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The Photonics100 by geography
The Photonics100 list this year is clearly dominated by Western nations, with not one of this year’s honorees based south of the equator. In fact, just seven names on the list are from outside of Europe or North America, a figure we very much hope to see expand next year as photonics grows in global importance. The three best- represented countries, perhaps understandably given the history and importance of photonics in their economies, are the USA, Germany and the UK.
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France Belgium
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Germany 18 UK
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Netherlands 5 Switzerland 4 Japan Ireland Italy
Lithuania Canada Spain
Finland Uganda Czechia India
Austria Israel
Pakistan
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spectroscopy, OCT and optoacoustic imaging offer much promise. World- renowned photonics institutes are finding new ways to investigate the human body, while photonics companies are involved both in world-class research projects and selling key enabling components to medical- device manufacturers. From inner space to outer space, where photonics is also driving development forward. The spectacular images beamed back from the James Webb Space Telescope are an inspiring reward for 30 years of innovation and development – and that journey of scientific discovery is still in its infancy. Photonics100 nominees have also been involved in building better adaptive optics for astronomy, developing technology for hunting water on the Moon and using AI to better analyse the rapidly growing volume
"Nominees have been building better adaptive optics for astronomy and using AI to better analyse the growing volume of information from imaging sensors”
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Female 26%
Male 74%
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The Photonics100 by gender
Twenty-six of this year’s Photonics100 nominees are women, in roles ranging from PhD candidates to CEOs. While this ratio can be read as encouraging when compared with the proportion of women who responded to SPIE’s 2022 salary survey (21%), it is certainly a figure we hope to see increase in future editions of the list.
Sure to help are initiatives such as Gabriella Gardosi’s WEST (Women in Engineering, Science and Technology) at Aston University, Ursula Keller’s work at ETH Zurich and the examples set in the C-suites of both established photonics companies (by executives such as Coherent’s Julie Eng and Edmund Optics’ Marisa Edmund) and in start-ups (such as Quantopticon’s Mirella Koleva, and Nu Quantum’s Carmen Palacios-Berraquero).
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