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src="https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/2015/41-contest15.jpg?t=638430713472335818" alt="A droplet of fluorescent molecules"> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="A droplet of fluorescent molecules" data-image-id="#image0" data-image-link="/home/gallery/photo_contests/2015/imaged_through_a_c-8_telescope_(25)/" data-text="A droplet of fluorescent molecules sits atop an array of nano-sized holes. An excitation laser from below is diffracted by the nanohole array, causing a &quot;bloom&quot; of internally reflected fluorescence within the droplet. The fluorescence from this array was used to calibrate the field-dependent aberrations of a super-resolved fluorescence microscope (see article submitted to Optica, 2015). [Winner 2015 After Image photo contest.] &mdash;Matthew D. Lew, Washington University in St. Louis" data-owner="" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> A droplet of fluorescent molecules </a> </h5> A droplet of fluorescent molecules sits atop an array of nano-sized holes. An excitation laser from below is diffracted by the nanohole array, causing a "bloom" of internally reflected fluorescence within the droplet. The fluorescence from this array was used to calibrate the field-dependent aberrations of a super-resolved fluorescence microscope (see article submitted to Optica, 2015). [Winner 2015 After Image photo contest.] —Matthew D. Lew, Washington University in St. Louis <br> <p> <br> <em> — </em> </p> <p> <small>29 Nov 2015</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-columns mt-1"> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image1" class="card_image" src="https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/2015/24-contest15.jpg?t=638430713449835444" alt="Image of HeNe "> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Image of HeNe " data-image-id="#image1" data-image-link="/home/gallery/photo_contests/2015/imaged_through_a_c-8_telescope_(8)/" data-text="Image of HeNe laser horizontally scanned across a Plano Convex lens onto a sheet of paper. Special lab setup 10 sec exposure, 100 ISO, Samsung camera, 3mw laser.&nbsp;[Second Place 2015 After Image photo contest.]&nbsp;&mdash;Robert Schalck, Senior Member" data-owner="" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Image of HeNe </a> </h5> Image of HeNe laser horizontally scanned across a Plano Convex lens onto a sheet of paper. Special lab setup 10 sec exposure, 100 ISO, Samsung camera, 3mw laser. [Second Place 2015 After Image photo contest.] —Robert Schalck, Senior Member <br> <p> <br> <em> — </em> </p> <p> <small>29 Nov 2015</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image2" class="card_image" src="https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/2015/29-contest15.jpg?t=638430713457804309" alt="The Evolution Of Electric Light Bulbs"> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="The Evolution Of Electric Light Bulbs" data-image-id="#image2" data-image-link="/home/gallery/photo_contests/2015/imaged_through_a_c-8_telescope_(13)/" data-text="Imaged with the X-rays of Nikon&#39;s XTH225 CT system (left: Edison style incandescent light bulb, center: fluorescent light bulb, right: LED light bulb). In 2014, the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Subsequently, the United Nations declared the year of 2015 the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies.&nbsp;[Third Place 2015 After Image photo contest.]&nbsp;&mdash;Herminso Villarraga-Gómez, Nikon Metrology Americas &amp; University of North Carolina at Charlotte U.S.A." data-owner="" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> The Evolution Of Electric Light Bulbs </a> </h5> Imaged with the X-rays of Nikon's XTH225 CT system (left: Edison style incandescent light bulb, center: fluorescent light bulb, right: LED light bulb). In 2014, the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Subsequently, the United Nations declared the year of 2015 the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. [Third Place 2015 After Image photo contest.] —Herminso Villarraga-Gómez, Nikon Metrology Americas & University of North Carolina at Charlotte U.S.A. <br> <p> <br> <em> — </em> </p> <p> <small>29 Nov 2015</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image3" class="card_image" src="https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/2015/33-contest15.jpg?t=638430713461710584" alt="Soliton amplification "> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Soliton amplification " data-image-id="#image3" data-image-link="/home/gallery/photo_contests/2015/imaged_through_a_c-8_telescope_(17)/" data-text="Soliton amplification to 2 MW peak power in a high power, Er fiber amplifier, pumped by a Raman fiber laser. I like this image as it shows a variety of optical phenomenon. Scatter from the 975 nm pump lasers, and 1 um Yb fiber laser in the background are picked up by the camera&#39;s silicon sensor. The typical blue and green upconversion from Yb and Er fibers is also visible. Finally, nonlinearity from the intense soliton generates a deep green, and then red light, at the amplifier output.&nbsp;[Honorable Mention 2015 After Image photo contest.]&mdash;Jeffrey W. Nicholson, OFS" data-owner="" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Soliton amplification </a> </h5> Soliton amplification to 2 MW peak power in a high power, Er fiber amplifier, pumped by a Raman fiber laser. I like this image as it shows a variety of optical phenomenon. Scatter from the 975 nm pump lasers, and 1 um Yb fiber laser in the background are picked up by the camera's silicon sensor. The typical blue and green upconversion from Yb and Er fibers is also visible. Finally, nonlinearity from the intense soliton generates a deep green, and then red light, at the amplifier output. [Honorable Mention 2015 After Image photo contest.]—Jeffrey W. Nicholson, OFS <br> <p> <br> <em> — </em> </p> <p> <small>29 Nov 2015</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image4" class="card_image" src="https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/2015/04-contest15.jpg?t=638430713424990923" alt="Light scattering in soap bubbles"> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Light scattering in soap bubbles" data-image-id="#image4" data-image-link="/home/gallery/photo_contests/2015/array_of_eight_filaments_(2)/" data-text="Parhelic-like circle obtained with light scattering in soap bubbles. We have done a connection of this light pattern with the atmospheric optical phenomena known as parhelic circle, sun pillars and sun dogs. These phenomena are so interesting that, when they were observed in the sky of Rome in 1629, they led René Descartes stop thinking about Philosophy and turn his intellectual enthusiasm on the subject of Optics.[Honorable Mention 2015 After Image photo contest.]&mdash;Alberto Tufaile, University of São Paulo" data-owner="" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Light scattering in soap bubbles </a> </h5> Parhelic-like circle obtained with light scattering in soap bubbles. We have done a connection of this light pattern with the atmospheric optical phenomena known as parhelic circle, sun pillars and sun dogs. These phenomena are so interesting that, when they were observed in the sky of Rome in 1629, they led René Descartes stop thinking about Philosophy and turn his intellectual enthusiasm on the subject of Optics.[Honorable Mention 2015 After Image photo contest.]—Alberto Tufaile, University of São Paulo <br> <p> <br> <em> — </em> </p> <p> <small>29 Nov 2015</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image5" class="card_image" src="https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/2015/62-contest15.jpg?t=638430713494680064" alt="Array of white lights"> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Array of white lights" data-image-id="#image5" data-image-link="/home/gallery/photo_contests/2015/imaged_through_a_c-8_telescope_(46)/" data-text="An array of white lights split into the color spectrum by a diffraction grating.&nbsp;[Honorable Mention 2015 After Image photo contest.]&nbsp;&mdash;Page E. King, College of Optical Sciences - Tucson, AZ" data-owner="" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Array of white lights </a> </h5> An array of white lights split into the color spectrum by a diffraction grating. [Honorable Mention 2015 After Image photo contest.] —Page E. King, College of Optical Sciences - Tucson, AZ <br> <p> <br> <em> — </em> </p> <p> <small>29 Nov 2015</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image6" class="card_image" src="https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/2015/01-contest15.jpg?t=638430713419053446" alt="Laser light diffracting in a cone"> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Laser light diffracting in a cone" data-image-id="#image6" data-image-link="/home/gallery/photo_contests/2015/laser_light_diffracting_in_a_cone/" data-text="A direct image of the bare fiber tip, output port of the ytterbium femtosecond fiber laser of my construction. The laser light diffracting in a cone from a fiber tip is at 1,030 nm&nbsp; wavelength, and it is directly shot by the DSLR camera. &mdash;Radosław Chrapkiewicz, Optics Division, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland" data-owner="" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Laser light diffracting in a cone </a> </h5> A direct image of the bare fiber tip, output port of the ytterbium femtosecond fiber laser of my construction. The laser light diffracting in a cone from a fiber tip is at 1,030 nm  wavelength, and it is directly shot by the DSLR camera. —Radosław Chrapkiewicz, Optics Division, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland <br> <p> <br> <em> — </em> </p> <p> <small>29 Nov 2015</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image7" class="card_image" src="https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/2015/02-contest15.jpg?t=638430713420147255" alt="Array of eight filaments "> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Array of eight filaments " data-image-id="#image7" data-image-link="/home/gallery/photo_contests/2015/array_of_eight_filaments/" data-text="A cylindrical array of eight filaments propagating through transparent acrylic. The array was created using the superposition of two ultrafast fourth order Bessel beams. &mdash;Nicholas Barbieri, University of Central Florida" data-owner="" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Array of eight filaments </a> </h5> A cylindrical array of eight filaments propagating through transparent acrylic. The array was created using the superposition of two ultrafast fourth order Bessel beams. —Nicholas Barbieri, University of Central Florida <br> <p> <br> <em> — </em> </p> <p> <small>29 Nov 2015</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image8" class="card_image" src="https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/2015/03-contest15.jpg?t=638430713423584834" alt="3-dimensional nested ring of light "> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="3-dimensional nested ring of light " data-image-id="#image8" data-image-link="/home/gallery/photo_contests/2015/array_of_eight_filaments_(1)/" data-text="This beautiful 3-dimensional nested ring of light was produced experimentally by placing a large glass capillary in front of a glowing heating element with an angular offset to excite skew rays that follow a helical path around the capillary axis.&mdash;George Y. Chen, University of South Australia&nbsp;" data-owner="" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> 3-dimensional nested ring of light </a> </h5> This beautiful 3-dimensional nested ring of light was produced experimentally by placing a large glass capillary in front of a glowing heating element with an angular offset to excite skew rays that follow a helical path around the capillary axis.—George Y. Chen, University of South Australia  <br> <p> <br> <em> — </em> </p> <p> <small>29 Nov 2015</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image9" class="card_image" src="https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/2015/05-contest15.jpg?t=638430713425928630" alt="International Year of Light 2015 logo"> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="International Year of Light 2015 logo" data-image-id="#image9" data-image-link="/home/gallery/photo_contests/2015/array_of_eight_filaments_(3)/" data-text="International Year of Light 2015 logo was fabricated in fused silica glass volume by inducing birefringent nanorgatings using femtosecond laser. Different colors present different retardance induced. Photo taken in cross polarized light.&mdash;Titas Gertus, Workshop of Photonics (Altechna R&amp;D)" data-owner="" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> International Year of Light 2015 logo </a> </h5> International Year of Light 2015 logo was fabricated in fused silica glass volume by inducing birefringent nanorgatings using femtosecond laser. Different colors present different retardance induced. 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