Feature Articles | February 2006
Optoelectronics is at the crossroads of electronics and optics. Using optical and electronic means, it generates, manipulates and converts light....
Diffractive optical elements offer the optical system designer powerful and often unique functionality in a compact package. For example, diffraction...
Excimers are pulsed gas lasers that deliver high pulse energies and high average output at ultraviolet and deep-ultraviolet wavelengths. As a result,...
Holey fibers, in which airholes are introduced in the cladding region and extended in the axial direction of the fiber, have been known since the...
With the recent development of less costly uncooled infrared detector technology, expensive optics are among the remaining significant cost drivers....
Plasmonics has fascinated people for centuries, although they didn’t always fully understand its unique effects. During the Middle Ages, for example,...