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  OSA Annual Meeting

  Checking in with the Brightest Light Initiative

  Molly Moser | 17 September 2019

  The technology co-chair of a 2019 ultrafast laser workshop gave audiences a sneak peek into an upcoming report, identifying future opportunities for ultrafast-laser science in the U.S. read more  

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  OSA Annual Meeting

  Color: From Nature to Applications

  Stewart Wills | 17 September 2019

  OPN talks with U.K. researcher and FiO+LS 2019 invited speaker Silvia Vignolini about her work engineering structural colors based on models in the natural world. read more  

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  OSA Annual Meeting

  Nanophotonic Design, Optimized

  Stewart Wills | 17 September 2019

  Stanford University’s Jelena Vuckovic sketched out her team’s machine-learning-driven approach to designing tiny photonic components—and making them semiconductor fab–ready. read more  

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  OSA Annual Meeting

  Applying Your Ph.D. to Industry

  Molly Moser | 16 September 2019

  A professional-development session at FiO+LS 2019 covered the top 40 jobs for STEM Ph.D.s—and how to score them. read more  

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  OSA Annual Meeting

  Sizing Up Markets for Autonomous Systems

  Stewart Wills | 16 September 2019

  Talks at FiO+LS 2019 offered different perspectives on the prospects for optical sensors in self-driving cars, drones and other platforms. read more  

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  OSA Annual Meeting

  Light Confinement Gets Extreme

  Stewart Wills | 16 September 2019

  In a “Visionary Speakers” talk at FiO+LS 2019, Jeremy Baumberg of Cambridge University looked at the emerging discipline of “picophotonics”—and the opportunities it’s opening. read more  

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  OSA Annual Meeting

  Dispatches from FiO 2019

  OPN Staff | 15 September 2019

  OPN stories and info direct from the 2019 OSA annual meeting in Washington, D.C. read more  

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  OSA Annual Meeting

  Digging Into Quantum Sensors

  Stewart Wills | 15 September 2019

  FiO+LS 2019 kicked off with a rich survey of the state of the art in atom interferometers and other quantum tech—and of their potential applications. read more  

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  Research News

  AI-Assisted Art Investigation

  Molly Moser | 12 September 2019

  A deep neural network algorithm for separating mixed X-ray images of the Ghent Altarpiece could have far-reaching applications in art conservation. read more  

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  Book Reviews

  Infrared and Terahertz Detectors

  Antoni Rogalski | 12 September 2019 | Review by Mircea Dragoman

  This clearly written book is a must read for anybody working in optics. read more