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Optoelectronic Packaging for Optical Interconnects

Sing H. Lee and Y.C. Lee

Optoelectronic packages provide a platform for integrating photonic, optoelectronic and electronic devices for the transmission of optical signals in telecommunication and computing networks. The authors describe current technologies and future possibilities. more>>

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Report from FiO: Showcasing the Very Small and Ultrafast

Patricia Daukantas

Frontiers in Optics (FiO), OSA’s 89th annual meeting, focused on exciting new research and applications in nanophotonics, biomedical imaging, quantum electronics, organic optoelectronics and other emerging areas of interest. more>>

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Toward Quantum Control of Single Photons

Matthew D. Eisaman, Michael Fleischhauer, Mikhail D. Lukin and Alexander S. Zibrov

Researchers are exploring ways to use electromagnetically induced transparency on individual light quanta, laying the groundwork for intriguing applications in quantum information science that use photons as information carriers, and atomic ensembles as memory and processing nodes. more>>

Solar decathlon, linking silicon to light, creation of a soliton molecule, Ronald E. McNair

Patricia Daukantas

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Education

Education Events and Frontiers in Optics 2005

R. John Koshel, Connie Walker and Jason Briggs

A series of events at OSA’s annual meeting focus on kindling (or rekindling) people’s interest in the exciting world of optics. more>>

Optics Innovations

Technology Boost in Precision Optics: The Story of QED Tech Inc.

Jennifer D.T. Kruschwitz

The OPN staff is pleased to introduce Optics Innovations, a monthly column that makes its debut with this issue. The column will cover technology transfer and industry trends in optics and photonics. more>>

The History of OSA

Why 1916? A Look Back at OSA's Roots

W. Lewis Hyde

Th is year marks the 90th anniversary of the Optical Society of America. Th rough the years, the Society has grown from a local group of Rochester-based optical scientists and instrument-makers into a large organization that represents physicists and engineers around the world. Let us look back for a moment to appreciate how it all began. more>>

Washington Focus

Science Key to Preserving U.S. Standard of Living

Tom Price

The United States is in danger of losing its world leadership and high standard of living. But the federal government could secure the country’s long-term prosperity by reversing disturbing trends in American science. more>>