The research is over, the results are in…


We have been overwhelmed by the response. When we asked you to help us create a list of the people that drive our industry forward – the innovators, the boundary-pushers, the disruptors, the out-of-the-box thinkers and the R&D ‘rock stars’ – we had no idea just how much interest the idea would generate. The Photonics100 is a passion project


that has a simple ambition: to spotlight the often unsung heroes at the cutting edge of our industry – chief technical officers, heads of R&D, senior engineers, research leaders, entrepreneurs and others – and tell their stories in a dynamic and, yes, entirely selective new way. Nominations have been grouped into four distinct categories: Photonics vendors – suppliers and


integrators of photonics components and systems, such as optics, lasers, sensors, test and measurement, optoelectronics, illumination and imaging. Original equipment manufacturers


(OEMs) using photonics – integrators using photonics as an enabling technology in vertical markets such as life sciences, defence, automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, electronics, semiconductors and optical communications. Start-ups – companies under five years


old, operating as either a photonics vendor or an OEM (as defined above). Academia/research – either those


involved in photonics research itself or those using photonic technology to further research in a non-photonics field, such as physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, engineering and more. No list such as this can claim to be exhaustive (there’s just too much happening in the photonics sector currently to entirely capture the range, energy or creativity out there), but we hope it creates a compelling snapshot of the widely recognised and


those less familiar who we, at Electro Optics, believe richly deserve a place in our list. Nominations have come from colleagues and customers, long-distance admirers and confidantes – but one thing that hasn’t surprised us is the positivity and industry credibility that has come in with every entry. It’s been quite a job deciding on a final cut and it’s timely to thank those tasked at Europa Science and beyond with helping me make those difficult calls. Thanks, too, to our lead sponsor Admesy and our other commercial partners who have made this project possible. This special supplement, going out


first with our December/January issue of Electro Optics, will continue to be distributed at shows and events across the coming year, and, of course, lives online at electrooptics.com/thephotonics100. Make sure you have registered to see all of the entries and check back as we add further analysis and long-form material in the coming months. Join the discussion on our social channels


atwww.linkedin/showcase/electro-optics and on Twitter @electrooptics. We’ve really enjoyed working with you on the creation of this list and there’s plenty more for us to debate into 2023. After all, there’s already next year’s list to start thinking about…


Mark Elliott, Head of content, Europa Science


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