Nature provides a wealth of examples where light propagates along curved paths.
The talk will discuss all of these and examples of man-made applications in endoscopy, fiber couplers, and photocopiers. This is a nearly equation-free talk . Duncan T. Moore is currently serving as associate director for technology in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House. While serving in this capacity, he is on leave as the Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optics Engineering from the Univ. Dr. Moore is also the founder of Gradient Lens Corp., manufacturer of the Hawkeye borescope.