Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast

Advancing innovation: FAMES Pilot Line

FAMES Pilot Line is the leading initiative under the European Chips Act, and it's helping advance Europe's semiconductor technologies.
In this episode of Following the Photons, FAMES coordinator Dominique Noguet talks with Host Justine Murphy about the initiative and related educational training programs, as well as its role in Europe’s ever-advancing semiconductor industry.

Light in real life

This second of a two-part series featuring Giacomo Vacca, founder/president/CEO of Kinetic River, takes a closer look at the company, its history, and many innovations.
Giacomo also offers an update on current happenings, what the future holds, and Kinetic River’s place in it.
 

A spotlight on life

This first of a two-part series features Giacomo Vacca, founder, president, and CEO of Kinetic River. 
In this episode, he and Host Justine Murphy delve into his background and many notable technology developments and accomplishments, and they take a look back at the experiences he says have helped shape his career.

Versatile lasers of the future

In this episode, Host Justine Murphy talks with Félicie Albert, director of the Jupiter Laser Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Her years of expertise include work with high-intensity lasers, as well as involvement in LaserNetUS, a network of high-power lasers in North America.
 

The ubiquitous perception

Host Justine Murphy talked recently with Sebastian Bauer, CEO and co-founder of Ubicept. 
With a background in engineering, he says he's always thrived at the intersection of cutting-edge research and real-world innovation. 

Industry Insight: Eye on Finance

There is a lot of growth happening throughout the financial sector of the industry! In this episode, Host Justine Murphy takes a deeper look at some of that growth and its place in the advancement of photonics technologies.
 

The electro-optical dynamic

This edition features Yvain Thonnart, a chief scientist in the digital ICs and systems division of the French research institute CEA-List, where he focuses on areas including networks-on-chip and integrating emerging photonics technologies.
He talked recently with Host Justine Murphy about his work at CEA, and his team’s potentially game-changing development of the first dynamically channeled electro-optical router for photonic interposers.

The data in deep space

In this episode, Erin Howard, a research scientist currently working at the University of Washington on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, talks with Host Justine Murphy about their passion for exploring the universe through data, and the excitement in contributing to cutting-edge scientific discoveries.

Research to expand technology

This episode features Dr. Aleksandra Kaszubowska, an assistant professor of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Trinity College Dublin and an assistant professor and research fellow at the CONNECT Research Center.
She talked with Host Justine Murphy about the exciting work her team is doing, as well as her vast research experience and the remarkable path that led to where she is today.

Technicians: The heart of the industry

This edition features Host Justine Murphy's chat with Dr. Brian Monacelli, a professor and director of Laser Technology at Pasadena City College in California. He’s also a Principal Optical Engineer and supervisor of the Optical Implementation group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
They recently discussed things like the importance of training technicians in hands-on laboratory skills, and he also offered some perspectives on the future of optics and the crucial role technicians will play.