Welcome to the official account of
#SPIE
, the international society for
#optics
and
#photonics
! We work to advance light-based technologies around the globe. 💡
Coming up soon! 📅 We look forward to gathering in Yokohama, Japan for
#SPIEastro
, the most valuable technical event for ground-based, airborne, and space-based
#telescopes
, + their supporting instrumentation.
Registration prices increase after 31 May. 💸
We've been waiting to get back to the
#SPIEXR
monthly webinar series and the time has finally come! Who better to join us for our first event than
@palikaras
of
@MetamaterialTec
?! You won't want to miss this one. ⚡
Registration is free. Sign up here:
Happy International Day of Light!
#LightDay2021
Today we celebrate light & the critical role light-based technologies play in our lives & in achieving the goals of
@UNESCO
– education, equality, & peace.
And we honor this community for its role in expanding the impact of light.
💥
#SeeTheLight
: In May 1960, Ted Maiman fired the first
#laser
.
✨ On May 16, 2020,
#SPIE
will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of this monumental accomplishment in conjunction with
#IDL2020
!
@IDLofficial
👀 Check out the new logo!
Today's the day: Happy International Day of Light!
#LightDay2023
@IDLofficial
🌞✨
Today, we celebrate light and its role in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development. View videos, download resources, + submit to the photo contest:
We are so excited to share that we teamed up with
@UofGlasgow
to establish the
#SPIE
Early Career Researcher Accelerator Fund in
#Quantum
#Photonics
!
This gift — the latest in the SPIE Endowment Matching Program — will be matched 100% by the University!
Happy International Day of Light, everyone! 👏
Today we celebrate light and the role it plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development.
@UNESCO
@IDLofficial
#IDL2020
See more photos from the
#SPIE
IDL photo contest here:
"In an effort to remedy some of the injustices women as well as black and refugee students face in entering a career in physics, Prof Bell Burnell donated her entire prize money to the
@IOPPublishing
to bring more diversity into physics departments."
👏👏
If you are registered for
#SPIElitho
2021, we have a great speaker line-up for you! On 24 February,
@NaderEngheta
(
@Penn
) will discuss
#nanophotonics
as computing machines in a live plenary presentation. 💻💬
Click the link for more program details -
We are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2021
#SPIE
Gold Medal Award,
@HugoThienpont
(
@BPhotVub
,
@VUBrussel
)!
This is the highest honor the Society bestows, and is awarded in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in optics +
#photonics
. ⚛️🌠
Effectively communicating science to different audiences is essential for all researchers.
Join
#SPIE
and John Dudley
@johnmdudley
@Univ_BFC
for our free live chat 'Science Communication for Early Career Researchers' on October 28.
Register now!
#SciComm
SPIE is excited to announce the winners of our
#IDL2020
Photo Contest
@IDLofficial
!
Congratulations to:
- Christopher Andres (1st Prize)
- Qiusheng Hu (2nd Prize)
- Manny Librodo (3rd Prize)
- João Martins (Tech Prize sponsored by
@lightsources
)
Read more:
The
#AdaptiveOptics
Facility at
@ESO
's Very Large Telescope offers the world's most sophisticated optical systems for removing blurs from incoming light from ground-based observations of deep space objects. 🔭
#astrophotonics
#photonics
Today, the
#SPIE
Awards Committee announced recipients of the prestigious 2021 SPIE Awards! ✨👏
The Awards recognize both technical accomplishments & committed service to SPIE. Follow this thread to meet the winners, and read the press release here:
SPIE stands with our Black members and our Black colleagues.
We are deeply saddened at the killing of George Floyd and abhor the racism that enables such actions.
We must do more.
🏆 | We are kicking off
#SPIEMedicalImaging
2023 by recognizing Elizabeth Krupinski (
@EmoryRadiology
), recipient of the
#SPIE
Harrison H. Barrett Award in Medical Imaging. Congratulations,
@EAKrup
! 👏 👏
More about Krupinski’s accomplishments here -
A low-cost, flexible, lightweight, clean, and quiet alternative energy source? ⚡️
Prof
@UCSBengineering
, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
@QuyenUCSB
, takes the stage to showcase her work with solution-processed organic solar cells. 🔆
#SPIEOpticsPhotonics
Let's celebrate
#LightDay2021
with these beautiful images from the
#SPIE
@IDLofficial
2020 Photo Contest.
🌺"Drying Incense" by Azim Khan Ronnie
☀️"Prague Morning" by Li Pei
🌕"Supermoon of India" by Rohan Suraj
✨"Random Lasers Caught in Random Action" by Gayathri Radhakrishnan
This
#IDL2020
on May 16 also marks the 60th anniversary of Ted Maiman firing the first laser. Celebrate 60 years of laser innovation by spreading the word and sharing these free resources from
#SPIE
.
#laser60
💥
👉
Congrats to past
#SPIE
President Dr. María Josefa Yzuel!
@ICFOnians
has launched a new fellowship for female students in her honor.
Dr. Yzuel has been a longstanding advocate for
#WomenInSTEM
-- we can't wait to see how this award helps the next gen.
Today we are celebrating
#WomenInEngineeringDay
! 👏⚛️
Stay tuned for articles and videos that showcase just a few of the brilliant and talented women the
#optics
and
#photonics
community!
Thank you to all our attendees, authors, volunteers, and staff for a fantastic week at
#SPIEMedicalImaging
2023 in San Diego.
Is it too soon to reminisce? Final
#HighlightsReel
below! 👇🎥
We are saddened to hear of Patricia Bath's passing. In her 76 years, she invented laser-based cataract treatment, created 5 US patents, & was the 1st African American surgeon at the
@UCLA
medical center!
Here's a great article remembering her achievements:
What are we thankful for?
@WomenInOptics
!
The 2021
#SPIE
#WomenInOptics
Planner is here!
This year you can order OR download and print your own copy if mailing is an issue.
Get organized, get inspired by these 24 amazing
#WomenInSTEM
and get your copy!
High-resolution retinal imaging without pupil dilation! 👁️ Portable nonmydriatic fundus camera from a team at
@TohokuUniPR
offers enhanced diagnosis and patient comfort
Available
#OpenAccess
in
#SPIE_JOM
:
🏆It's time to celebrate the recipients of the 2023
#SPIE
Awards!🏆
Honoring transformative advancements in a variety of professional areas, the SPIE Society Awards recognize technical accomplishments as well as committed service to SPIE.
Meet the recipients in this thread. 🧵
#SPIEMedicalImaging
is right around the corner and
@MRI_Dan
's keynote is coming up! Know before you go: quantitative MR scans and image analysis offer many solutions.
Read the exclusive
#SPIENews
interview with Dan Ma (
@CWRUSOM
), an expert in the field:
SURPRISE SWAG! Look at all the wonderful & thoughtful things the wonderful people at
@SPIEtweets
sent 😍I am so in love with the name badge. Thank you
I was hoping to attend this year
#SPIEOpticsPhotonics
as it’s my 10th anniversary and to catch up with my conference family ❤️
#SPIEOpticsPhotonics
is making its return to San Diego! ☀️
Our staff and event partners aim to provide the safest conference possible for all attendees. Read how we plan to ensure a successful event:
We are looking forward to seeing everyone again. 🌴⚛️
🎉 Congratulations to Robert Byer, professor of applied
#physics
@SLAClab
, on being the inaugural recipient of the
#SPIE
Maiman Laser Award!
This new Society award honors the
#laser
and high-impact contributors to the technology ⭐
This is Maryellen Giger. 👋
Maryellen is the Editor in Chief of
#SPIE_JMI
. 📝
She picked up her free copy of JMI Top Papers at the
#SPIEMedicalImaging
Bookstore. 📜
Be like Maryellen. Get your copy today! 📒
Today with the
@IDLofficial
community we launched the
#TrustScience
pledge, a worldwide demonstration of support for scientific integrity. Tied to
#LightDay2021
the pledge calls on supporters to stand up for
#science
.
👉 to sign and share the pledge.
Her smile is contagious! Congratulations, Dr Strickland, on this incredible accomplishment. The entire
#optics
community, especially the
@WomenInOptics
, celebrate with you. 😃
Just in! Donna Strickland during an early morning interview for , shortly after hearing the news that she had been awarded the
#NobelPrize
in Physics.
Full telephone interview coming soon.
Photo credit: Doug Dykaar
Inaugural recipient of the SPIE Early Career Researcher in Quantum Photonics Scholarship, Patrick Cameron
@p_cam97
studies quantum imaging
@UofGlasgow
, eagerly growing his international network by collaborating often!
@sylvaingigan
@d_faccio
@HugoDefienne
Dan Ma
@MRI_Dan
(
@CWRUSOM
) takes the
#SPIEMedicalImaging
stage to tell us about MR Fingerprinting.
What is MRF? ➡️ A quantitative imaging technique that offers multiple tissue property maps simultaneously after just 1️⃣ MR scan! 🤩
We welcome to the stage Paul Travers, President and CEO of
@Vuzix
, for the first
#SPIEXR
keynote. He is covering the keys for meeting market needs with optical systems for
#smartglasses
.
Lightweight, fashion-forward, and waveguide-enabled. 👓 “We know what works.”
#SPIE
President John Greivenkamp updates the community on the SPIE response to
#COVID19
:
We want to thank you for your support, patience, and continued engagement with SPIE. We can't wait to see everyone again when this crisis has passed. 💡❤️
Excellent idea! Let's do it ⬇️
Reply to this thread with your photos from
#laser
labs past and present! Add a caption and we will showcase them online as we prep for
#Laser60
on 16 May 2020! 📸💥
The biomedical optics community tragically lost one of its best, Gabriel Popescu, on 16 June. Popescu was an SPIE Fellow, active mentor, director of
@qlilab
, and professor
@ECEILLINOIS
.
He led an exceptional life and will be greatly missed by all.
The
#WomenInOptics
planner has inspired and educated women and young girls since 2005. Do you know a woman who leads the way for others to pursue careers in
#optics
,
#photonics
, and other
#STEM
areas?
Nominate her for the 2023 planner! 👉
#WomenInSTEM
Nominate a woman making a difference through her work in optics and photonics to be in our 2022
@WomenInOptics
planner!
Help us inspire young women and girls to see themselves in this growing field.
Or nominate yourself! 👉
Closes March 1.
#WomenInSTEM
Join us in welcoming
@QuyenUCSB
from
@ucsantabarbara
as a plenary speaker for
#SPIEOpticsPhotonics
2023! 👏 Don't miss her presentation on solution-processed organic solar cells, happening on 22 August.
More information on her presentation here:
IDL is May 16, start celebrating
#LightDay2021
now!
Bring the celebration of light to your smartphone or computer! 📱💻
#SPIE
has created mobile and desktop wallpapers using images from our 2020
@IDLofficial
Photo Contest.
Download your new wallpaper now!