2015

OSA Optical Computing Incubator: Day 2

Optical Computing Incubator
Day 1 continued…

The afternoon session on day 1 addressed optical computing algorithms and was presided over by Dr. Mark Neifeld, from the University of Arizona. The focus of the session was on the identification of computational primitives and how their optical implementation is realized. The...

Added: 11 December 2015

OSA Optical Computing Incubator: Day 1

Optical Computing Incubator

Welcome to Day 1 of the OSA Optical Computing Incubator, held at OSA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. 9-11 Dec 2015. The topic of this meeting, optical computing, is a merging computing technology uses photons generated by lasers or other light source for higher bandwidth...

Added: 10 December 2015

OSA Levitated Optomechanics Incubator Part 2

Levitated Optomechanics Incubator Part 2

Day one continued…

To round out the earlier post, the final session from day 1 focussed on novel levitated systems. One of the hot developments in optomechanics is the coupling of atomic spin to mechanical motion, and Levi Neukirch from the University of Rochester...

Added: 04 December 2015

OSA Levitated Optomechanics Incubator

Manipulating Objects with Light

Welcome to day one of the OSA Levitated Optomechanics Incubator. Optomechanics is the study of the interaction of light with the mechanical motion of objects. Amazingly, mechanical resonators tens of microns in size have been cooled to...

Added: 03 December 2015

Adaptive Structured Illumination Incubator

What are the barriers for super-resolution at depth?
What are the fundamental limits in fibre imaging (resolution, correction, speed)?
What are the challenges of using structured illumination for in vivo imaging?

These are just a few of the questions that were explored at last week’s ...

Added: 19 November 2015

Adaptive Structured Illumination Incubator

Optical Biosensors Incubator Meeting Day 2

The second half of the Optical Biosensors Incubator deviated somewhat from the highly technical nature of the prior discussions. While several members did discuss progress in various scientific efforts, focus shifted to the broader topic of bringing biosensing technologies to market, and several discussions challenged all those in attendance to think critically on how the status quo relates to...

Added: 11 November 2015

Optical Biosensors Incubator Meeting

The OSA Optical Biosensors Incubator brings together the leading minds in the field to critically discuss key topics of central importance to this community: “labeled” as compared to “label-free” sensing, digital or single-molecule analyte detection, point-of-care applications, as well as commercialization of...

Added: 10 November 2015

Compact EUV & X-ray Light Sources Workshop

This year’s International Workshop on Compact EUV & X-ray Light Sources located in lovely Maastricht, Netherlands has come to a successful conclusion with the...

Added: 09 October 2015

Compact EUV & X-ray Light Sources Workshop

Next Steps for Label-free Optical Techniques in Diagnostics & Imaging

Last week’s Incubator on Label-free Optical Techniques for Biomedical Diagnostics & Imaging participants identified opportunities and challenges for label-free optical techniques and concluded with a clear call to continue the conversation. The hosts will continue...

Added: 22 September 2015