October 2014 Issue
Feature Articles
High-Energy Lasers: New Advances in Defense Applications
Directed-energy weapons systems could provide efficient, cost-effective countermeasures in an age of drones and other airborne threats. Recent scientific and engineering breakthroughs are bringing these systems closer to deployment.
by Valerie C. CoffeyLong-Reach Analog Photonics for Military Applications
In the increasingly digital world of electronic warfare, defense and signals intelligence, analog fiber optics and photonics still play a crucial enabling role.
by Vincent J. Urick, John F. Diehl, Joseph M. Singley, Christopher E. Sunderman and Keith J. WilliamsCompressive Sensing Demystified
A little knowledge about an incoming signal can enable superior performance from an inferior instrument.
by Frank Bucholtz and Jonathan M. NicholsOSC Turns 50
The story of the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences begins with Arizona’s amazing blue sky—blue sky that turns to jet-black night, attracting astronomers who want optics bigger and better than anything made before; and blue-sky thinking, inspiring breakthroughs in quantum optics and imaginative new technologies.
by Thomas KochDepartments and Columns
Scatterings News
Headliners, policy news, industry updates and book reviews.
Canadian Photonics: The Foundation for a Quantum Leap
Stakeholders at the national and local levels are committed to advancing the field of quantum technologies in Canada.
Exploring New Frontiers: Q&A with the 2014 FiO Speakers
Optics & Photonics News asked this year’s Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science (FiO/LS) plenary and awards ceremony speakers to tell us more about their work.
The Cost of Manufacturing Optics
In comparing the economics of producing integrated photonics with those of conventional CMOS, the devil is in the details.
