Jake Saltzman

By Jake Saltzman International space agencies pioneered more than a few missions of scientific and societal significance in the 2010s and during the first half of this decade. The Curiosity and Perseverance rovers (Mars), the New Horizons probe (Pluto), and the Cassini mission (Saturn) heightened our understanding of planetary (and, in the case of New Horizons, minor planetary) phenomena. In February 2020, the European-fabricated Solar Orbiter spacecraft commenced its study of the sun’s poles.

JAKE SALTZMAN, MANAGING EDITOR Rejecting the idea that there is any separation between optical innovation and the most essential technologies for a dynamic society is central to Photonics Spectra. Those who are like-minded and who champion photonics progress every day in their work are the fiercest supporters of the magazine. It is a predictably sizable representation of our readership.

By Jake Saltzman In the March 2024 issue of Photonics Spectra, Ayar Labs cofounder and CTO Vladimir Stojanovic authored an article that defined, and distinguished between, in-package optical I/O and optical co-packaging. From Stojanovic’s perspective, differentiating between the two necessitates more than a technical comparison. Whereas co-packaged optics is a strategy that aims to replace pluggables by overcoming their limitations, in-package optical I/O is an interconnect solution.