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World News

Newsbreaks

Nanowires and nanoribbons route photons

Lidar sees bees finding land mines

What goes down comes back up

All-reflective spatial and spectral imager improves UV and IR capability

Frequency comb reaches into the EUV

Single-frequency laser has diamond intracavity filter

Nanometer-scale optical antennas resonate

Laser camera system inspects Discovery prior to reentry

Mini pressure sensor features high sensitivity

Crystal ball draws viewers into optical history

Laser Industry Report

Optics Industry Report

Imaging and Detector Industry Reports

Fiberoptics Industry Report

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The Editor's Desk

40 years: Then and Now

Working the Web

Inside Imaging

Business Forum

New Products

Manufacturers' Product Showcase

Business Resource Center

Advertising/Web Index

Sales Offices

In My View

Features

Very High-Peak-Power Lasers: Cryogenic cooling multiplies Ti:sapphire output

Optoelectronics Applications: Materials Processing - Excimers take more-refined approach to micromachining

Micro-optics: Micro-optics technology fulfills its promise

MSM Detectors: Nanaoscale MSM structures show high efficiency

Photonic Frontiers: Attosecond Physics - Attosecond pulses open new window on atomic physics

Beam Profilers: Fiber lasers pose special challenges for beam profiling

Optoelectronics World

Multiple-wavelength interferometry measures large-segmented mirrors

MTF provides an image-quality metric

Surface-measurement stitching technique scales to all sizes of optics

Laser Focus World - October 2005 Index