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Newsbreaks

Laser-frequency monitoring measures millimeter distances to picometer accuracy

Whispering-gallery resonator has continuous modal spectrum

Rod-type fiber laser reaches new nanosecond pulse-power heights

Rotary-disk laser achieves highest Q-switched power

Pixel-level analog-to-digital conversion results in 40 times less power

20-W CW power barrier surpassed for 975-nm diode-laser chip

Electrically stimulated carbon nanotubes emit IR light

PC waveguide mirror to change the direction of light by 135ยบ

Time-lapse Hubble images track stellar jets

World News

Digital Imaging

Photonic Crystals

Nonlinear Phenomena

Terahertz Optoelectronics

Photonics Development

Optical Fabrication

Nanophotonic Imaging

Semiconductor Sources

Free-Electron Lasers

Optoelectronic Integration

Image Processing

Planetary Science

Negative Refraction

Inertial Fusion

Waveguide Lasers

Awards Program

Industry Reports

Lasers: Fiber lasers ignite the market

Senate restores most of NIF funding

FLIR adds lasers to its portfolio

Acquisition improves European presence

High-brightness LED market thrives

Optics: South African president inaugurates SALT

Lumera awarded polymer modulator contract

Deformable mirrors to go into space

IPCA to speed photonics commercialization

Imaging and Detector: Schering, Philips partner in optical imaging

Agilent acquires Molecular Imaging

Cedip acquisition targets surveillance market

Venus Express pushes imaging limits

Kopin wins night-vision contract

Fiberoptics: Emcore acquires Phasebridge

Infinera tops long-haul shipments

Infineon disperses fiberoptic assets

Sun and Luxtera partner on CMOS DWDM

E.U. merges mobile and optical communications

Features

Laser Marketplace 2006: Market's messages are mixed

Optical Fabrication: Optical contacting grows more robust

Specialty Fibers: Direct nanoparticle deposition builds active fibers

Photonic Frontiers: Photonic Power Delivery

Adaptive Optics: Index matching offers a low-cost route to complex optics

Quantum-Dot Sources: Quantum-dot development pursues new applications

Optoelectronics Applications: Surveillance

Low-Light Imaging: Silicon photon-counting detectors enable next-generation imaging

Photomultiplier Tubes: PMT detectors address DNA sequencing

Positioning Systems: Applications dictate gimbal selection

Columns

The Editor's Desk

Inside Imaging

Business Forum

Comment

Software & Computing

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New Products

Manufacturers' Product Showcase

Business Resource Center

Advertising/Web Index

Sales Offices

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