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Publications

Kent Choquette New Wiley-IEEE Press Society Liaison for the Photonics Society

by Jess Fricchione, IPS Publications Portfolio Manager, j.fricchione@ieee.org
January 2023
Please consider publishing your next book to support IPS Beginning in 2023, the Photonics Society will be working with IEEE Press to engage with the wider photonics community in the publication of high-quality monographs, review volumes, and textbooks. The Photonics Society has appointed Kent Choquette, past ...
Ming Jun
Careers & Awards

Ming-Jun Li Wins 2023 John Tyndall Award

by Photonics Society
December 2022
NEW JERSEY — IEEE Photonics Society, and Optica (formerly OSA), have named Ming-Jun Li, a Corporate Fellow at Corning Incorporated, USA, the 2023 John Tyndall Award recipient. Li is recognized for “seminal contributions to advances in optical fiber technology.” “Dr. Li’s work revolutionized the telecommunications landscape, ...
Scalable Switched Slab Coupler Based
Publications

Autonomous Vehicles Driven by Photons

by P. Muñoz et al., "Scalable Switched Slab Coupler Based Optical Phased Array on Silicon Nitride," in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 28, no. 5: Lidars and Photonic Radars, pp. 1-16, Sept.-Oct. 2022, Art no. 8300416, doi: 10.1109/JSTQE.2022.3162577. JSTQE Vol 28, No 5 (2022)
December 2022
  Since the invention of the automobile back in the late 19th century, advances in what is incorporated into a car today have been tremendous. Broadly speaking, in the last twenty years the proliferation of several types of motors has captured our attention, departing from the ...
Monica
Leadership

Get to Know Your IEEE Photonics Society Leadership: Monica Allen

by Naznin Akter
December 2022
What is Your Current Profession? How Does Your Work in Photonics Impact Innovation and Benefit Humanity? My current title is Principal Research Electronics Engineer. As we all know, Photonics is the science of light centered around generating, controlling, and detecting light waves and photons, which are ...
Sarah
Photonics Worldwide

Photonics Worldwide—This Is My Lab

by Amol Delmade
December 2022
In this edition of the “Photonics Worldwide – This is my Lab” column, we would like to introduce you to Sarah Masaad and Devika Dass, who are pursuing their Ph.D. research in Belgium and Ireland, respectively. Sarah works on designing novel computational technologies beyond the ...
Rene
Careers & AwardsConferences

2022 IEEE Photonics Conference Recognitions

by Karen Mergner
December 2022
The 35th IEEE Photonics Conference was held November 13–17, 2022 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The conference has long been recognized for its technical preeminence in the field of optics and photonics, but is more than just a scientific conference; it is the annual meeting of ...
Editor's Column

December 2022

by Dominic Siriani
December 2022
As we close out another year, I’ll keep things brief and just express my appreciation for the people in our Photonics Society. I’d like to thank all the dedicated staff, editors, authors, interviewers and interviewees, and other volunteers who have contributed to the Newsletter this ...
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News

In Memoriam: Cheryl Scott

by IEEE Photonics Society
November 2022
Cheryl Scott, Senior Conference Administrator of the IEEE Photonics Society, passed away on  November 13, 2022. She was the daughter of Middlesex County Sheriff Mildred Scott and sister of County Commissioner Chanelle C. McCullumon. Surviving are her beloved parents, her loving children Aleysse and Richard,  ...

IEEE Photonics Society

President
René-Jean Essiambre
Bell Labs, Nokia, USA
email: rene.essiambre@nokia-bell-labs.com

Past President
Carmen Menoni
Colorado State University, USA
Email: c.menoni@ieee.org

Secretary-Treasurer
Dan M. Marom
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Email: danmarom@mail.huji.ac.il

Board of Governors
G. Bosco
Y. Chembo
L. Galdino
R. Horng
M. Hutchinson
A. Kasukawa
M. Mashanovitch
L. Oxenlowe
S. Ralph
M. Sander
M. Suzuki
J. Yao

Vice Presidents
Conferences—Perry Shum
Membership & Regional Activities—Fatima Garcia-Gunning
Publications—Seb Savory
Professional & Technical Development—Anna Peacock

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Editor-in-Chief
Dominic Siriani
Cisco Systems, Inc., USA
Email: dsiriani@ieee.org

Associate Editor of North America
Alex Yasha Yi
University of Michigan, USA
Email: yashayi@umich.edu

Associate Editor of Australia
Joel Carpenter
The University of Queensland, Australia
Email: j.carpenter@uq.edu.au

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Juan A. Hernandez Cordero
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
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Nicholas H. L. Wong
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore
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Associate Editor of Northern Europe Martin Lavery
University of Glasglow School of Engineering, UK
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Associate Editor of Southern Europe
Ivana Gasulla
ITEAM Research Institute
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
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Student Editor
Naznin Akter
INSYST Integrated Nanosystems Research Lab, Florida International University, USA
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Student Editor
Senta L. Jantzen
ASMIL
Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Regular Contributors
Christopher R. Doerr
Doerr Consulting, LLC, USA
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Daniel Renner
Freedom Photonics, USA
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Akhil Kallepalli
University of Glasgow, UK
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Patryk Urban
Wave General, Poland
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Ryan Aguinaldo
Northrop Grumman Corporation, USA
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