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The article discusses the performance of the global laser markets (LM) in 2020 and provides forecasts for year 2021. Topics mentioned include the negative impacts of the U.S.-China trade war on the LM for materials processing, the decline in the revenue in the communications and optical storage segment, and the subsegments of the sensor sector including flow cytometry and spectroscopy.

The article reports that the impact of trade barriers and tariffs on laser market segments. Topics include the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development declared that trade conflict and persistent political uncertainty are weighing on the world economy and raising the risk of long-term stagnation, and the trade tariffs imposed by the U.S. on imports and similar tariffs imposed in retaliation by other countries have greatly impacted normal laser trade.

The article presents interviews with Peter Leibinger and Christian Schmitz, vice chairman and president of the laser division of TRUMPF Group, respectively. According to Leibinger, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) is the most fascinating laser innovation. He also discusses the development of the EUV. Schmitz stresses that it is advantage to TRUMPF to be privately owned.

The article discusses the business of photonics in the era of Covid-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include opportunities for photonics-related businesses, cusp of a new age of innovation in which lasers are increasingly combined with optics and sensors to enable even more sophisticated applications and impact of the pandemic on industrial laser markets.

The article present an interview with chief executive officer, Shauna McIntyre. Topics include approach sounds comprehensive, but expensive what's the balance between imaging and lidar functions; talk about management team and management style; and seem to be approaching two distinct markets for two products what have the differences and similarities in criteria between the markets and how has design.

An interview is presented with Gregory Quarles, CEO of Applied Energetics in Tucson, Arizona. Topics include attracting to the opportunity of Applied Energetics specializing in directed-energy technology, ultrashort-pulse lasers, and optical technologies; the evolvement and company culture in Applied Energetics which being founded as a joint venture with Raytheon; and information about laser-guided energy technology and its potential application.

The article offers information on the LASER World of Photonics congress and exhibition to be held in Munich, Germany on June 22-25, 2015.

An interview with the president and chief executive officer of Inrad Optics in Northvale, Amy Eskilson is presented. Topics discussed include her views on the changes she made in the company since 2012; the things she learned in the field of marketing and business development at Thorlabs; and a Phase II SBIR contract using the crystal KAP for soft x-ray applications.

An interview with Mark McElhinney, the president of Lasertel, is presented. Topics discussed include laser system manufacturers depend on supply chains that typically have long lead times and process constraints, diode lasers are also being used in more and more applications and challenges of attracting the specialized talent needed in photonics.

An interview with Akira Hiruma, president and chief executive officer (CEO) at optical equipment provider Hamamatsu Photonics KK, is presented. When asked about his favorite technology displayed at the Photon Fair, Hiruma mentions his interest towards integrable phase-modulating surface-emitting lasers (iPMSELs). He also notes their method of promoting applications as well as points out his efforts in meeting the needs of clients.

The article discusses the efforts of the scientists across the globe for the Martian orbit exploration. It mentions about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Martian rover Perseverance and its extensive photonics payload. It discusses that perseverance rover as an upgrade and carries more cameras and a new version of ChemCam known as SuperCam.

The article focuses on changes in photonics over the past 20 years in China. Topics discussed include the emergence of China in photonics is especially evident if you look at the International Photonics Stock Index created by John Dexheimer of LightWave Advisors; and the U.S. and European companies, the Chinese market represents one of the most important markets and perhaps the biggest potential for revenue growth in the near future.

The author ponders on when social and economic normalcy can be regained by the photonics industry. He points out the fact that life during the pandemic is not simply a matter of survival but along with it is uncertainties and risk, adjustments, losses and gains and new opportunities. He cites the performance of the photonics sector as compared to other industries in terms of business revenue and investment.

The article focuses on COVID-19 shutdown of nonessential activities abruptly has halted many of the most familiar professional interactions the most visible and potentially enduring being the halt to physical tradeshows and the embrace of virtual events. Topics include the businesses be willing to bear the expense and risk of a booth at a tradeshow, and the physical exhibitions return to generate the revenue needed to support large technical conferences.

The article discusses management strategies for photonics-related businesses amidst the COVID-19 pandemic based on a series of webinars hosted by the Optical Society's Industry Development Associates in the U.S. Topics discussed include discussions based on crisis management experience and expertise, topics which will be covered including fire management in global supply chains, team building, and investment perspective on the global semiconductor sector.

The article offers information on the OSA's Industry Development Associates (OIDA) published a review of market opportunities in agriphotonics and identified multiple avenues for potential growth. It mentions the OIDA report segments agriphotonics by its role in the production process or supply chain and as an Research and development (R&D) tool; and also mentions that market opportunities seem greatest in farm machinery and food animal health.

An interview with Don Golini, chairman of the board of Luminate, is presented. He reveals that the company aims to accomplish the Luminate accelerator. Golini discusses the selection of startups to be funded and his expectation from them. He also describes the role of the High Technology Rochester and the state of New York.

The article offers information related to the Gender equity in photonics. Topics include salary inequality found in global survey due to some of the causes such as women prioritizing childrearing or eldercare can help employers create flexible policies that attract and retain; and presents the finding of a report such as women's representation in the workplace declines over time; and women in the optics and photonics workplace are less likely to have children than men.

The article offers the author's view on the survey on the salary in the photonics industry. He mentions its depiction of job-creating technology condoning the governments's investment in programs such as Photonics21 and AIM Photonics in the U.S. and Europe. An overview of the increase in the wages of Chinese workers involved with industrial lasers is also presented.

The article discusses the 31st annual Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar that wsas held in February 2019. Topics mention including the impact of Chinese laser markets to the global markets, common photonic related needs of quantum computers and other quantum devices and addressing the needs and opportunities of the emerging markets.

The article discusses the 31st annual Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar that wsas held on February 4, 2019. Topics mention including several speakers such as Allen Nogee, changes of the global trends in mergers and acquisitions and solution to support the changing demands of the consumners in industrial manufacturing.

The article discusses the potential impact of trade dispute between the U.S. and China on the sale of laser manufacturers in the U.S.

An editorial is presented which looks at quantum computing as offering the most promising long term opportunities for photonics. The Chinese government plans to invest to build the world's largest quantum information science facility in Hefei. To establish dominance in quantum computing specifically , public corporations such as IBM, Intel, and Google are investing great resources.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses the periodical's new editor-in-chief John Lewis and editorial board as well as article creation.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including cutting-edge analytical technique applicable to many industries and markets, hyperspectral imaging, and the development of the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor.

The article presents an introduction in which editor discusses articles on topics including functional superresolution microscopy and laser-induced damage threshold.

The article offers information regarding wide range applications of photonics which includes health; building safer, transportation; and providing security or energy.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including the Innovators Awards program for the photonics industry, impact of new generation of direct and frequency-converted diode lasers on applications of holography, and polishing technique for aspheres.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including embedded fiber-optic sensors for human disabilities, freeform optical design software for augmented reality and virtual reality, and ways to choose a laser diode for a particular application.

The article reports on the event, SPIE Photonics West held on January 29, 2018 for the laser industry.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including telecommunications boom, Raman spectroscopy, and nonlinear interactions.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including biophotonics, single-molecule localization microscopy and biosensing application.

An introduction is presented in which the author discusses various reports within the issue on topics related to photonics including an introduction to the state of the art in quantum sensing, clinical gains in optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography, and advances in spectroscopy.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various topics within the issue including top 20 technologies of 2017, microring laser diodes for ultrafast data transmission and different additive manufacturing processes.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including changes in the properties of a laser beam due to micro optics component, powers of pump laser diodes, and sensor fusion of lidar, cameras and radar for autonomous vehicles.

An interview with Robert Alfano, physics and electrical engineering professor at City College of New York and founder and director of its Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, is presented. He discusses his career at the school, the expansion of photonics education expanding to minorities and how he can help graduates enter and succeed in the business world. Alfano shares whether his students are looking at careers in business or academia, and his biomedical optics research .

An interview with Laser & Fiber Optics Southeast Regional Center (LASER-TEC) director, doctor Chrys Panayiotou is presented. Topics mentioned include the shortage of technicians in the Southeast U.S., the reason why the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding the center, and the future plans for regional NSF centers. It mentioned the need of educating the technicians to meet the need of staff in the photonics community.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the vertical-cavity surface-emitting diode laser (VCSEL) arrays, the developments in laser-assisted cataract surgery, and the 29th Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including optical tables, polygon beam scanners and ultraviolet laser sources.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including super microscopy for neuroscience, shortwave infrared quantum dots, and carbon monoxide laser for coagulation during surgery.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including the photonic systems, mid-infrared (mid-IR) and quantum-cascade lasers.

The article discusses the 2017 Lasers and Photonics Marketplace Seminar focusing on the topic of B and R, or One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative organised by the government of China. The initiative is described by the BOS Photonics' Bo Gu as a government policy. The plan is based on the connectivity and cooperation between the China and Eurasia, with an investment of $900 billion. Bo Gu discusses on the opportunities in the photonics and lasers technology in the project.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various topics within the issue including development of single-mode fiber lasers, ultrafast direct diode-pumped Ti:sapphire laser systems, and improving the performance of a semiconductor laser.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including neuroscience technology, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and nanowire arrays.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including digital photonics; its applications in standoff explosives detection; and neuroscience techniques.

The article discusses the photonics policy from National Photonics Initiative (NPI). Topics mention including developing the industry-wide road mapping or the policy initiatives in the Europe and U.S.,benefits of the semiconductor industry from the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors and the terms photonics and optics which have entered the political discourse.

The article talks about the photonics community's concerns about the scientific progress and uncertainty of trade and immigration, with the executive order given by U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics include letters by OSA and SPIE to the President offering assistance in developing border security, concerns that it might limit foreign-born people in the U.S., and the implementation of a fair immigration policy. Also mentioned is the importance of foreign scientists for the U.S. growth.