Optics & photonics news

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  Año 2006, Número 12

  • Talking to your government officials: why it matters

    E. Kunkee

    págs. 10-11

    

  • Post-9/11 security: better for scientists, but not perfect

    T. Price

    págs. 12-13

    

  • What girls need to succeed in science, technology, engineering and math

    M. M. Moulton

    págs. 14-15

    

  • The History of OSA - JOSA B: Optical Physics

    J. N. Howard

    págs. 16-17

    

  • Array Detectors: We can now construct conformal detectors that allow us to have optically functional clothing

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  • Bloch Oscillations: Bloch oscillations make many of us think of electron waves in crystals. Here, we are reminded that they are a general wave phenomena in the presence of a periodic potential

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  • Coherent Imaging: Coherence tomography is expanding its applications beyond simple depth measurements

    págs. 23-25

    

  • Diffractive Optics: Research continues in the construction of useful optical systems based on diffraction

    págs. 26-29

    

  • Imaging: Imaging provides a non-invasive method of pinpointing defects, from cellular morphology to thermal circuit flaws

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  • Metamaterials: Negative index and high-index materials are becoming an active research area with many promising applications

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  • Nonlinear Optics: Progress in nonlinear optics is allowing expansion of development in ultrafast broadband and ultraviolet sources

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  • Optical Beams: Beam engineering can create unusual beam propagation properties such as diffraction-free propagation

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  • Opto-mechanical: One of the limits of using fiber optics to distribute control signals is the lack of an opto-mechanical transducer. A solution may be at hand

    págs. 39-40

    

  • Polarization: The vector nature of light carries information that enables the non-invasive measurement of glucose in a turbid medium: blood

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  • Raman Spectroscopy: One of the most selective techniques for identifying chemical unknowns has been limited by low cross-sections. Now we have techniques for enhancing the way we collect the photons and generate a signal from the vibrational manifold

    págs. 42-43

    

  • Soft X-ray: Increasing the ability to produce high brightness soft X-ray table-top sources allows higher-resolution imaging of biological systems

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  • Ultrafast: As we become more able to control the length and accuracy of optical pulses, the field is expanding into new uses for ultrashort pulses

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