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New Method for Using Laser Beams to Accelerate Ions

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Germany, and the Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics in Germany, have developed a new method for using a laser beam to accelerate ions.

8 Jul 2007

New Springer Handbook of Lasers and Optics

Written by leading experts, the Springer Handbook of Lasers and Optics gives a complete and up-to-date overview of the field in one book.

8 Jul 2007

New Method for Transmitting Secret Messages Over Existing Fiber-Optic Networks

A new technique sends secret messages under other people's noses so cleverly that it would impress James Bond--yet the procedure is so firmly rooted in the real world that it can be instantly used with existing equipment and infrastructure.

8 Jul 2007

Highly Efficient Room-Temperature Nanometer-Scale Laser

Scientists at Yokohama National University in Japan have built a highly efficient room-temperature nanometer-scale laser that produces stable, continuous streams of near-infrared laser light.

8 Jul 2007

Room-Temperature Operation of a Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Laser

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated the room-temperature operation of a heterojunction bipolar transistor laser, moving it an important step closer to commercialization.

8 Jul 2007

Single-Pixel Camera from Rice Could Provide Advantages for Terahertz Imaging

For all their ease and convenience, there are few things more wasteful than digital cameras.

8 Jul 2007

Miniaturized Molecular Imaging Technologies for Screening, Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Wins $3 million Award

The Department of Defense (DOD) has named Rice University the recipient of a $3 million award for a five-year program to develop miniaturized molecular imaging technologies for screening, diagnosis, and monitoring of breast cancer.

8 Jul 2007

Virus-Sized Nanostars

New optics research from Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics suggests that tiny gold particles called nanostars could become powerful chemical sensors.

8 Jul 2007

Breakthrough in Silicon Photonics Devices

Building on a series of recent breakthroughs in silicon photonics, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a novel approach to silicon devices that combines light amplification with a photovoltaic – or solar panel – effect.

8 Jul 2007

Photonic Computers

An £820,000 research project begins soon which could be an important step in bringing the dream of photonic computers – devices run using light rather than electronics – onto the desktop.

8 Jul 2007