![current issue magazine cover](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/articles/2016/1609/features/kentico-cover-sep16.jpg?t=638452534755368851)
September 2016 Issue
Feature Articles
![](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/articles/2016/1609/features/coffey-360x270-thumb.jpg?t=638452534725772268)
Advanced OCT: Making Waves in the Market
Optical coherence tomography is poised for further growth thanks to a new wave of progress in applications with commercial potential. Here’s a cross-sectional survey of OCT advances making their way from concept to market.
by Valerie C. Coffey![](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/articles/2016/1609/features/wax-360x270-thumb_1.jpg?t=638452534757887243)
Found in Translation: Biophotonics from Lab to Clinic
The path from a promising proof-of-concept to a successful product in the hands of physicians is not an easy one. But the effort is worth it.
by Adam Wax and Ken Chu![](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/articles/2016/1609/features/wills-360x270-thumb_1.jpg?t=638452534789807863)
OSA Centennial Snapshots: OCT and the Flowering of Biophotonics
From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, government funding and interdisciplinary innovation combined to launch optical coherence tomography—a milestone in biomedical optics.
by Stewart WillsDepartments and Columns
![](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/articles/2016/1609/departments/news-360x270.jpg?t=638452534692749451)
Research and Industry News
![](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/articles/2016/1609/departments/career-360x270.jpg?t=638452534666710221)
OSA Ambassadors: Inspiring the Next Generation
Emerging leaders in the field share career advice and technical knowledge with students and young professionals.
![](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/articles/2016/1609/departments/view-360x270.jpg?t=638452534722194388)
The Deceptive Allure of Sci-Hub
OSA Executive Editor Alison Taylor and OSA Fellow Joseph Izatt offer a perspective on the world’s largest illegal purveyor of scientific papers—and its potential to damage science.
![](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/articles/2016/1609/departments/convo-360x270.jpg?t=638452534681017740)
Brexit: A View from the U.K. Photonics Business
In the view of one expert on the British photonics scene, the near-term impacts could be limited, and “keep calm and carry on” could be the best mantra in the referendum’s wake.
![](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/articles/2016/1607/departments/thorlabs-360x270-thumb.jpg?t=638452534568926879)
Thorlabs: Designing a Business, Part 2
Thorlabs founder and chief executive Alex Cable describes some specific strategic choices—and adaptations—that have kept the company close to customer needs across more than two and a half decades.
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Also in this Issue
Special Moments
“An anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday and the hopes of tomorrow.” —Anonymous