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A Universität Wien team presents the first successful demonstration of entanglement distribution via long antiresonant hollow-core optical fibers: https://bit.ly/46Lbq1t Published in #OPG_OpticaQ, the research highlights the low latency and low chromatic dispersion intrinsic to AR-HCF, which can increase the secure key rate in time-bin-based quantum key distribution protocols. The study sets the stage for AR-HCF-based quantum communication protocols and quantum photonic technologies. Written by: Michael Antesberger, Carla M. D. Richter, Francesco Poletti, Radan Slavík, Periklis Petropoulos, Hannes Hübel, Alessandro Trenti, Philip Walther, and Lee A. Rozema #quantum #quantumtechnology #technology #physics #STEM

An Optics Letters [#OPG_OL] study from Université de Caen Normandie reports on a low-threshold efficient yellow Dy-fiber laser with good beam quality featuring high-brightness pumping: https://bit.ly/4ceNncr The laser delivers a record-high output for yellow Dy-fiber lasers, with its performance simulated based on spectroscopic data and in good agreement with the research team’s experiment. Written by: Jonathan Demaimay, Esrom Kifle, Pavel Loiko, Florence Pau, Gilles Recoque, Thierry Georges, Thiphaine Rault, Laurine Bodin, Franck Joulain, Patrice Camy, and Alain Braud #lasers #laserscience #photonics #physics

✨July highlights - #ODIAC live at the sensing and imaging congress 🇫🇷 We had a great success at the Optica congress in #Toulouse, #France. I met lots of new Optica #friends. They really made my week. Thank you all for being there and participating! I was able to join some sessions during the week. I was impressed by the text book changing #science and #research they do. I look forward to learning and discussing more at future Optica meetings. Opticat was happy too! While the temperature hit 40 degC (104 degF) in some places in Japan, I also quickly visited #JAXA Tsukuba Space Center, the HQ of Japan's #earthobservation (#EO). One of the first things I did as a professional researcher was to visit JAXA and see the pre-launch #GOSAT instrument. Little did I know that I would become a witness to the success story of the #GHG #remotesensing that still continues. It was truly and honor to visit the exhibition with the father of the GOSAT TANSO #FTS, Dr akihiko kuze, who is also a long term Optica member. Thanks to the JAXA/Japan trip, I was super fortunate to quickly visit my family and celebrate my mother's birthday in person. Moving to another country is exciting, but being far from #family and #friends is probably the worst part. Am I doing good enough given what I have left behind? I constantly ask myself. "Home" by #Daughtry is my #BGM when I am coming back to Japan. "Be careful what you wish for..", he always reminds me how fortunate (and silly) I am. https://lnkd.in/e59Dr3jC Lastly, my #AGU abstract has been submitted. I was a bit worried due to some system issues in the submission system (you too?). I should've learned by now after many AGUs, but last minute submission should be avoided (sorry, my co-authors..). As always, there will be many exciting sessions. I hope to hit as many sessions and talks as possible. I look forward to seeing many of you in #DC later this year. Let me know if you would like to meet up. I will be there! JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency American Geophysical Union #opticasensing24 #opticaimaging24 #climate #environment #earthobservation #monitoring #measurement #GEMM #sensor #sdgs #sustainability #satellite #mitigation #climatemitigation

MODULAR SCALABLE Silicon Photonics GUARANTEED: INSIDE OpenLight WITH Adam Carter. We get many questions from young photonics companies trying to scale up production to serve new markets and increase their turnover. And that’s where Optica can help. We have access to the leading CEOs and CTOs in over 600 photonics businesses who have a wealth of experience and are willing to share their advice with others. NEW INTERVIEW SERIES In this long-form interview series hosted on our YouTube channel, we explore the business strategies being developed by industry leaders. I’m joined at the questioner's table by Michael Hochberg, an authority in the Silicon Photonics industry. https://lnkd.in/d9TPJexs For this edition, we sat down with Dr Adam Carter, the CEO at OpenLight. Formed as a joint venture between Juniper Networks and Synopsys Inc, the company has a proven ability to integrate lasers, optical amplifiers, DFBs, EA-modulators, and photodetectors on a single chip. They grant their customers access to a comprehensive library of photonics components that are heterogeneously integrated on the PASIC. OpenLight’s approach removes the need to source and package separate lasers on silicon photonics chips and improves device performance. In our interview, Adam explains that their approach will be key to producing next-generation, pluggable transceivers for datacenters and AI/ML applications. We discuss their partnership with Optica corporate member Jabil. This move is to meet the needs of the global Silicon Photonics market, which, according to some reports, is expected to grow in value to around US$8.3 billion by 2030. Earlier this year, they also announced a strategic partnership with Optica member VLC Photonics (Hitachi Group), an end-to-end integrated photonics services firm, now part of the Hitachi group. VLC Photonics now offers design and test services using the OpenLight process design kit (PDK). The collaboration increases the number of designs that OpenLight can support at any one time on the Tower Semiconductor PH18DA process. Who is Adam? Dr Adam Carter has more than 25 years of experience at large and small companies. He is perhaps best known for being chief commercial officer at Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT), Cisco, and, earlier, at Oclaro at the time of its acquisition by Lumentum. Originally from the UK, we started by asking Adam to sketch what it was like when the Telecom Bubble burst at the start of this Millennium. I hope you enjoy this conversation. Feedback encouraged.

From 5-9 August at the YSU Tsakhadzor student guesthouse took place the 5th jubilee edition of Physics & We summer camp. During the 5 days-long camp thanks to teamwork the participants designed, assembled, and digitized a spectrometer that is able to distinguish various liquids; measure and visualize the concentration of different compounds in the mixed solution through data processing and training algorithms. The camp offered an educational program to prepare next-generation researchers and engineers. The camp was full of memorable and fun moments: games, movies, and of course the Olympic games where Armenian athletes were competing for medals. The organizers of the camp - YSO Student Chapter and #IPRArmenia Optica Student Chapter, thank our sponsors SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, Optica, Yerevan State University, The Institute for Physical Research of NAS RA, The RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Higher Education and Science Committee, Thorlabs, Advanced Technologies Group, PhotonicsAI Lab, VUB B-PHOT Brussels Photonics for their great support. Stay tuned and see you next year 😉

We were thrilled to have Jose Pozo from Optica visit the Photonics Innovation Center! He captured the essence of our work in this fantastic video. 🎥 🙏 Thank you, Jose, for highlighting our efforts and sharing our vision with the world. Check out his video to see what we're all about! ⚡️

The first-ever Global Photonics Economic Forum will take place on 1 - 2 October 2024, in Malaga, Spain. Dubbed the "Davos of Photonics," this forum positions Malaga as the place where the future relationship between semicon and photonics is debated, discussed, and decided. With 50 speakers already confirmed, nine keynotes, and six panel discussions over two days, this meeting of the minds is a place for serious business. The first panel on Tuesday, 1 October follows a tradition established in the popular Optica Executive Forum at OFC: the panelists for the CEO Panel in Malaga will all be industry leaders. They will debate and discuss the future of photonics, discussing key topics such as the current unpredictable geopolitics and what this means for export control, mergers and acquisitions, and the vertical integration of major corporations. The panel will also address the challenges that new technologies face when competing in established markets, providing strategic insights on how disruptive scaleups can navigate these obstacles. This discussion promises to trigger many meaningful connections! For the full 2-day agenda check this link: https://lnkd.in/dQxtttgB Register Here: https://ow.ly/Jh5S50RK4Xp

Meet the #OpticaLaser24 plenary speakers! Fusion energy, distortion-free light for communication, and realizing the shift toward a smart society are all coming together at the Optica Laser Congress and Exhibition with speakers: Tammy Ma, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Andrew Forbes, University of the Witwatersrand Susumu Noda, Kyoto University Have you registered? Secure your spot by 24 September to save on registration rates: https://lnkd.in/eJU6yXYV #fusion #fusionenergy #opticalcommunication #semiconductors #laserscience

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Jump into machine learning at #FIO24 with Dirk Englund, Massachusetts Institute of Technology! As a visionary speaker and professor of electric engineering and computer science at MIT, Englund’s presentation will cover compiling machine intelligence on optoelectronic systems. Register by 27 August to save on rates: https://bit.ly/3XZYWkb #machinelearning #computerscience