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Optics and Photonics:  The Impact on a Global Economy

Access the latest market insights, roadmaps, news and research you need to stay ahead of your competition.

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Meet your Technical Director

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Your dedicated Technical Director has broad expertise in your company's technological field. 

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Market Insights: Trends in military spending

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How does military spending shift in the face of a recession? What has U.S. spending on military procurement and R&D looked like in the past? This Market Insights feature focuses on answering some of these questions as optics and photonics technologies grow increasingly important in the context of national security and intelligence.

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Market Insights: Trends in airline traffic and profits

This Market Insights feature focuses on answering some of these questions as optics and photonics technologies are frequently found throughout the airline industry supply chain.

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Optical Communications Market – 2022 Survey Results and Analysis

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In May 2022, Omdia conducted a survey of 32 senior IT decision makers within telecom operators to better understand the telco IT operational support system (OSS), business support system (BSS) and analytics market. Results assess topics such as investment plans, top security challenges and SaaS adoption.

The Market Update also contains the second iteration of Omdia’s digital strategy benchmark assessment. It measures the digital strategies of 12 major service provider groups by awarding scores across a range of factors, such as digital enablement, digital channels, R&D and partnerships and investment.

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Optica Market Update: Metamaterials & Metasurfaces for Optics and RF

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Highlights include an overview of the significant research in the two areas; key players description and market forecasts up to 2028.

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Optical Communications Market - Optical Networking 2Q22 Results and More

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This report features the following sections related to the optical communications market:
• Optical Networking 2Q22 results and outlook
• Coherent Transceivers 1H22 results and outlook

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Industry Briefing with Mike Campbell on Breakthrough in Fusion

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Welcome to a special Optica Industry briefing with our brilliant guest, Mike Campbell, the former director of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics in Rochester, New York. 

On December 13th, physicists from the national ignition facility at the US Lawrence Livermore Facility in California announced a breakthrough in the race to recreate nuclear fusion. How long before this clean energy source powers our homes? In addition, what role can modern lasers play in getting us there faster?

We will discuss this breakthrough in more detail and understand what it means for the photonics industry with Mike Campbell. He’s been involved in laser fusion from the start.

Until the next interview, onward with Optica!

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Optical Communications Market – 2023 Trends to Watch

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Coverage includes cloud service providers, AI hardware, 5G core and data center compute.

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Optica Online Industry Library

Get access to exclusive market reports, presentations, videos, tutorials, roadmaps and much more through Optica's Online Industry Library. 

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Optical Communications Market — Metaverse 2023 Trends to Watch and More

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Coverage includes Metaverse 2023 trends to watch, PON 2023 trends to watch, PON forecast and more. 

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Optica Market Update: Optical Networks and Components 2022 Results

Coverage includes insights on 2022 Optical Networks and Components results. Plus, an extensive OFC summary. 

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