Development of optical fiber technology in Poland 2015

In this paper, the authors, chairs of the 15th Conference on Optical Fibers and Their Applications OFTA2014, and editors of the conference proceedings summarize the developments of optical fiber technology in Poland (during the period of 2012-2014) on the basis of papers presented there and consecutively published in this volume. The digest covers the periodically presented work results every 18 months during the meetings on optical fibers in Bialystok – Lipowy Most (with emphasis on technology and applications) and Lublin – Naleczow (with emphasis on materials and technologies). The XVth Conference on Optical Fibers and Their Applications was held in Bialystok and Lipowy Most on 29.01-01.02.2014. The first conference from this cycle was organized in Jablonna in 1976. Conference topics were: optical fiber technology, materials for optoelectronics and photonics, rare earth doped and luminescent materials, metrology of optical fibers, components and optoelectronic circuits, applications of optical fibers, waveguides and optical fiber sensors, and lighting technology. The conference was attended by 120 participants, including international guests, and 90 papers were presented. Conference papers are traditionally published in Proceedings SPIE.