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’Breaking Barriers’ 2007 CLEO/QELS Theme

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BALTIMORE, Md., May 10, 2007 -- New optics concepts and phenomena that rely on 20th-century optics are recently becoming part of researchers' fundamental tools, said Ben Stein, a senior science writer and editor at the American Institute of Physics who moderated a panel, "New Fundamentals Breaking Scientific Barriers," at a press luncheon held Tuesday at CLEO/QELS. "The basic framework for optics hasn't changed much since the 20th century, but after the invention of the laser in the 1960s, things really took off in the optics industry," he said. Among researchers that are breaking those barriers is Thorlabs,...Read full article

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    Published: May 2007
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