Photonics: Global Markets
INTRODUCTION
STUDY BACKGROUND
Nanophotonics technologies play an increasingly important role in various sectors of the global economy.
Alcatel-Lucent Tackles the Capacity Crunch Caused by the Rapid Growth in Video With Fiber Optic Technology Four Times Faster Than Today's Networks
PARIS, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As communications service providers face the increasing challenge of a network capacity crunch due to the demands of smartphone ownership and growing video traffic, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is introducing the Photonic Service Engine (PSE), a new chip for fiber optic networks that offers double the capacity, and four times the speed of today's networks.
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