Fundamentally Different Photonics - LIGHT MATTERS 03.2018
On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Trade Show in Austin, Texas, as new photonics innovations hit the show floor of the Austin Convention Center. And, you'll meet a group of researchers at MIT who are storing information on individual particles of light to create a new generation of computers. We also introduce you to Sarah Boisvert, author of The New Collar Workforce, as she describes the new type of skilled workers needed to keep up with ever-changing technology.
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Light Matters Extra: styropyro
LIGHT MATTERS 02.2018
In this month's Light Matters Extra, we introduce you to Drake Anthony, aka styropyro. Drake, 25, has been building his own lasers since he was 12 years old. He's got quite the following on his YouTube channel where he is known to build giant lasers out of scrap and broken electronics. Drake tells us how he got started in the business and how ESCO Optics is helping him continue to do what he loves. Combining his love for "blowing things up" and his love for science, he recently received his degree in Chemistry at Southern Illinois University.
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Light Matters Extra: Weird and Strange: Quantum Photonics
LIGHT MATTERS 03.2018
In this month's Light Matters Extra, we take you to the Quantum Photonics Laboratory at MIT run by Dr. Dirk Englund. Dr. Englund's group, the Quantum Photonics Group, is made up of postdocs and research scientists, and graduate and undergraduate students. The group studies silicon and diamond photonics, as well as 2D materials to create news ways of computing, communicating and measuring with quantum states.
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