Volume 43 Issue 9
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FEATURES
56 | FLAT SCREENS GO DEEP – AND MORE
by Hank Hogan, Contributing Editor
3-D content and touch-screen displays mark the debut of interactive television.
63 | REFLECTING ON THE PAST
by Jamie Knapp, Newport Corp. – Corion Optical Filters
Applying ancient technologies to modern photonics.
68 | SENSORS ON THE FRONTIERS OF PHYSICS
by David L. Shenkenberg, Features Editor
Ultrasensitive detection may lead to quantum communication and computing.
70 | IT’S TWO, TWO, TWO TOOLS IN ONE
by Laura S. Marshall, Managing Editor
Technique enables simultaneous imaging and laser surgery without mechanical scanning.
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72 | MID-IR TUNABLE LASERS PROBE HYDROCARBON MOLECULES
by Angus Henderson, Lockheed Martin Aculight
Infrared laser spectroscopy boosts sensitive hydrocarbon molecule detection.
76 | PICO BOOM
by Melinda Rose, Senior Editor
Pocket projectors are poised to explode, but will lasers or LEDs be the pre-eminent
light source?
80 | NORTHERN LIGHTS: THE PHOTONICS INDUSTRY IN CANADA
by Laura S. Marshall, Managing Editor
Ontario and Québec are hot spots for photonics-related research and industries.
SPECIAL 16-PAGE INSERT
29 | THE PHOTONICS SPECTRUM REFERENCE WALL CHART
The photonics spectrum wall chart displays the major commercial laser lines, detectors
and optical materials in the ultraviolet to the far-infrared and beyond.
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