July/August 2016

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Zero-Index Platforms: Where Light Defies Geometry

Iñigo Liberal and Nader Engheta

Geometry-invariant effects in structures with near-zero permittivity or permeability could lead to deformable optical devices, and to new insights into unique light-matter interactions.

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Chiral Nanomaterials and Chiral Light

Ventsislav K. Valev

Advances in nanofabrication are expanding opportunities to exploit and customize the “handedness” of materials—and of light itself.

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Levitated Optomechanics

Nick Vamivakas, Mishkat Bhattacharya and Peter Barker

State-of-the-art optical-trapping platforms are creating new opportunities for extending sensing applications and illuminating quantum mechanics. A recent OSA Incubator Meeting explored the frontiers.

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OSA Centennial Snapshots: Inventing a Dwarf Masterpiece

Patricia Daukantas

An international collaboration between two corporate competitors spawned the compact disc—and introduced lasers into millions of homes.

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Research and Industry News

Patricia Daukantas, Sarah Michaud and Stewart Wills

Conversations in Optics

First Light for ESO’s Four Laser Guide Star Facility

Domenico Bonaccini Calia and Wilhelm Kaenders

OIDA Market Report

The 100-Year View of Photonics: Part 2

Tom Hausken

Sponsored Content

Thorlabs: Designing a Business, Part 1

Alex Cable

President's Message The Prototypical Multidisciplinary Field
Optical Feedback Letters from OPN Readers
OSA Update News from the Society
OSA Elections Candidate Statements

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