| Detecting Earthquakes with Optics |
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| Image credit: A visible fault zone in Iceland. [Getty Images] |
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| Optical Fiber’s Earthy Side |
For more than 50 years, high-quality, low-loss optical fiber has been enabling vast expansion of worldwide communications and the global internet—progress that was celebrated and extended at this month's all-virtual 2021 OFC Conference and Exhibition. But fiber optics can drive improvements in human welfare in a wide variety of other areas, too.
For example, this month OSA’s Optics & Photonics News reports on how researchers are leveraging fiber to detect and monitor earthquakes, map previously unknown underground faults, and keep tabs on other natural hazards and on activity in “smart” cities. There’s even talk about pressing the worldwide supply of unused, or dark, installed optical fiber into service as an earthquake early-warning system. |
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| Celebrating Pride Month |
| Learn how to get engaged with OSA’s diversity programming, and watch the Exploring Diversity & Visibility podcast featuring OSA members working towards inclusion as part of their career journey and the optics community. |
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| Optical Design and Fabrication Congress |
| Optical design and fabrication play an ever-increasing role in our modern society as more applications for optics are developed, especially in the areas of imaging, sensing, and illumination systems. |
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| Imaging and Applied Optics Congress |
| OSA’s Imaging and Applied Optics Congress brings together academics, industrial, and defense research perspectives to provide a comprehensive view of the latest developments in imaging and applied optical sciences. |
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| Honoring the Optics Community |
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| OSA Fellow Spotlight |
| "I see no limit…I see only a huge and intense light," says 2021 Fellow Giuseppe Strangi about the future of our field. Learn more about his approach to collaborations and research. |
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| Innovationspreis |
| Sir David Payne of the University of Southampton is the eighth recipient of the Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis awarded by the German foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung. |
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| Register today for the OSA 5G Summit |
The 5G Summit is a two-day program, 13-14 July, providing an overview of the entire ecosystem. Topics will include:
- Deployments & Use Cases
- Radio Technology
- Access Network Evolution and Open RAN
- Edge Computing
- Virtualization & Network Slicing
- Transport Network Evolution in the Dawn of 5G
- Scalability of Deployment
- Optical Access and Aggregation Networks
- Optical Transceivers & Photonic Devices Read more.
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| Connect With Talent Today! |
| As a niche online job board, WORKinOPTICS.com more efficiently connects employers, job seekers and consultants within the optics and photonics community. Read more. |
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| Participate Virtually |
| Join industry professionals for panels, tutorials and invited talks on overcoming challenges to deploy and commercialize new photonics products: 26 – 30 July. Read more. |
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