Commentary

A few Grand Challenges in Nanophotonics as They related to 'Green Photonics'   Michael S. Lebby   Optoelectronics Industry Development Association   Email: lebby@oida.org

The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) is a Washington DC-based, not-for-profit association that serves as the nexus for vision, transformation, and growth of the optoelectronics industry. OIDA advances the competitiveness of its members by focusing on the business of technology, not just technology itself.

OIDA members include the leading providers of optoelectronic components and systems enabled by optoelectronics, as well as universities and research institutions. OIDA provides roadmaps, reports, and market data for the optoelectronics industry, serves as the voice of industry to government and academia, acts as liaison with other optoelectronic industry associations worldwide, and provides a network for the exchange of ideas and information within the optoelectronics community.

Based on the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association's annual Global Market Survey and Forecast for Optoelectronics, as augmented by continuing research in the field, OIDA will present a few 'grand challenges' for technologies,trends and market opportunities in the emerging nanophotonics field. One of the areas that is beginning to become topical and is quickly being considered as a 'grand challenge' is green photonics. This talk will focus on the nanophotonics aspects of green photonics, review some of the key findings from OIDA's first technical conference on green photonics, and then plot a path for the future.

Another look at optic devices - Michael Lebby wearing the spectacles