March 2014 Issue
Feature Articles
Sea Change: The Challenges Facing Submarine Optical Communications
Cable providers are maximizing fiber optic network capacity, reach and value for increasingly advanced intercontinental communications. How vulnerable is an all-optical network to interruptions?
by Valerie C. CoffeyOptical Wireless Communications: The New “Hot Spots”?
Soon, indoor solid-state lighting may feed data to our electronic devices. “Li-Fi” could take some of the burden off crowded radio frequencies and open up new possibilities for communications and positioning applications.
by Patricia DaukantasMultimodal Nonlinear Optical Microscopy: From Biophotonics to Geophotonics
Nonlinear optical spectroscopies such as CARS and SRS offer rapid, label-free, chemical-specific imaging. And the ability to simultaneously deploy multiple modes of nonlinear imaging on a single sample is creating some striking new views of natural materials.
by Marco Andreana and Albert StolowDepartments and Columns
Headliners, policy news and industry updates.
Establishing a Women Professors Forum
A case study in establishing a successful professional network for advancing women scientists.
OFC plenary speaker Robert Tkach will discuss the evolution of optical fiber communications and what’s in store for the future of high-speed systems.
The Future of Fiber Deployment
OFC 2014 plenary speaker David Clark will address practical issues as well as more heady questions regarding the limits of data consumption.
Writing Resources for Non-Native-English-Speaking Scientists
Felipe Beltrán-Mejía offers a few tips toward meeting the challenges of writing scientifically in a second language.
Physclips: Opening a New Window into Optics Education
Physclips is a free online resource that adds another dimension to learning and teaching optics at the undergraduate level.
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