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Carbon-Nanotube Coating Improves Thermal Detector

By Patricia Daukantas | POSTED SEPTEMBER 02, 2010

A “very black” carbon-nanotube coating, combined with an innovative fabrication process, makes a new infrared detector with nearly ideal performance over a wide range of wavelengths. more>>

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Chemistry for Harvesting Sunlight

By Yvonne Carts-Powell | POSTED AUGUST 26, 2010

Researchers reported advances in molecular systems for efficient solar energy conversion and storage at the American Chemical Society meeting this week. more>>

BOOK REVIEW
Fiber Optics: Physics and Technology

By Fedor Mitschke | Review by Reva Garg | POSTED AUGUST 26, 2010

The concept of the optical fiber has been around for more than a century. It is amazing how fiber optics has evolved and how new ideas and opportunities have shaped the field. more>>

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Laser Controls the Pace of a Beating Heart

By Yvonne Carts-Powell | POSTED AUGUST 19, 2010

Noncontact optical control of an embryonic heart will help researchers learn how congenital heart defects occur and how heart tissue might be grown. more>>

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Controlling Gas Flow with Light

By Yvonne Carts-Powell | POSTED AUGUST 16, 2010

The gas-permeability of a “smart” membrane can be changed, reversibly, by shining light on it. more>>

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Silicon On-Chip Amplifier Boosts Mid-IR

By Yvonne Carts-Powell | POSTED AUGUST 16, 2010

Researchers at Columbia University and IBM’s Watson Research Center built an optical parametric amplifier on a single silicon chip. more>>

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Triple-Slit Experiment Has Quantum Implications

By Patricia Daukantas | POSTED AUGUST 16, 2010

Modified interference experiment—using three slits—has placed a limit on the accuracy on one of the laws of quantum mechanics. more>>


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Pulsed laser emits bursts of darkness; a fleeting look at the details of photoemission; a gigapixel camera goes asteroid-hunting. more>>

Patricia Daukantas

OPTICS INNOVATIONS

Venture Capital and Angel Funding: Making It Work in 2010

Despite the shaky economy, venture capital is still a viable funding option for fledgling optics companies. more>>

Patricia Daukantas

VIEWPOINT

Congressional Fellows discuss harnessing energy potential and advancing innovation and competitiveness. more>>

 

CONVERSATIONS IN OPTICS

OPN Talks with Joseph H. Eberly

Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Endowment Recipient and FiO Speaker. more>>

Tom Price

LIGHT TOUCH

The Myth of the Fiber-Optic Polar Bear

How can engineers use a receiver operating characteristics curve to assess the functioning of a complex sensor system? more>>

Daniel W. Koon

GLOBAL OPTICS

Travel Log: OSA Fellow Visits Turkey

Barry Masters shares what he learned on his trip to Turkey as part of the OSA Fellow Travel Grant program. more>>

Barry R. Masters

THE HISTORY OF OSA

Reminiscences: Robert W. Wood and the Unknown Chemical

Former OSA Executive Director Jarus Quinn recalls his explosive summer as a grad student tasked with cleaning the lab of famed physicist R.W. Wood. more>>

Jarus Quinn


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Highlighted articles from OSA journals

Monte Carlo studies of the intrinsic second hyperpolarizability

The paper of Shafei et al. belongs to a series of papers initiated a decade ago by M.G. Kuzyk, oriented toward a... more>>

Published in JOSA B | POSTED ON AUGUST 20, 2010

On the single point resolution of on-axis digital holography

Digital holography (DH) as an imaging modality has evolved and become increasingly popular over the past couple of... more>>

Published in JOSA A | POSTED ON AUGUST 20, 2010

Resting state functional connectivity of the whole head with near-infrared spectroscopy

When a person performs different tasks such as movement or is stimulated visually, neurons in different regions of the... more>>

Published in Biomedical Optics Express | POSTED AUGUST 2, 2010

Direct evidence of lymphatic function improvement after advanced pneumatic compression device treatment of lymphedema

Near-infrared (NIR) imaging is an active area of research that has not yet fully realized its clinical potential. NIR... more>>

Published in Biomedical Optics Express | POSTED AUGUST 2, 2010

Refractive index engineering with subwavelength gratings for efficient microphotonic couplers and planar waveguide multiplexers

When approaching the design of an integrated photonic circuit, a critical issue one must deal with is the choice of the... more>>

Published in Optics Letters | POSTED ON JULY 30, 2010

Bloch surface waves in ultrathin waveguides: near-field investigation of mode polarization and propagation

When a person performs different tasks such as movement or is stimulated visually, neurons in different regions of the... more>>

Published in JOSA B | POSTED ON JULY 23, 2010

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