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March 2018

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In this issue: OSA Announces the 2018 Election Slate, Call for Nominations - 2018/2019 Awards, Meetings, Opportunities and more....

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OSA NEWS
Thank You for Attending OFC 2018
 

OFC, the largest global conference and exhibition in optical communications and networking, wrapped up an impressive and stimulating week in San Diego, California, showcasing the latest innovations in the field, with more than 15,500 attendees, 700+ exhibitors from 65 countries and over 850 peer-reviewed technical sessions.

The only global event where attendees witness the innovation behind the technology that powers communications today, OFC has been on a steep growth trajectory over the last three years, increasing in overall exhibition square footage by 44% and experiencing a 21% growth in exhibitors and attendees.

"Optical advancements in 5G, next-gen optical transport, multi-layer optical internetworking, open transport hardware/software and disaggregation led many discussions this week during OFC-in ground-breaking research presented, technical workshops, product launches and in the plenary addresses from industry visionaries," said Martin Birk, Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Labs, USA, and a General Chair of OFC 2018. "OFC is the industry's stage to present, debate, launch and demonstrate the innovations driving applications including AI and connected vehicles that are on the cusp of changing the world in which we live."

OFC includes dynamic business programming, an exposition of more than 700 companies, and high impact peer-reviewed research that, combined, showcase the trends and pulse of the entire optical networking and communications industry. OFC is managed by The Optical Society (OSA) and co-sponsored by OSA, the IEEE Communications Society (IEEE/ComSoc), and the IEEE Photonics Society. OFC 2019 will be held 3 - 7 March, San Diego Convention Center, California, USA. Follow @OFCConference, learn more OFC Conference LinkedIn, and watch highlights OFC YouTube.

OFC Show Floor

The Suzanne R. Nagel Lounge: Named in honor of the first woman chair of OFC.
OSA Announces the 2018 Election Slate
 

OSA is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the 2018 OSA Elections. Candidates are running for positions on the OSA Board of Directors, effective 1 January 2019. The OSA Election for the 2019 Vice President and two Directors at Large will open 20 June 2018 and will continue through 17 August 2018. Election results will be announced during the OSA Annual Business Meeting in Washington, DC, USA on 18 September 2018.

Ballots will be sent to eligible members on 20 June 2018, so ensure you can participate by updating your contact information in your member profile on www.osa.org. As a reminder, Individual, Emeritus and Recent Graduate members are eligible to vote in the election.
 2018 March for Science Shirts Available Now!
 

The Optical Society Foundation (OSAF) presents the laser cat iteration of "Don't Mess With Science We Have Lasers." New in 2018, this nod to a "state of quantum super-felin-ition" will ensure that no one messes with science... or you! 50% of the proceeds go towards the OSA Foundation programs which create a diverse and inclusive environment helping career scientists and engineers succeed in the field of optics and photonics.Be the first to order this awesome t-shirt. 
Traveling Lecturer Spotlight: Valery Tuchin
 

Valery Tuchin  
Title: Professor
Organization: Saratov State University
Location: Saratov, Russian Federation

I continue to have a long and very positive experience with the Traveling Lecturer Program as a lecturer to OSA Student Chapters. The program provides excellent opportunities to invite key lecturers from around the world to speak with students, postdocs and professors. The Traveling Lecturer Program also gives lecturers the opportunity to visit leading research laboratories, meet new talents while sharing their research and latest achievements. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity, OSA.
 
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OSA AWARDS & HONORS
Lihong Wang Named the 2018 Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award Recipient
 

Lihong Wang, California Institute of Technology, USA has been named the 2018 Feld Biophotonics Award winner for inventing the world's fastest two-dimensional receive-only camera and enabling real-time imaging of the fastest phenomena such as light propagation and fluorescence decay.

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Tingye Li Innovation and Corning Outstanding Student Paper Prize Recipients Announced
 

The OSA Foundation is proud to announce the 2018 OFC Tingye Li Innovation Prize and Corning Outstanding Student Paper Prize recipients.

Tingye Li Innovation Prize Recipient 2018
Benjamin Lee, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA

Corning Outstanding Student Paper Competition Recipients 2018
Grand Prize: Christoph Füllner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Benjamin Lee
Call for Nominations - 2018 Awards
 

Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award
Nomination & Reference Deadline: 10 July

Recognizing team technical achievements such as product engineering, process and software development, and patent development, as well as contributions to society such as engineering education, publication and management, and furthering public appreciation of optical engineering. Recent winners include: Guide Star Alliance, Advanced LIGO Engineering Team, Logic Analysis Tool Team (LAT Team).


OSA Treasurer's Award
Nomination & Reference Deadline: 10 July

Recognizing an OSA staff member who makes significant contributions to organizational excellence, promotes and enacts innovative solutions or exemplifies inspirational leadership. Recent winners include: Scott Dineen and Debbie Herrin.
Call for Nominations - 2019 Awards
 

Herbert Walther Award
Nomination & Reference Deadline: 10 August

Sponsored by OSA and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG), this award recognizes distinguished contributions in quantum optics and atomic physics as well as leadership in the international scientific community. Recent winners include: Gerd Leuchs, Randall Hulet, Peter A. Zoller.

 

OSA OPPORTUNITIES
 

Advocate for Optics and Photonics - Participate in Capitol Hill Visits

24-25, April 2018

Advocate for optics and photonics directly to your members of Congress or their staff by joining OSA and its National Photonics Initiative (NPI) partners for Capitol Hill Visits in Washington, DC on April 24-25, 2018. We encourage participants at all career levels and backgrounds from PhD students and young professionals to experienced members of industry and academia.

Members of Congress want to hear from the people living in their district/state. This is a great opportunity to show the value of your research or industry, inform Congressional offices about optics, and start or continue to build a relationship with your Congressional offices.

Capitol Hill Visits will focus on the NPI, R&D funding, and other legislation relevant to optics and photonics. Specific topics for 2018 visits will be sent out to participants closer to the date. NPI staff will arrange all of your Congressional meetings and provide you with documents to leave with the offices. Participants will be placed in teams to do their visits led by a staff member of one of the sponsoring societies or an experienced Capitol Hill visits participant. A mandatory training session will take place the afternoon of April 24 and all Congressional meetings will take place on April 25.

Contact Brandy Dillingham (bdillingham@osa.org) if you have any questions. Learn more or sign up to participate, visit the NPI website.

 
 

INDUSTRY

What's Hot in Optics & Photonics-a Regional View

The January issue of the OIDA newsletter offered some perspectives on what are the hot topics in optics and photonics today. There are many such initiatives in our field, too many to list in this newsletter, but they can be sorted into government initiatives versus commercial ones.

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Global Optics and Photonics Employs 3.7 million People
 

OIDA's latest estimate of global optics and photonics employment stands at 3,700,000, based on estimates for each region. This workforce produced components and subsystems worth nearly US$ 430 billion last year, as we noted in the January issue of the OIDA newsletter.

OIDA's estimate includes the employment for manufacturing of both optical components and systems.

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OIDA's First Market Update Dinner at Photonics West

OIDA (OSA Industry Development Associates) held their First Market Update Dinner on 30 January at Photonics West. The dinner was a success, with Dr. Tom Hausken delivering an impactful Market Update presentation to 47 industry executives. The purpose of this dinner was to engage current OIDA Members as well as cultivate prospects interested in OIDA membership.

Save the Date: OIDA Executive Forum on the Exploding Role of Optics in Sensing

14 May 2018, Held in Conjunction with CLEO, San Jose, CA, USA

Optical sensing is critical to market segments such as mobility and automation, Big Data and AI. This OIDA Executive Forum will match applications leaders needing new solutions with early‐stage technologies in a range of sectors, spanning consumer to industrial markets. While the ultimate activity is "matchmaking," the emphasis will be on the end‐product vendors' needs and investor perspectives. Attend and learn about manufacturing issues related to these product areas and find solutions to tomorrow's sensing challenges.

Learn more

 

OSA PUBLISHING NEWS
In the March 2018 OPN: Culture in THz light; integrated-photonics roadmap; EUV light sources; and more

Feature articles:

• Cultural Artifacts in Terahertz Light
• A Roadmap for Integrated Photonics
• EUV Light Sources for Next-Gen Lithography

Check out the issue.

Credit: Courtesy of Junliang Dong et al.

OSA Publishing News

Applied Optics
New LED Train Lights Could Cut Energy Costs - R&D Magazine
LED-Based Headlight Meets Safety Requirements, Saves Energy - Photonics.com
Source Article:  Design of a high-efficiency train headlamp with low power consumption using dual half-parabolic aluminized reflectors 

Optics Express
Amazing 3D printed hyperspectral imagers can be mounted on drone - 3ders.org
Recipe for a Low-cost, Lightweight Hyperspectral Imager - Electronics360
Source Article: Do it yourself hyperspectral imager for handheld to airborne operations 

OSA Journals
 

OSA Publishing is Now on Twitter!

OSA Publishing is excited to announce the debut of our Twitter account. Follow @OSAPublishing for the latest in OSA Journal news, updates, and current research in optics and photonics. 

Recently Published Special Issues

Applied Optics
Imaging and Applied Optics 2018

Optics Express and Optical Materials Express
Nonlinear Optics 2017

Call for Papers

Applied Optics
Feature Issue: Optics in Ireland
Submission Deadline: 1 April 2018

Applied Optics and Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Feature Issue: Laser Interaction with Materials
Submission Opens: 1 April 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 May 2018

Optical Materials Express
Feature Issue: Optical Phase Change Materials
Submission Deadline: 1 April 2018

Feature Issue: Planar Oxide Photonic Materials and Devices
Submission Opens: 1 April 2018; Submission Deadline: 1 May 2018
 

MEETINGS CALENDAR AND DEADLINES

Make the most of your OSA Membership

As a valued OSA Member, you receive a wide range of exclusive benefits, including reduced prices for all OSA-managed meetings and conferences. Did you know that with just one meeting registration, membership pays for itself? Take advantage of your members-only pricing this year!

OSA Frontiers in Optics | Laser Science APS/DLS
16 - 20 September 2018, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Submission Deadline: 22 May 2018

CLEO
13 - 18 May 2018, San Jose, California, USA

OIDA Workshop on the Exploding Role of Optics in Sensing
14 May 2018 Held in Conjunction with CLEO, San Jose, CA, USA

 

OSA High-brightness Sources and Light-driven Interactions Congress
26 - 28 March 2018, Strasbourg, France

Collocated Topical Meetings:

High-intensity Lasers and High-field Phenomena
Mid-infrared Coherence Sources
Compact (EUV & X-ray) Light Sources

OSA Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics
3 - 6 April 2018, Hollywood, Florida, USA

Collocated Topical Meetings:

Clinical and Translational Biophotonics
Microscopy, Histopathology and Analytics
Optics and the Brain
Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy

OSA Imaging and Applied Optics
25 - 28 June 2018, Orlando, Florida, USA

Advance Registration Deadline: 29 May 2018

Collocated Topical Meetings:

3-D Image Acquisition and Display: Technology, Perception and Applications
Adaptive Optics: Methods, Analysis and Applications
Application of Lasers for Sensing & Free Space Communication
Applied Industrial Optics
Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging
Digital Holography & 3-D Imaging
Imaging Systems and Applications
Laser Applications to Chemical, Security and Environmental Analysis
Mathematics in Imaging
Propagation Through and Characterization of Atmospheric and Oceanic Phenomena

OSA Advanced Photonics Congress
2 - 5 July 2018, Zürich, Switzerland

Advance Registration Deadline: 4 June 2018

Collocated Topical Meetings:

Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity and Poling in Glass Waveguides & Materials
Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon, and Nano-Photonics
Nonlinear Photonics
Novel Optical Materials and Applications
Optical Sensors
Photonic Networks and Devices
Signal Processing in Photonic Communications
Specialty Optical Fibers

CLEO Pacific Rim 2018 
29 July - 3 August 2018, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Advanced Registration Deadline: 10 June 2018

 
 
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