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Optica in the News 

Welcome to the Optica in the News page. This page features select media coverage of Optica, the Optica Foundation, Optica members and research published in Optica journals.

July 2023

Taking photonics along for the quantum business ride​
Jose Pozo - Optica
Laser Focus Wold - 12 July 2023

A roadmap to end roadmaps
Jose Pozo - Optica
Laser Focus Wold - 25July 2023

June 2023

Why are global standards needed to fuel advanced manufacturing?
Jose Pozo - Optica
Laser Focus Wold - 21 June 2023

May 2023

New Quantum Detection Tech Can Capture Real-time 3D Images Underwater
Jay Dela Cruz
Tech Times 06 May 2023

April 2023

Optica Women Scholars program honors undergraduate for work on solar cells
Wick Eisenberh
Johns Hopkins Hub - 19 April 2023

March 2023

In a First, Scientists Used a Lightsaber-like Technique to Play Catch With Atoms
Molly Glick
Inverse - 10 March 2023

Scientists use optical tweezers to play world's smallest game of catch with individual atoms
Ben Turner
Live Science - 09 March 2023

February 2023

Leading change in optical communications
Jose Pozo - Optica
Laser Focus Wold - 21 February 2023

Monolithic optics and optical system integration: Meet Itai Vishnia, CEO of PLX
Jose Pozo, Ana Fowler - Optica
Laser Focus Wold - 24 February 2023

January 2023

Precision and motion tools: Meet Markus Spanner, CEO of Physik Instrumente
Jose Pozo, Ana Fowler - Optica
Laser Focus Wold - 20 January 2023

October 2022

Morelle Wows at Optica Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science
New York Photonics - 19 October 2022

September 2022

Institute of Optics at Rochester to use US$800K  gift from Optica to increase faculty 
University of Rochester - 18 September 2022

August 2022 

Optica Corporate member acquires quantum startup Super.tech in merger 
Photonics Media - 25 August 2022

July 2022 

Majority of early career researchers in physical science want to publish open access, but face financial barriers
Juliet Hannay, Institute of Physics 
Phys.org - July 2022

May 2022 

Optica Adds Former EPIC CTO Pozo to Executive Team
Photonics Spectra - May 2022

American Physical Society, Optica Release Joint Report on Methane Emissions
American Physical Society - May 2022

Societies showcase career opportunities in optics and photonics
Photonics World - May 2022

March 2022 

Deploy a National Network of Air-Pollution and CO2 Sensors in 300 American Cities by 2030
David Lang, Ronald C. Cohen, Thomas Baer and Raj Pandya 
Federation of American Scientists - March 2022

February 2022 

Global Collaboration on a UV-C Cabinet to Decontaminate and Reuse N95 Respirators in Low- and Middle-Income Environments
NEJM Catalyst
The New England Journal of Medicine - 16 February 2022

UENR, IIPGH celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science in Sunyani
Modern Ghana -  February 2022

January 2022 

Measuring Up: Light reflection and transmission
National Institute of Standards and Technology
US Department of Commerce - 04 January 2022

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