May 2023 Issue
Feature Articles
Fifty Years of Fiber Solitons
The study of temporal solitons has revolutionized fiber optics, yielded new classes of ultrafast laser and opened multiple interdisciplinary applications.
by John M. Dudley, Christophe Finot, Goëry Genty and Roy Taylor
Breaking Barriers, Advancing Optics
OPN highlights the careers and perspectives of six Black trailblazers in optics and photonics.
by OPN Staff
The Race to Electronic Photography
A participant in some of the Kodak Research Lab’s early efforts in CCD-based imaging shares a view of the company’s contribution to the development of digital cameras.
by Richard K. AhrenkielDepartments and Columns
Research and Industry News
Throwing and catching single atoms / Monitoring heart rates / Boost for perovskite / “Cold” electrons to X-rays / Trapping nanoplastics / STEM education and workforce / Cuttlefish-like vision / Industry news
STEM Education & Workforce
A recent US National Science Foundation report shows both STEM education and employment have diversified over the past decade, yet underrepresentation is still present.
Light at the End of the Tunnel
SESAME beamline scientist Gihan Kamel talks with OPN about the synchrotron facility and what it means for the Middle East.
Guiding Light with Light
Howard Milchberg’s lab is working on atmospheric waveguides that could someday direct megawatt-scale beams across kilometer-scale distances.
Making Raman Imaging Faster
An approach that dramatically boosts the technique’s speed could eventually open clinical uses.
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Also in this Issue
Striving for Diversity in STEM
We need to make science and engineering welcoming to all.
30, 20, and 10 Years Ago in OPN
Forensic optics; mode-locked lasers; plasmonic communications
News from the Society
OFC makes waves in San Diego / Members named AAAS Fellows / Online fiber-sensing industry meeting / Light Conversations / Black and Hispanic student leaders gather / Level Up /Remembering Paul L. Kelley / Optica Fellow stories / CLEO 2023 / Thank you, editors and volunteers
Axicon Light
A diffractive axicon under LED illumination produces a system of colorful rings that form nearly Bessel beams.
