July 2017

Child Care Support Available for OSA Conferences

OSA is committed to making participation in the Society rewarding and enjoyable for everyone in the OSA Community. Grants of up to four hundred dollars (US$ 400) per family, per calendar year, are available to assist OSA Members who are bringing children to FiO 2017 or who incur additional expenses in leaving them at home (e.g., extra day care or babysitting services). Members are encouraged to complete this application at least 30 days prior to the start of the conference.

Grant recipients are solely responsible for their choice of child care provider. OSA does not endorse any child care providers.

For questions, please contact Pamela Wimmer at pwimmer@osa.org

Traveling Lecturer Spotlight: John Ballato

John Ballato
Sirrine Endowed Chair of Optical Fiber and Professor
Clemson University
Clemson, SC, USA

I had the great privilege to speak as an OSA Traveling Lecturer to the OSA Student Chapter at the Politecnico di Torino (Torino, Italy). I have known some of the Politecnico faculty for many years and am well aware of their international reputation in glass, optical fibers, and telecommunications. Had this simply been a visit to speak with faculty and give a more conventional departmental colloquium, it still would have been worth the trip. However, as any professor will tell you, there is nothing like being invited by students, to speak and interact with students! This is why professors are professors. The student chapter took the lead, organized an entire half day program where I spoke on the future of optical fibers and the role of new materials in that future. My talk was followed by talks from 2 Politecnico professors on the research being performed there, then discussions with the students (about 20 of them!) about their work and professional development, a lunch you can only have in Italy, and a wonderful tour. In addition to technical topics, I made tried to impress upon the students the central and critical role of both the OSA and of student chapters in their future careers and professional development. To this day, I stay in touch with those I went to school with and call on them when my students are looking for jobs or collaborators. Programs like the OSA Traveling Lecturer program are wonderful opportunities to connect scholars with students and represents a link between present and future.

OSA Sponsors Entrepreneurship Program in Tanzania

An Introduction to Entrepreneurship
1 - 4 August 2017
University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Organized by the University of Dar es Salaam and the Institute of Physics and co-sponsored by OSA, this four-day workshop for local students and teachers focuses on entrepreneurship, vocational skills and the alternative careers paths that a background in science can lead to. For more information please contact Linsey Clark at linsey.clark@iop.org.

You're Invited: OSA Membership Reception

Wednesday, 6 September
Fukuoka, Japan

Members attending the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) Autumn Meeting and OSA/JSAP Joint English-language Symposia are invited to join OSA Vice-President Ursula Gibson at a Member Reception on Wednesday evening. For more information and to RSVP, email RSVPOSAevent@osa.org. Members are also able to register for the conference at low JSAP member rates.

Become an OSA Ambassador

Submission Deadline: 15 August

The 2018 Ambassador Program is now looking for applicants! The application for the 2018 Ambassador class will close in August. Application to the Ambassador Program shows your commitment to the field of Optics and Photonics as an Early Career Professional. This program focuses on giving back to the student chapters and local sections through the traveling lecturer program and other professional development focused events.

As an ambassador, you will have full travel support to attend a Winter Leadership meeting, the annual Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science (FiO/LS) meeting, as well as be recognized as an ambassador in OSA Publications and in the OSA Directory.

If you would like to give back to the optics and photonics community while working on your own professional development, apply today!

For more information, visit the ambassador page at OSA.org or contact Jen Mehltretter at JMehltretter@osa.org.

Register for Light and Sound Interactive 2017 

12 - 14 September
Floreano Riverside Convention Center and Hyatt Regency
Rochester, NY, USA

Light and Sound Interactive is a unique conference and expo focused on light and sound-based technologies and their applications in emerging fields such as virtual and augmented reality, games, cinema, and music. The conference is interactive, featuring talks by leading experts, panel sessions, workshops, and product demonstrations. Learn more at lightandsound.org or register online.

Featured speakers include:

• Steve Sasson, Inventor
• Rob Clark, Provost, University of Rochester
• David Munson, President, Rochester Institute of  Technology
• Jeff Beal, Film Composer
• Jack Allocco, T.V. Composer
• Robert Legato, Cinematographer
• Terry Taber, CTO, Eastman Kodak

The Optics-Enabled Machine Tool Market is Doing Well in 2017

The mood was good at the Laser World of Photonics exhibition in Munich in June, from the exhibit floor and OSA-managed conference rooms to the beer garden receptions. OSA Industry Development Associates (OIDA) anticipated a good response, based on financial reports and conversations with the companies we follow. The financial trends which led to this assumption are shown in the first figure, where OIDA's estimate for revenues of optics and photonics companies in 2017 has already started off better than the start in 2016. (Every year has some seasonal behavior, such that Q4 ends high and "resets" lower in the subsequent Q1, so OIDA compares Q1 2017 to the Q1 of the previous year.) The growth is not just in market share of the companies we track, as other companies report similar sentiments, and companies express frustration that they are having difficulty finding enough qualified workers to keep up with production.

Save the Date for OIDA's Workshop on Biosensors

Friday, 10 November 2017
OSA Headquarters in Washington, DC, USA

Mark your calendar to attend OSA Industry Development Associates (OIDA's) new workshop on biosensors. During this workshop business leaders will join in a dynamic discussion and share perspectives that are critical to understanding the rapidly expanding biosensors market. Information will be available in late July.
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OSA Publishing News

Optica
Raman-Based Approach Images Biological Processes in Action - Photonics.com
New Imaging Technique Provides Molecular Orientation in Samples to Help Study Neuro Diseases - Medgadget
Source Article:High-speed polarization-resolved coherent Raman scattering imaging 

Moth Eyes Inspire Glare-Resistant Coating For Cellphone Screens - NPR
Moth Eyes May Inspire Major Advance in Smartphone Design - NBC
Moths Help Scientists Attack Glare - The Wall Street Journal
Source Article: Broadband Antireflection Film with Moth-eye-like Structure for Flexible Display Applications

Researchers discover shortcut to satellite-based quantum encryption network - Phys.org
Researchers Discover Short-Cut to Satellite-Based Quantum Encryption Network - Morningstar
Source Article: Quantum-limited measurements of optical signals from a geostationary satellite

Optical Materials Express
Moisture-responsive 'Robots' Crawl with No External Power Source - Science Newsline
New graphene robot moves in response to changes in humidity - UPI.com
Source Article: Facile fabrication of moisture responsive graphene actuators by moderate flash reduction of graphene oxides films

Optics Letters
New 3-D display takes the eye fatigue out of virtual reality - Science Daily
New 3D Display Takes the Eye Fatigue Out of Virtual Reality - R&D Magazine
Source Article: Optical mapping near-eye three-dimensional display with correct focus cues

Recently Published Special Issues

Applied Optics
Light and Color in the Open Air

Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Levitated Optomechanics: Fundamental Physics and Applications
Photonic Metadevices

Optical Materials Express
Organic and Polymeric Materials for Photonic Applications

Optics Express
Synergy of Structured Light and Structured Materials

Call for Papers

Applied Optics

Feature Issue: Imaging and Applied Optics
Submission Opens: 1 September 2017; Submission Deadline: 1 October 2017

Feature Issue: Acousto-Optics 2017
Submission Opens: 1 October 2017; Submission Deadline: 1 November 2017

Applied Optics and Journal of the Optical Society of America A
Feature Issue: Digital Holography and 3-D Imaging
Submission Deadline: 1 August 2017

Journal of the Optical Society of America A
Feature Issue: Color Vision 2017
Submission Opens: 1 October 2017; Submission Deadline: 1 November 2017

Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Feature Issue: Attosecond Science and Technology
Submission Opens: 1 September 2017; Submission Deadline: 1 October 2017

Optical Materials Express
Feature Issue: Optical Properties of Metal Clusters
Submission Opens: 1 October 2017; Submission Deadline: 1 November 2017

Optical Materials Express and Optics Express
Feature Issue: Halide Perovskites for Optoelectronics
Submission Deadline: 1 September 2017

Feature Issue: Nonlinear Optics 2017
Submission Opens: 1 September 2017; Submission Deadline: 1 October 2017

Photonics Research
Feature Issue: Optical Microcavities
Submission Deadline: 30 July 2017

Feature Issue: Non-Hermitian Photonics in Complex Media: PT-symmetry and beyond
Submission Opens: 1 August 2017; Submission Deadline: 1 September 2017

Feature Issue: Nonlinear Integrated Photonics: Current Status and Future Trends
Submission Opens: 1 August 2017; Submission Deadline: 1 October 2017