Optics & photonics news

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  Año 2006, Número 9

  • Making the case for solid-state lighting; "Saser" pumps out coherent sound waves; new lighting on the Clifton Suspension Bridge

    P. Daukantas

    págs. 8-9

    

  • A tale of two investors: the Founding of Coherent Inc

    E. Watson

    págs. 10-11

    

  • Congressional Fellows discuss the closing of an Army center for telecommunications and electronic research and the National Innovation Act

    págs. 12-13

    

  • Rules of disclosure: the ABCs of NDAs

    J. E. Gortych

    págs. 14-15

    

  • Up to some Optricks in Southern California

    B. Monacelli, D. Silberman

    págs. 16-17

    

  • The History of OSA: The SOAP committee sparks controversy

    J. N. Howard

    págs. 18-19

    

  • Adaptive Optics: Astronomy and Beyond

    A. Greenaway

    págs. 22-27

    

  • Report from CLEO/QELS and PhAST 2006: The Latest in Lasers and Photonics

    P. Daukantas

    págs. 28-33

    

  • Tribute to an Unknown Physicist: Last year, we celebrated the World Year of Physics. It was a wonderful opportunity to highlight our field and remember the greats and well-known. But do we want to remember unknown physicists too?

    A. E. Kaplan

    págs. 34-39

    

  • The OptIPuter: An Information Superhighway for Terabytes

    P. Daukantas

    págs. 40-45