Optics & Photonics News - February 2015

Optics & Photonics News Magazine
February 2015 Issue

Feature Articles

One stumbling block for the promise of 3-D AR displays is visual fatigue. New approaches combining integral imaging and freeform optics could help overcome that challenge.

by Hong Hua and Bahram Javidi

Harnessing On-Chip SBS

Stimulated Brillouin scattering—a familiar nonlinear effect in macroscopic systems such as fiber optics—is finding new applications in communication, quantum manipulation and microwave filtering in an era of integrated photonics.

by Irina Kabakova, David Marpaung, Christopher Poulton and Benjamin Eggleton

Meet OSA’s 2015 Fellows

OSA is pleased to announce the new Fellow Members for 2015. From among 151 candidates, 76 OSA members were elected for their significant contributions to the advancement of optics and photonics, as confirmed by the Board of Directors at its meeting in October 2014.

by Kari Apter and Belinda Acre

Departments and Columns

Scatterings

Headliners, policy news, industry updates and book reviews.

Viewpoint

Science and Activism

Does campaigning for social change have a place in the scientific identity?

Optics Innovations

OLED Versus LCD: Who Wins?

Zhenyue Luo and Shin-Tson Wu analyze liquid-crystal display and organic light-emitting diode technologies to see which one will dominate the market.

Conversations in Optics

The Healing Side of Light