Thu, 15 October 2009 OSA thrilled to conduct an interview with George E. Smith, the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics, just two days after he learned that he won the Nobel Prize for his work on the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor. Take a listen to Tom’s exclusive interview with George on where he was when he heard, what it was like to win the Nobel Prize and the milestone work that lead to it. Comments[0] |
Fri, 18 September 2009 This is the first of a series of podcasts about articles in Optics & Photonics News, the monthly magazine of the Optical Society. In this month’s podcast, OPN Managing Editor Christina Folz talks with OPN Senior Writer/Editor Patricia Daukantas about how to choose an ethical career in the field of optics. She also discusses the ethics of scientific publishing with OSA Fellow Anthony Campillo. Tony is OSA’s Senior Director of Science Policy, and he also heads the Society’s ethics review panel.
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Tue, 14 July 2009 In 1997, OSA Honorary Member William Phillips was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics—along with his colleagues Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji—for developing a method for using laser light to chill gases to within a few millionths of a degree of absolute zero. Phillips is currently building on his laser-cooling work to investigate new possibilities for computing using quantum mechanical phenomena. He leads a research group on quantum computing at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In this exclusive OPN Podcast, OPN Managing Editor Christina Folz catches up with Phillips about his Nobel-winning work, what's he"s been up to lately, and what’s next for the exciting field of quantum computing.
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Wed, 18 March 2009 At the OSA 2009 Winter Leadership meeting held in Washington, DC in February, Professor Steven Vogt from the University of California presented a unique plenary talk describing the characteristics of some of the 250 planets that have already been discovered using ground-based telescopes and precise optical metrology. His presentation included images created by an artist hired to capture the atmosphere of those planets based on the scientific information collected. They use a marriage of scientific data and visualization to capture all of the brain, both logical and creative.
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Mon, 22 December 2008 OSA Honorary Member Nicolaas Bloembergen shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his significant contributions to laser spectroscopy and nonlinear optics. OPN writer Patricia Daukantas conducted exclusive interviews with Bloembergen and with OSA Fellow Robert Boyd, who co-organized a symposium celebrating 50 years of laser theory at Frontiers in Optics (FiO), the Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. OPN"s home page: Nicolaas Bloembergen: Robert Boyd: Comments[0] |
Tue, 25 November 2008 At the Frontiers in Optics conference in October 2008, OSA marked the 50th anniversary of the classic paper on laser theory by Arthur L. Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes. OPN writer Patricia Daukantas conducted an exclusive interview with the 93-year-old Townes, a Nobel laureate and OSA Honorary Member, about his groundbreaking research. OPN's home page: The Schawlow-Townes paper ("Infrared and Optical Masers,” Phys. Rev. 112, 1940 [1958]): Comments[0] |
Wed, 5 November 2008 This podcast features a traveling lecturer’s presentation to the Wroclaw, Poland Chapter in May 2008. The speaker, Dr. Hernando Garcia, was part of the International Student Chapters Meeting hosted by OSA’s Wroclaw Chapter. Dr. Hernando Garcia speaks regularly on the topics of ultrafast optics and optoelectronics. If you would like more information about OSA’s Student Chapters, Traveling Lecturer Program, or other OSA multimedia talks and sessions; please email KiKi L’Italien at chaptersandsections@osa.org and thanks for supporting our podcast! Direct download: InternationalStudentChaptersMeetingPodcast.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:44 PM Comments[0] |
Thu, 25 September 2008 This short podcast about “How to Preside at an OSA Conference Session” by Dr. Ben Eggleton offers advice about the basic principles in leading sessions. For notes from this podcast and more advice, email KiKi L’Italien at klital@osa.org.
View tips for session chairs from this presentation (PDF) Comments[0] |
Wed, 20 August 2008 On May 9, 2008, Dr. Eric Van Stryland spoke to the OSA University of California, Irvine Student Chapter about non-linear optics as part of the OSA Traveling Lecturer Program. For the uninitiated, Wikipedia says nonlinear optics (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behavior of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the dielectric polarization P responds nonlinearly to the electric field E of the light. This nonlinearity is typically only observed at very high light intensities such as those provided by pulsed lasers. We hope you enjoy Eric’s presentation. If you would like more information about OSA’s Student Chapters, Traveling Lecturer Program, or nonlinear optics talks and sessions; please email KiKi L’Italien at chaptersandsections@osa.org. Comments[0] |
Tue, 10 June 2008
Do you know how to use your membership in a professional
society to its full benefit? Do you sometimes wonder what direction your
life will take once you have decided to go into industry or academia?
When you are looking at the long lists of publications that other people have
accumulated, do you ponder your ability to achieve a publications list as
prolific? In May 2008 at the CLEO/QELS conference in San Jose,
California, four well-known OSA members gathered together to talk about these
topics and to share tips from their own lives to benefit the young
professionals who are now where they once were.
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Wed, 20 February 2008
Optical technologies have
made major contributions to disease identification, detection, diagnosis and
treatment. Scientists and engineers in
optics and photonics have been important contributors to these developments and
are looking to contribute to future advances in the next generation of
bio-optical technology. Dr. Jaffe’s talk
provides perspective on the places in which advanced imagery and collaborative
data sharing technology promise to provide superior results, where advances are
needed to make more powerful tools, and where technology is lacking. View slides from this presentation (PDF) Comments[0] |
Tue, 9 October 2007 The Minorities & Women in OSA (MWOSA) Breakfast at the 2007 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) conference in San Jose, CA featured Kate Pickle, STEM Project Manager for the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA). Listen to this inspiring talk emphasizing the role optics professionals can have in encouraging girls to excel in science and math studies. For more information about MWOSA, please contact KiKi L'Italien at klital@osa.org. Comments[0] |
Thu, 26 July 2007 Statistics have historically shown girls to be less interested and involved in the sciences than boys. While the reasons for this disparity are still hotly debated, there are people and organizations who are taking strides in changing the demographic landscape of the sciences. Hear from the recent attendees of an optics-based workshop presented to girls in conjunction with the National Coalition of Girls Schools (NCGS) and from one of the organization’s Executive Directors Meg Milne Moulton. This and other news about pushing the boundaries of science from the 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO) Press Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Comments[0] |
Mon, 21 May 2007 Listen in on this recording of OSA's recent "Minorities and Women in Physics" luncheon that was held at the Baltimore Convention Center featuring a presentation by Dr. Rachel Ivie, Research Manager with the Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics. The luncheon was part of OSA's ongoing Minorities and Women in OSA program. For more information about MWOSA, please visit the OSA.org website under membership. You can also look at Rachel's PowerPoint presentation.
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Mon, 9 April 2007 Hear some of the industry's top experts discuss the current broadband explosion and how optics will handle the demand. [This session was recorded LIVE at the OFC/NFOEC Conference in Speakers include:
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Fri, 23 March 2007 Interested
in visiting Capitol Hill? This podcast
will cover an exciting opportunity to meet directly with your members of
Congress in Also in
this episode: After 8.5
years at OSA, what is membership services director Aimee Gibbons most
frequently asked question from members? Comments[0] |
Fri, 16 March 2007 Our first Podcast features Richard Suttmeier, Ph.D., a keynote speaker at the 2007 OSA Winter Leadership Meeting. Introduced by OSA's 2007 president, Dr. Joseph Eberly, Dr. Suttmeier's presentation is about science and technology in China. His presentation includes insights on China's current activities and long-term goals in the areas of intellectual property, research and academic publication. PowerPoint Presentation: Scientific_Advancement_in_China.ppt Comments[0] |
Fri, 2 March 2007  OSA is pleased to announce the launch of OSA Podblog! OSA Podblog enables you to listen to podcasts and view PowerPoint slides on your computer or download the audio portion on an MP3 player. OSA produces free audio, video and enhanced podcasts of popular meeting speakers and special topics for OSA Members. To suggest future topics or to learn more about the OSA Podblog, please contact KiKi L'Italien, Membership and Education Services Department, at klital@osa.org. Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:00 PM Comments[0] |
