From space exploration and quantum optics, to biomedical imaging and defense, today’s top scientific minds are using lasers, spectroscopy, sensors, and optics to deliver cutting-edge innovation to our society. In intimate conversations with those pushing the boundaries of human knowledge, “All Things Photonics” spotlights photonics industry progress from beyond the lab. Hear how 3D printed microscopes — and those developed for a fraction of the cost — offer our best hope for diagnosing disease in the developing world; why spectroscopy might be the most valuable tool in the crime scene technicians’ arsenal; how light can motorize drug delivery; and how the quantum casc...
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Sep 29, 2026 · 22:29
All Things Photonics is teaming up with the Journal Optica to bring you insights on the latest studies leading to breakthroughs in optics and photonics. What do nanophotonics and…
Sep 15, 2026 · 30:34
Optotune vice president of sales and marketing, Marco Pigozzi, answers the titular question of our episode, introducing a 15-part framework that identifies and answers why…
Sep 1, 2026 · 35:18
Cyclospora, an intestinal parasite, has sickened more than 22,000 Americans. The recent outbreak has been linked to contaminated lettuce from central Mexico that was later…
Aug 18, 2026 · 21:05
For young professionals in the optics and photonics industry, it can be hard to feel seen. There are long nights in the lab and big ambitions that drive these individuals to try…
Aug 4, 2026 · 15:15
One of the most exciting technologies being commercialized in the photonics space is the metalens. Metalenses are flat, lightweight optical components that manipulate light with…
Jul 21, 2026 · 27:01
A light-based process could not only reduce plastic waste, but it could also create a new path towards harvesting the materials needed for clean fuel. Xiao Lu is a Ph.D.…
Jul 7, 2026 · 14:40
Ultrafast lasers are transforming how optical and photonic systems are designed, fabricated, and integrated. This evolving approach to processing offers a fundamentally different…
Jun 23, 2026 · 38:06
In April, Artemis II launched on a 10-day voyage around the moon. It was humanity’s first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. Along with its four astronauts, it carried a…
Jun 9, 2026 · 23:17
Leading groups among the scientific community are expressing their concerns over proposed White House budget cuts. America may sit on top of the mountain when it comes to…
May 26, 2026 · 25:52
imec and Ghent University researcher, Bart Kuyken, discusses his group’s recent Nature Photonics paper. The micro-transfer printing process, material platforms utilized, and…
May 19, 2026 · 34:41
Xavier Lafosse, commercial technology director, precision glass solutions at Corning, discusses how data center dynamics are ushering in a new era for optical materials —…
May 12, 2026 · 38:38
Unmanned aircraft, like drones, have become a weapon of choice. They are effective and cheap to produce, but the systems to stop them are not. Laser- and microwave-based systems…
Apr 28, 2026 · 25:39
Computing with light can enable high-performance compute with dramatically lower energy use and reduced heat. Q.Ant is a Stuttgart-based photonic computing scale-up, leading the…
Apr 21, 2026 · 35:04
In this discussion with Omega Optical’s David Ventola, a leading authority on diffraction technology, "All Things Photonics" navigates the complete gratings value chain, from…
Apr 14, 2026 · 15:55
"All Things Photonics" is teaming up with the journal Optica to bring you insights on the latest studies leading to breakthroughs in optics and photonics. Quantum key…
Mar 31, 2026 · 39:54
Before today’s ubiquitous technologies became tangible products, they began with a research proposal. The journal Optica prides itself on publishing high-impact peer-reviewed…
Mar 17, 2026 · 33:58
Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology made headlines five years ago when Pfizer and Moderna vaccines arrived in the fight against COVID-19. Today, mRNA research is expanding into…
Mar 3, 2026 · 46:21
Every White House administration has its priorities. Government reform and the elimination of waste are among President Donald Trump's top priorities. Cutting down on waste is…
Mar 2, 2026 · 32:46
Optikos Corporation CEO and founder Stephen Fantone joins the podcast. In this exclusive interview, Fantone discusses the pathways and opportunities that professional…
Feb 17, 2026 · 41:47
XR technology has moved from a novelty to something more ubiquitous, with real applications in communication, training, entertainment, and much more. Helping propel these systems…
Feb 3, 2026 · 23:14
Online crooks commit what’s called “harvest-now-decrypt-later” attacks to record data in transit to later decode for all the valuable information. There is a way to stop it, but…
Jan 20, 2026 · 18:44
We are teaming up with the journal Optica to bring you insights into the latest studies driving breakthroughs in optics and photonics. Traditional magnetometers are big and can…
Jan 6, 2026 · 18:48
The interference with satellites actively in use for military operations is a real threat to security and civilian safety. But laser communication could provide a deployable…
Jan 5, 2026 · 21:23
The start of the new year means the return of the biggest event in our industry, SPIE’s Photonics West. Returning to the Moscone Center in San Francisco for its 31st year, the…
Dec 23, 2025 · 25:43
From TVs to AR/VR headsets, tech giants have always pushed for the highest picture resolution. That push may soon come to an end after researchers demonstrate the smallest pixels…
Dec 9, 2025 · 51:59
We are teaming up with Optica to bring you insights into the latest studies that are leading to breakthroughs in optics and photonics. In this episode, we’re joined by, Jannick…
Dec 8, 2025 · 27:09
PhotonDelta CEO Eelko Brinkhoff joins the podcast to discuss the recently concluded PIC Summit Europe. It is no secret that the present need to upscale in the PICs sector is top…
Nov 25, 2025 · 28:31
The global race to realize the potential of laser fusion is heating up. We’ve already seen ignition; now the question is, how do we get to commercialization? Focused Energy is…
Nov 11, 2025 · 20:40
While the threat of MPOX may not be making headlines in the U.S., the virus is still present. The World Health Organization says it has been on the rise in more than 40…
Oct 28, 2025 · 23:51
Detailed digital displays are leaping out of our video games and onto the front lines. Vuzix specializes in AI-powered smart glasses, waveguides, and augmented reality. It just…
Oct 14, 2025 · 17:57
A conversation with Tal Carmon, a professor at Tel Aviv University, who led the team behind the recently unveiled method of photonic origami. The conversation covers the…
Sep 30, 2025 · 38:42
There is an ever-growing demand for power, whether it is to supply electricity for our power-hungry AI servers or to keep the lights on in more homes. Inertial confinement fusion…
Sep 29, 2025 · 35:52
Photonics industry luminary Jason Eichenholz discusses hollow core fiber (HCF). Eichenholz is co-founder and CEO of Relativity Networks, a Florida-based startup pioneering the…
Sep 16, 2025 · 30:07
In the lead-up to the European Conference on Optical Connectivity 2025 in Copenhagen, “All Things Photonics” chats with OIF board president Nathan Tracy and board member Mike…
Sep 15, 2025 · 31:48
Professor Graham Reed is a pioneer in silicon photonics. In 1989, he founded the Silicon Photonics group at the University of Surrey, and in 2012, Professor Reed brought his team…
Sep 2, 2025 · 26:50
Photonic technologies are already being used to battle cardiovascular disease, but emerging technologies could further advance the treatment and diagnosis of the world’s leading…
Aug 19, 2025 · 22:35
Mike McKee, undergraduate advisor at the University of Central Florida's College of Optics and Photonics (UCF CREOL), and high school student Griffin Whiteside, a rising…
Aug 18, 2025 · 33:37
We may not all be experts in the field of quantum nonlinear photonics, but we can all appreciate the applications it could advance. Whether it is in medical diagnostics or LIDAR…
Aug 5, 2025 · 16:31
Jasper Stackawitz, a rising senior at Pennsbury High School in Pennsylvania and recipient of the 2025 Teddi C. Laurin Scholarship, discusses his path to the world of photonics…
Aug 4, 2025 · 39:59
Garrett Cole, associate professor at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences, has returned to academia after working with famed research labs and turning his own work into a…
Jul 22, 2025 · 26:50
Søren Friis, head of sales and business development at NLIR, breaks down the technique of MIR spectroscopy, overviewing technology, applications, and instrumentation. As a key…
Jul 8, 2025 · 27:10
Long thought of as a technology of the future, holographic displays are now making their way to the commercial market. In this episode, Avalon Holographics CEO Wally Haas…
Jun 24, 2025 · 28:02
Reza Chaji, CEO of VueReal, discusses current challenges in micro-LED display technologies, and the potential of VueReal’s MicroSolid Printing platform to address them, as well…
Jun 23, 2025 · 17:11
Laser World of Photonics is one of the top trade shows for the laser and photonics industry. Tens of thousands of visitors from around the world will travel to Munich to take…
Jun 10, 2025 · 31:02
Aldas Juronis, CEO of EKSPLA, discusses key parameters in the design and manufacture of industrial laser systems in this final episode before the start of Laser World of…
Jun 9, 2025 · 37:09
A group of bipartisan lawmakers formed the Optics and Photonics Caucus back in 2020. At that time, the U.S., along with the rest of the world, was grappling with the pandemic and…
May 27, 2025 · 51:56
Time travel is not just theoretical, it’s proven. But that doesn’t mean we are anywhere close to a functioning time machine just yet. Professor Ron Mallett has been fascinated…
May 13, 2025 · 46:56
Free space optical communication could offer high speed connectivity without the need of optical fibers. That's where groups like Attochron come in. They are actively working to…
May 12, 2025 · 34:30
No one can be sure how this current trade war between the U.S. and China will end. But we’re feeling its impacts every day. While no person or business can escape the effects of…
Apr 29, 2025 · 23:48
Additive manufacturing garners considerable attention — but the methods and underlying technology often take a back seat to the remarkable designs and properties of finished…
Apr 15, 2025 · 30:23
Graphene’s recent and ongoing ascent into commercial applications and consumer devices is the focus of our conversation with Andy MacInnes, chief development officer at Paragraf.…
Apr 14, 2025 · 38:31
Dr. Frank Winkler, at Heidelberg University focuses on the emerging field of cancer neuroscience, and the way brain cancers proceed. Winkler has used two-photon imaging to…
Apr 1, 2025 · 30:35
Martin Richardson, director of the University of Central Florida’s Center for Directed Energy, joins us to discuss the progression of directed energy technology, from historic…
Mar 18, 2025 · 23:11
Iñigo Artundo, CEO of photonic test and design house VLC Photonics, breaks down the function of test as it relates to PICs and integrated photonics. How developers advance chip…
Mar 17, 2025 · 35:41
John Ballato is a professor of materials science and engineering at Clemson University. He knows the importance of glass in the photonics industry, even if some downplay its…
Mar 4, 2025 · 18:15
For this episode, we are joined by Brad Booth, CEO of NLM Photonics, the developer of a hybrid electro-optic technology combining high-performance organic materials with…
Mar 3, 2025 · 17:36
Lightmatter is pushing the envelope of AI interconnect and networking standards. It’s all in an effort to bring AI infrastructure into a photonic era. MIT graduate Nick Harris…
Feb 18, 2025 · 29:17
Discussions around packaging — the art, the challenge, and the roadmap — have ramped up over the last 18 months. A bona fide industry trend, packaging is commanding the focus of…
Feb 10, 2025 · 29:15
The photonics industry is booming. Technological advancements and increasing demand are driving this growth. But in America, the workforce needed to drive this boom is struggling…
Jan 20, 2025 · 14:14
In the premiere episode of Spotlight, from "All Things Photonics," Dr. Andrew Brown with SPIE joins us to preview this year's Global Business Forum at Photonics West in San…
Dec 17, 2024 · 1:17:17
In season ten’s finale, "All Things Photonics" speaks with its first knighted guest: Sir David Payne, Director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of…
Dec 10, 2024 · 51:08
Lightwave Logic CEO Michael Lebby discusses his company’s electro-optic polymer technology, what it means for the data center and artificial intelligence industries, and his…
Dec 3, 2024 · 1:19:17
David Shelton, President and CEO of AmeriCOM, discusses ongoing efforts to strengthen the United States’ optical manufacturing industry and how they relate to defense and…
Nov 19, 2024 · 44:49
Ji-Xin Cheng, professor at Boston University, discusses the future of biophotonics and the challenges it still faces. Cheng shares more on what drives him to continue his…
Nov 12, 2024 · 51:16
Lieven Penninc, founder of planar optics modeling software developer PlanOpSim, offers perspective on the meta-optics technology boom. Sam Rubin, CEO of LightPath Technologies,…
Oct 29, 2024 · 1:02:19
Senior editor Joe Kuczynski speaks with Javier Elizalde, COO of Wooptix, about the company’s wavefront phase imaging technology. Following that, EPIC’s Antonio Castelo catches up…
Oct 15, 2024 · 30:58
Terry Thorn, vice president commercial operations at optical interconnect solutions developer Ayar Labs, discusses the ever-evolving road to overcoming AI system bottlenecks, and…
Oct 1, 2024 · 37:41
In the inaugural episode of Season 10, we discuss GlobalFoundries’ Fotonix project and the potential of silicon photonics with Anthony Yu, Vice President of GlobalFoundries’…
Jun 4, 2024 · 39:18
The episode begins with on-site interviews from EPIC’s Technology Meeting for Photonics in XR, held in Helsinki, Finland. Guests include Stefan Steiner, CEO of LightTrans…
May 21, 2024 · 56:48
Optics and photonics luminary Paul McManamon is our guest for a discussion on advanced ranging and detection capabilities across environments and applications areas. McManamon, a…
May 7, 2024 · 56:44
Photonics Media comes to you from onsite at the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC). The episode features fireside chats with…
Apr 23, 2024 · 34:04
Paul Prucnal, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Center for Network Security and Access (CNSA) at Princeton, and Bhavin Shastri, assistant…
Apr 9, 2024 · 46:22
As an endowed professor at The University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics (UCF CREOL), Andrea Blanco-Redondo focuses on some of the most exciting topics in…
Mar 26, 2024 · 57:09
Silicon photonics’ evolution from application shrouded in uncertainty to discipline harboring vast application potential has commanded the attention of those in and beyond the…
Mar 12, 2024 · 42:47
Zubin Jacob, Purdue University Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, discusses the convergence of thermal imaging and artificial intelligence. The…
Feb 27, 2024 · 27:50
The conceptualization, development, and rollout of Thorlabs’ Mobile Photonics Lab Experience is the ultimate story in optics and photonics accessibility. Thorlabs’ vice president…
Jan 9, 2024 · 46:37
Integrated Photonics luminary Joyce Poon caps Season 8 of "All Things Photonics" with a discussion and status update on the ascent of integrated photonics. From sustained…
Jan 2, 2024 · 1:08:41
True understanding is accomplished only through precise measurement. Though practitioners in the field deploy numerous modalities to obtain this essential information, remote…
Dec 12, 2023 · 35:00
The almighty nanoparticle known as the quantum dot is enjoying its moment in the sun — after innovations involving its discovery and development earned three photochemists a…
Nov 28, 2023 · 44:40
About 20 years ago, Hongxing Jiang and Jingyu Lin published a paper describing the microLED. Since the publishing of that seminal work, microLEDs have seen commercialization in…
Nov 14, 2023 · 41:24
Peter O’Brien, director of the PIXAPP Photonics Packaging Pilot Line and head of the photonics packaging group at the Tyndall Institute, overviews the current state of integrated…
Oct 31, 2023 · 29:46
“All Things Photonics” broadcasts from SPIE Optifab 2023 in Rochester, N.Y. In this episode from the heart of the optics industry, we speak with Chunlei Guo, from the University…
Oct 24, 2023 · 39:24
Photonic technologies like lab-on-a-chip are taking out a lot of the head-scratching and tedium that goes along with traditional diagnostic methods, giving patients and…
Oct 10, 2023 · 26:30
Longtime photonics market analyst and current industry adviser Tom Hausken delivers his expert insights into top-of-mind trends and drivers for the photonics sector. The…
Jun 13, 2023 · 41:35
The Precise Advanced Technologies and Health Systems for Underserved Populations initiative, or PATHS-UP, aims to integrate engineering research and education with technological…
May 30, 2023 · 28:20
Microelectronics technology innovation and, more notably, recent legislation have brought to the fore the need for a unified strategy to ensure sustained positive outcomes in…
May 16, 2023 · 40:51
As separate disciplines, quantum science and integrated photonics are pushing the bounds of possibility in communication science, compute, data processing, and more. In tandem,…
May 2, 2023 · 24:52
The changing nature of the "optics shop" — and, more broadly, its role in the optics and photonics industry today — is an effective gauge for tracking how optics workforce…
Apr 18, 2023 · 29:47
The brain trust of holographic extended reality startup Swave Photonics discusses the company’s scalable holographic chip technology. Company founder and chief product officer…
Apr 4, 2023 · 34:04
With its goal to cultivate and foster photonics-driven progress in the Netherlands, PhotonDelta today is a burgeoning cross-border ecosystem of photonic chip technology…
Mar 21, 2023 · 31:50
Three-and-a-half months after December 2022's breakthrough experimental result that yielded fusion ignition, Jean-Michel Di Nicola, chief engineer of laser systems at the…
Mar 7, 2023 · 34:09
Rohit Bhargava, director of the Cancer Center at Illinois, follows his Photonics West 2023 Optical Biopsy Conference keynote with a discussion on increased utility in infrared…
Jan 10, 2023 · 28:26
In a world characterized by massive quantities of (often unusable) information sources, many facets of society have great need to turn raw data into an actionable tool. Bruno…
Dec 13, 2022 · 29:46
Isiah Warner, Boyd Professor and Emeritus Philip W. West Professor, Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, and former vice president for strategic initiatives at Louisiana State…
Nov 29, 2022 · 35:40
Metalenz co-founder and CEO Rob Devlin recounts a decade of progress in the field of meta-optics, culminating in his company’s rollout of commercial products and technology…
Nov 15, 2022 · 53:48
Two lidar imaging use cases are explored. In segment one, the Texas Water Development Board’s Joey Thomas and Saul Nuccitelli explain how the organization uses topobathymetric…
Nov 1, 2022 · 33:00
From on scene at Optica's Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science Show in Rochester, N.Y., All Things Photonics speaks with S.J. Ben Yoo, Distinguished Professor in the Department of…
Oct 18, 2022 · 23:50
Brian Pogue, professor and chair of the Department of Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin and the Maclean Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College, is our guest.…
Oct 4, 2022 · 26:13
NIL Technologies CEO and founder Theodor Nielsen discusses the road to commercialization for meta-optical elements, metalenses, diffractive optical elements, and other ultrasmall…
May 24, 2022 · 44:13
Nobel laureate Donna Strickland joins Francois Légaré and Heide Ibrahim from the Advanced Laser Light Source Laboratory (ALLS), located outside Montreal. The panel discusses the…
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