This presentation will overview the challenges, industral landscape and market forecast for quantum technologies. Computing, cryptography and sensing applications will be reviewed.

Diffractive optical elements such as surface-relief gratings (SRGs) have become popular in modern applications, such as head-up displays (HUD), augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) head-mounted displays (HMD). Their ability to diffract rays in any desired angle and their wavelength and angular selectivity allows the creation of optical systems that are more compact and lighter than exclusively refractive and reflective optical designs. Traditionally, optical raytracing and diffraction efficiency were calculated separately, and the optical design was done iteratively. OpticStudio now supports the simulation of gratings with the diffraction efficiency by utilizing RCWA calculations. A demonstration of an optical system with the diffraction efficiency implemented will be presented as well.

Edmund Optics' experts Nathan Carlie, Nick Smith, and Randall Hinton are presenting about the benefits of Nano-Structured Anti-Reflective Surfaces formed by reactive ion etching (RIE) and why they are a high transmission, high laser damage threshold alternative to anti-reflective multi-layer coatings. Participants will have a strong understanding around: - How Nano-Structured Anti-Reflective Surfaces work - Their unique properties and benefits - Controlling structures during manufacturing to tailor performance - Ideal applications for this technology - When this technology would make sense for you

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have become commonplace and provide a formidable tool to state and non-state actors to project threats to personnel and critical infrastructure. Further complicating the threat, small UAS platforms and swarms represent a challenging and asymmetrical threat which is growing in both ubiquity and sophistication. Adversarial groups are using UAS drone swarms in active conflict theaters, and utilization of UAS in congested airspace poses an imminent threat to aircraft, critical infrastructure, commerce, industry and the general public. Applied Technology Associates (ATA), a small business in New Mexico, offers LOCUST- a System of Systems (SoS), multi-faceted UAS solution that has demonstrated effective and efficient detection, identification, management and mitigation of UAS threats.

Industry update: photonics and COVID-19

Washington update: export control changes