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May 2022 Issue
Feature Articles
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Complex-Light Lasers
Tailoring modal competition inside lasers is enabling novel sources of complex light—and new approaches to light-based computation.
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New Optics for Cars
Headlight and display technologies promise brighter views of the road and of driver controls but also raise challenges in automotive safety.
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Multiresonant Fiber Gratings
The mode control enabled by specialized gratings allows simultaneous sensing of multiple parameters in a single fiber strand—a potential game-changer.
by Christophe Caucheteur, Tuan Guo and Jacques AlbertDepartments and Columns
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Research and Industry News
Rapid plasma accelerators / Mitochondrial microlenses / Ultrathin fibers for optogenetics / Mimicking butterfly wings / Harvesting radio waves / Chicago Quantum Exchange / Equity in universities / Improving scintillation
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User-Centered Smart Homes
The success of smart-home technology will depend on users making it part of their everyday routines. User-centered smart-home solutions focus on different needs for different stages of life.
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CLEO 2022 Returns to the Stage
Optica Fellows Hui Cao and Peter J. Delfyett are among four plenary speakers featured at this year’s hybrid live/online conference.
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The Aureole Effect
Examining an optical phenomenon that makes an observer look like an angel.
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Laser Acceleration of Proton Beams
A technique using high-intensity light pulses could advance research on cancer therapies.
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Thoughts in a Time of War
All of our thoughts are with our friends and colleagues in Ukraine.
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30, 20, and 10 Years Ago in OPN
Ultrafast optical and optoelectronic phenomena; diode lasers and the laser market; discovery of deuterium
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News from the Society
OFC recap / Brown named Institute of Optics Director / Standing with Ukraine / New Optica CTO builds industry ties / Optica Fellow stories / Amplify Scholarship / High-brightness Congress in Budapest / NSBP at Optica / Thank you, editors and volunteers
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Analog metacrystal
Sectional views of a solid crystal detailing the inner structure of a computed optical system where encryption is defined by the topological structure.