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10/18/2012 8:28:37 AM

Integrated Photonics for Communications

BY Dom Siriani

Much like yesterday, today my FiO/LS presentation selection seemed to have a theme. This time it was integrated photonics for the use in optical communications. It seems natural to have a large focus in this area, since it repeatedly is shown how the energy and cost per bit/sec must be reduced in order to keep up with consumer demand. It’s really remarkable how quickly user consumption on the internet has increased over a relatively short amount of time (think of how prominent video on demand has become in just a few years), and this poses significant challenges for developing the next generation of photonic devices and data transmission methodologies.

9/4/2012 10:34:11 AM

Video Highlights

BY Amy Sullivan

Every year, the chairs for Frontiers in Optics record short videos discussing what they consider to be the highlights of their sessions. While many people these days prefer videos to reading the content, I am not a video person myself. With a baby at home, all my work is done out at a coffee shop or at the library or in a shared office (or while she is sleeping) and I somehow always forget my headphones. For those of you who also prefer the written word, here are some summaries of the highlights that I listened to – there are many videos for the different sessions and I have only listened to a few so far.