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Cover Story: European Photonics

News Breaks

QKD experiment uses entangled photon pairs

Moldable glass spectrally spans from UV to mid-IR

Thermoreflectance imager sees microscopic IC features through silicon

Portable laser scanner preserves dinosaur tracks in Spain

New quantum-dot recipe may yield more-efficient solar cells

Diamond anvils and laser pulses may create pressures comparable to those at Jupiter's core

Microfabricated saturation-absorption spectrometer rivals tabletop performance

Laser filament creates long-lived conducting ‘wire’ in air

Photonic-crystal laser leverages quantum-dot layer

World News

Microscopy

Obituary

Astronomy

Microstructured Fibers

Plastic Optics

Attosecond Physics

Two-Photon Fluorescence

Photonic-Bandgap Fiber

Ultrafast Lasers

Diagnostic Imaging

Fiber Amplifiers

Nonlinear Optics

Infrared Imaging

Microdisk Lasers

Industry Reports

Lasers

CVI agrees to acquire Melles Griot

Queen's Award goes to Rofin-Sinar U.K.

IMRA donates to OSA

High-power laser maker acquired by Coherent

LBO and Displaytech partner on laser projectors

Newport ships its first fiber lasers

Reliant invests $1 million in MGH research

Optics

Phast/LFW Innovation Award goes to Thorlabs

Societies launch scitopia.org to share research

Corning to invest $300 million in R&D facility

Thorlabs partners in aspheres

Spectral gas-sensing instrument completed

Imaging and Detector

Spinoff focuses on IR detectors

Grant awarded for organic solar cells

3-D solar images improve solar forecasting

Seiko and Nemoptic ink e-paper agreement

PerkinElmer gains 3-D cell imaging capability

Partnership seeks real-time imaging

Fiber Optics

Avanex launches 3S Photonics

Northrop Grumman consolidates gyro business

OSA & Corning sponsor communications award

BOREAS-Net selects Infinera

Discovery Semiconductor detectors

Features

European Report

European photonics: Should we be worried?

Photonic Frontiers: Frequency Combs

Frequency combs achieve extreme precision

Cellular Imaging

Novel nonlinear contrast improves deep-tissue microscopy

Ultrafast-Pulse Measurement

Wanted: simple methods for complex measurements

Plastic Optics

Polymer optics gain increased precision

UV Sources

Alexandrite lasers span the ultraviolet

Optoelectronic Applications: Spectroscopy

MEMS put NIR spectroscopy in the hands of non-techies

Industrial Lasers

Laser micromachining expands as technology develops

Biomedical Optics

Surface reflections reveal hidden eye misalignments

FTTx Technologies

Planar lightwave circuits revolutionize photonics

Photomultiplier Tubes

Photomultiplier tubes present both challenge and opportunity

Photonic Frontiers: Nanophotonics

Nanophotonics is a matter of confinement

Columns

The Editor's Desk

Software & Computing

Inside Imaging

In My View

Departments

New Products

Manufacturer's Product Showcase

Business Resource Center

Advertising/Web Index

Sales Offices

Laser Focus World - June 2007 Index