December 2022 Issue
Feature Articles
Optics in 2022
This special issue of Optics & Photonics News highlights exciting peer-reviewed optics research that has emerged over the past year.
2022 Photo Contest Winners
Congratulations to the winners of OPN’s 17th annual After Image photo contest!
Departments and Columns
Research and Industry News
Imaging CO2 emissions / Multiphoton entanglement / 3D microstructures / Heat-resistant heterostructures / Shaping electron beams / Perovskite optical fiber / Industry news
Creativity on Demand
The myths of the “creative genius” and the “Eureka moment” in science.
Adrian Korpel: A Life in Science
In his 90th-birthday year, five former students and a former postdoc pay tribute to a mentor, an Optica and IEEE Fellow and a significant figure at the interface of acoustics and optics.
Optics in 2023 & Beyond
Each December, OPN looks at interesting research results of the past year. But what about the year ahead? We asked several contributors to our “Optics in 2022” feature for thoughts on areas that might advance in 2023.
Evolution of Eyeglasses
The story of eyeglasses is a far-flung tale spanning centuries. Here are a few milestones in the shaping of optical materials to assist human vision.
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Also in this Issue
An Eventful Year
Leading Optica for a year was great experience.
30, 20, and 10 Years Ago in OPN
Data storage; phase-resolved functional OCT; optical clocks.
News from the Society
FiO+LS recap / Student Leadership / Treasurer’s Award / Officer elections / Optica Fellow stories / Optica Community / Strickland named Honorary Member / Diversity at FiO+LS / Read-and-publish agreements / 2022 Forman Team Award / Thank you, editors and volunteers
Krypton Clusters
Krypton clusters—produced from supersonic expansion in vacuum of krypton gas from a high-pressure nozzle—are irradiated by a high-power, few-cycle laser to produce soft X-rays.
