Nobel Prize winner Zhores I. Alferov

Photonic crystal fibers offer extraordinary performance, including

Packaging design for photonic components requires careful

Mending tissue with laser welding or soldering

SOAs offer a key technology for amplification,

Innovative stacking techniques increase the output power

A system is called ‘smart’ if a

Manufacturers who depend on automated inspection systems

The purpose of any photodetector is to

Diffractive optics can simulate the effects of

Micromachines make their way into optical switches,

Following standards and using appropriate safety equipment

Biopsies may become rare as photon migration

Thermoelectric coolers offer efficient solid-state heat-management options.

Advances in sensors, imaging techniques, and software

Successful positioning requires an understanding of geometry

Wafer-bonding techniques yield vertically integrated optoelectronic devices.

By altering the size and thickness of

The EuroLaser Academy’s educational program replaces

Photonics companies must follow a plan of

In the nano regime, material characteristics are

Optical design is more than just stringing

Many important commercial applications use ultraviolet (UV)

Widely tuneable telecom lasers may cut inventory

Consumer-driven medical laser applications such as cosmetic

Streaming 3-D video, audio, and a sense

Compact, efficient, and air-cooled, they’re displacing Nd:YAGs

Microdisplays based on III-nitride wide band-gap semiconductors

Multimedia is poised on the edge of

Maintaining diversity in an ever-changing industry is

As the worldwide pharmaceutical market continues to

Under test as an access loop solution,

Optics companies need to respond to the

In 1987 the research group at Eastman

Disruptive technologies like LCoS and OLEDs are

Photonics provides scientists with sophisticated tools such

Spectra-Physics (Mountain View, CA) turns

History repeats itself, and this time we

Ultrafast lasers make their way out of

Optical fiber is central to the successful