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December 2023

Breaking Barriers, Advancing Optics,

Advance in technology paves the way to realistic 3D holograms for virtual reality,

Light-based computing scheme reduces power needed to mine cryptocurrencies,

Possible Through Light: Perspectives from early-career professionals,

Coming Soon: Optica Quantum, Industry Professionals Making A Difference and Community MattersOptica Member Newsletter

Optics in 2023—and Beyond
Image Credit: K. Singh, University of the Witwatersrand
Each year, the December issue of Optica’s Optics & Photonics News highlights 30 of the most exciting recent research stories in optics and photonics, selected by a panel of guest editors for their particular value and interest to the optics community. This year’s summaries offer a look at innovative new work in areas from distortion-free structured light to the thinnest-yet entangled-photon source to photoacoustic endoscopy based on fiber optics and ptychographic imaging of highly periodic structures.

OPN also asked six of the scientists whose research was included in the issue to take a look ahead and give their thoughts on areas that might advance in the coming years. In another special December feature, the magazine’s annual photo contest highlights impressive and beautiful images with optical themes submitted by members.
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X-ray Method Enables Micron-resolution Imaging
Image Credit: Rebecca Spiecker, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
In this featured article from Optica, researchers describe how they developed a new X-ray imaging system that uses dedicated, highly efficient X-ray optics and single-photon-counting detectors to boost the dose efficiency for full-field imaging at micrometer resolution.
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Researchers Extend Non-line-of-sight Imaging
Image Credit: Xiaolong Hu, Tianjin University
In this featured article from Optics Express, researchers reveal a new superconducting nanowire single-photon detector that acts as a very sensitive eye for seeing an object hidden around a corner. This detector outperforms other single-photon detectors in terms of detection efficiency in the near and mid-infrared spectral ranges, making it possible to perform non-line-of-sight imaging at longer wavelengths.
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Traveling Lecturer Series: Voyage to Lithuania
Image Credit: University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
In the November Optica blog, discover how Raymond C. Rumpf, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), traveled to Kaunas, Lithuania as part of Optica’s Traveling Lecturer program. Optica’s Student Chapter at the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) invited Rumpf to visit and share his expertise with students and faculty.
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Industry Professionals Making A Difference
 Image Credit: Enrique Galvez
Fellow Insight—Innovation
Enrique Galvez's favorite part of the research process is to “figure out a problem and confirm it in the laboratory.” He continues, “it is a give and take because we are always wrong and nature is always right. We just have to figure out the mechanism.”
 
Image Credit: Praneeth Chakravarthula
Senior Member Insights
OPN talks with Praneeth Chakravarthula, a newly appointed assistant professor in the department of computer science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
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The 2024 Optica Ambassadors
Image Credit: Optica Foundation
The Optica Foundation congratulates the new class of Ambassadors.
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