December 2015 Issue
Feature Articles
This special issue of Optics & Photonics News highlights the most exciting peer-reviewed optics research to have emerged over the past 12 months.
by Guest Editors: Robert D. Guenther and colleagues
Congratulations to the winners of OPN’s 10th annual After Image photo contest. And thanks to each of you who submitted one of the nearly 70 amazing photos we received.
by Judges: Mihaela Dinu, Dmitry Dylov, Alexandre Fong, Bob D. Guenther, Brooke Hester, Bob Jopson, Nick Lambert, Arlene Smith, Zuleykhan Tomova and Stephen R. WilkDepartments and Columns
Headliners and industry updates.
As the International Year of Light comes to a close, OSA Member Tuan Vo-Dinh reflects on how light-based technologies are empowering the developing world.
OSA Members Michael Liehr, Thomas Koch, Nick Usechak and Tom Hausken talk about how the new AIM Photonics initiative will work to close the gap between university research and commercial investment.
Strategic Skills for Scientists
Benjamin Franta discusses methods for turning what you have into what you need to get what you want.
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![Researcher Clara Saraceno in the lab. [Image by Carsten Behler Photography]](https://opnmedia.blob.core.windows.net/$web/opn/media/images/articles/2025/1025/departments/202510-cover-web.jpg?ext=.jpg)
