Photonics Spectra - March 2009

Editorial Staff

Group Publisher Diane M. Laurin

Senior Editors Charles T. Troy, Anne L. Fischer Features Editors Lynn M. Savage, David L. Shenkenberg,

Laura S. Marshall

News Editors Caren B. Les, Amanda D. Francoeur, Rebecca C. Jernigan

Departments Editor Ashley N. Paddock

Copy Editors Judith E. Storie, Patricia A. Vincent, Margaret W. Bushee

Contributing Editors Hank Hogan, Dr. Christine Connolly,

Melinda A. Rose, Krista D. Zanolli, Gary Boas

Creative Staff

Senior Art Director Lisa N. Comstock

BioPhotonics Art Director Suzanne L. Schmidt EuroPhotonics Art Director Juliana T. Willey

Designers Janice R. Tynan, Taber A. Thayer

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Editorial Advisory Board

Valerie C. Bolhouse, Consultant; Walter Burgess, Power Technology Inc.; Sarah Cohn Christensen, SarahCohn.com; Dr. Timothy Day, Daylight Solutions; Dr. Anthony J. DeMaria, Coherent-DEOS LLC; Dr. Donal Denvir, Andor Technology PLC; Patrick L. Edsell, Avanex Corp.; Dr. Stephen D. Fantone, Optikos Corp.; Dr. William Gornall, Consultant; John Hanks, National Instruments Corp.; Randy Heyler, Newport Corp.; Dr. Kenneth J. Kaufmann, Hamamatsu Corp.; Brian Lula, PI (Physik Instrumente) LP; Eliezer Manor, Shirat Enterprises Ltd., Israel; Dr. Kenneth Moore, Zemax Development Corp.; Shinji Niikura, Spectra-Physics KK, Japan; Dr. Morio Onoe, professor emeritus, University of Tokyo; Dr. William Plummer, W TP Optics; Dr. Richard C. Powell, University of Arizona; Dr. Ryszard S. Romaniuk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; Samuel P. Sadoulet, Edmund Optics; Dr. Steve Sheng, Telesis Technologies Inc.; William H. Shiner, IPG Photonics Corp.; John M. Stack, Zygo Corp.; Stuart Schoenmann, CVI Melles Griot; Dr. Albert J.P. Theuwissen, Harvest Imaging/Delft University of Technology, Belgium.