Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast

The latest roundup of some of the most interesting and exciting news impacting the photonics industry! 

This episode kicks off a new monthly interview series presented by EPIC, the European Photonics Industry Consortium, that will showcase the people and companies enriching and advancing the photonics industry. In this edition, EPIC’s Dr. Ivan Nikitski talks with Pim Kat, CEO of Amazec Photonics, and Eelko Brinkhoff, the incoming CEO of PhotonDelta.  

In this episode, Justine Murphy talks with Hagen Zimer, CEO of Laser Technology at Trumpf. He's got many years of experience in the laser industry, and a clear and true passion for all things photonics.

This episode features Dr. Nikhil Balram, CEO of Mojo Vision. He has a Ph. D. in electrical engineering, and more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor and display industries. He’s also received several awards, including a Gold Stevie Award for Executive of the Year in the electronics category and the Otto Schade Prize from the Society for Information Display.

In this episode, we talk with Andres Chavarria, the technical director of LUNA Innovations. He’s the former technical director at OptaSense, and has more than 20 years of experience in the field. He now focuses on fiber optic sensing tools for a variety of applications and industries, from smart infrastructure and telecommunications to energy, earth, and engineering systems.

The latest roundup of some of the most interesting and exciting news impacting the photonics industry! 

This episode features Sam Rubin, CEO of LightPath Technologies. He says he’s an engineer at heart who got his start in the optics industry alongside his father before founding xLight Photonics. He talks about his experiences in optics and photonics, including the many years he spent in various roles at Thorlabs.

This episode features Mike Dunne and Greg Hays, from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The pair are part of a team that’s now making some exciting high-energy upgrades to the Linac Coherent Light Source, meant to help researchers and technologies advance.

This episode features a really interesting chat with Mike Noonen, CEO of Swave Photonics. He talks about the company's work with holography and other photonics technologies, and what it all means for the future.

Here's the latest roundup of some of the most interesting and exciting news impacting the photonics industry! 

This episode features Cory Boone, technical marketing manager at Edmund Optics. An engineering, optics, and marketing guru, he's very active in educational outreach, he creates the company's popular YouTube and TikTok videos, and has even authored a children’s book ("Larry Laser Finds His Spark") to share the fun of STEM with future generations.

This episode features Dr. Teresa Pace, an engineering fellow with L3Harris, and an algorithm and data architect with the Strategy & Technology office in the Integrated Mission Systems segment. She has an extensive career, which includes time as a chief engineer for Lockheed Martin. She also holds an impressive 14 patents and her work has been featured in 80 publications.

This episode features a chat with OpenLight CEO Dr. Adam Carter, a semiconductor communications industry veteran with an impressive 25-year track record. He’s also been instrumental in the growth and turnarounds of some of the world’s leading optics businesses and manufacturers.

Here's the latest roundup of some of the most interesting and exciting news impacting the photonics industry!  Funding advances photonics technologies Thermal metasurface design controls itself Laser tech boosts greenhouse gas detection Team bridges standard and quantum internet

In this episode of Following the Photons, we talk with Dr. Shari Worthington, a professor of entrepreneurship and marketing at Suffolk University in Boston who (among several other roles) is president of Telesian Technology, a management and marketing firm that works with technology startups and Fortune 500 companies like MKS Instruments, Raytheon, and Apple.

Your biweekly roundup of some of the most interesting and exciting news impacting the photonics industry! This week... Recent acquisitions and mergers impacting the photonics industry Development of a chip-based tractor beam for bio imaging SLAC National Accelerator Lab's high-energy upgrades for LCLS LightPath Tech advancing the military’s F-35 combat aircraft program  

This episode features Catalin Neacsu, vice president of business development at TAU Systems. He has experience in an array of photonics industry sectors, from physics research to sales, and now has a direct hand in some of the most advanced innovations in the world.

Your biweekly roundup of some of the most interesting and exciting news impacting the photonics industry! This week... University of Bonn researchers can now imprint a simple lattice structure on a super photon, which could someday make communication tap-proof A team at Synopsys has designed a first-of-its-kind comprehensive virtual prototyping platform for system-level imaging IPG Photonics has o...

Check out this really interesting interview with Caroline Boudoux, Ph. D., a renowned leader in the photonics and optics industry. She wears many hats, including professor of Engineering Physics at Polytechnique Montréal, and researcher at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital in Montréal, the University of Montréal's Biomedical Engineering Institute, and the Center for Optics, Photonics, and Las...

Presenting another edition of Light News… a quick roundup of some of the coolest, most exciting news impacting the photonics industry. Let’s go follow those photons!

This episode features Dave Shelton, president and CEO of AmeriCOM, a Workforce Training Initiative and Defense Precision Optics Consortium. Dave is a subject matter expert in infrared detectors, radiometry, and electro-optical infrared systems engineering who has worn many hats in the optics and defense industries.  

Introducing our biweekly Light News! It's a quick roundup of some of the coolest, most exciting news in the photonics industry. Let’s follow those photons!

This edition of Following the Photons features Anthony Musto, VP of sales and marketing at Fast Photonics, a company that provides fiber optic components to telecommunications, high-performance computing, data center, and AI customers. We talk about his more than 40 years of experience in the microwave, telecommunications, and fiber optics industries—including as founder of both Optium Corporation...

In this episode, we talk with Jorn Smeets from PhotonDelta, a European integrated photonics ecosystem that has expanded into Silicon Valley in California. After several years as the organization's Chief Marketing Officer and Board Member, he has been named Managing Director for the organization’s North America region, a role in which he aims to accelerate the photonic chip industry by building col...

In this episode, host Justine Murphy talks with Christophe Maleville, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of Innovation at Soitec. He joined the company just after its founding in 1993, and has been a driving force behind joint research activities alongside CEA-Leti. Christophe’s experience extends even further, too, as an author or co-author of 30 research papers who hold...