June 2021 Issue
Feature Articles
DAS: A Seismic Shift in Sensing
From earthquakes to smart cities, fiber can monitor systems in unprecedented detail.
by Edwin Cartlidge
OAM Light for Communications
Light carrying orbital angular momentum could eventually boost the capacity and performance of the optical communication system.
by Alan Eli Willner
2021 OSA Awards and Medals
OSA is proud to honor and celebrate outstanding contributions to science, research, engineering, education, industry and society.
by Meredith Smith, Kari Apter and Samantha HornbackDepartments and Columns
Research and Industry News
COVID-19 drug screening / Single-photon lidar / Laser cooling antihydrogen / Imaging pearl’s structure / Visualizing wing sounds / An “agricomb” / Post-Brexit R&D / Far-field holographic endoscopes / Efficient organic solar cells
Mirror, Mirror in the Tomb
Hollywood seems to believe that ancient people illuminated building interiors with multiple mirrors—but is it true?
Examining German Research Funding
An OSA Europe research director shares insights from his foray into the world of public research funding in the EU.
A Photonic Neuron
The light-driven building block at the heart of computers for next-gen machine learning.
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Also in this Issue
Getting the Full Picture
30, 20, and 10 Years Ago in OPN
The “face on Mars”; lasers track docking spacecraft; Hertz’s monumental discoveries.
News from the Society
OSA Fellow stories / Congrats, Alan Eli Wilner and new American Academy members / Innovation School / OSA Technical Group leaders / Honoring Karl Leo / Highlighting advocacy efforts / Commercializing copackaged optics / Thank you, editors and volunteers
