Table of Contents

Cover Story

News Breaks

GaN-based micro-optics will combine with future blue and UV VCSELs

Compact UV Ti:sapphire laser flies high for gas sensing

Cladding-pump fiber maintains polarization

Calculations reveal limit of microfiber thinness

Optical "nose" now detects multiple molecules

FEL heats fat, leaves water alone; could treat acne

Diode-pumped phosphate-glass laser has 88% slope efficiency

In interference filters, light can disobey Snell's law

P.A.L.M. Microlaser honored with innovation award

World News

Spectroscopy

Fiber Lasers

Biomaterials

Optical Interconnects

Spectroscopy

High-Power Lasers

Entertainment Lasers

Light-Emitting Diodes

Optics

Conference Review

Spectrometers

Micromachining

Optical Fibers

Nanophotonics

Industry Reports

Lasers

Optics

Imaging and Detectors

Fiberoptics

Features

Frequency Combs

Phase-stabilized ultrafast lasers signal new era in measurement and research

Sources for Illumination

White-light LEDs range from 'warm' to 'cool'

Quantum Detectors

Single-photon detectors take quantum leaps

Thin-Film Optics

Optical-correction technique makes lambda/1000 optics a reality

Custom Lasers

Modular Ti:sapphire systems broaden research applications

Surface Analysis

New metrology tools support MEMS from R&D through final QC

Miniature Displays

Optical engines drive advances in LCOS near-to-eye displays

Optoelectronic Applications: Quantum Cryptography

Alice and Bob beef up security

Beam Profiling

Know your beam

Spatial Light Modulators

Liquid-crystal SLMs benefit the study of atmospheric turbulence

Cmos Detectors

TCAD simulation of image sensors catches light in silicon

Optoelectronics Manufacturing

Multicell diode-laser qualification benefits industrial-laser manufacturers

Microchannel cooling ups power capacity for laser-diode bars

Diamond heat spreaders maximize emitter power and lifetime

Columns

The Editor's Desk

Inside Imaging

Comment

Software & Computing

Business Forum

In My View

Departments

New Products

Manufacturers' Product Showcase

Business Resource Center

Advertising/Web Index

Sales Offices


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