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Photonics.com Weekly: A unique integration of plasmonics and microfluidics (8/22/2013)

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Plasmofluidic’ Lens is Tunable, Reconfigurable Plasmofluidic’ Lens is Tunable, Reconfigurable
Laser-induced bubbles on a metal film are the first demonstration of a plasmonic lens in a microfluidic environment. The unique integration could help in developing multifunctional plasmonic elements, highly sensitive biomedical detection systems, and on-chip, all-optical information processing. "In addition to its unprecedented reconfigurability and tenability, our bubble lens has at least one more advantage over its solid-state counterparts: its natural smoothness," said Tony Jun Huang, Penn State associate professor of engineering science and mechanics. "The smoother the lens is, the better quality of the light that pass through it."
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Liquid Crystal Matrix Slows Light to 1 Billionth of its Speed
Light can be slowed to less than a billionth of its top speed by using embedded dye molecules in a liquid crystal matrix, says a team from France and China, which could lead to new technologies in remote sensing and measurement science.
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Grant Aims to Make Record-Short Laser Pulse Stronger
University of California, Berkeley, physics professor Zenghu Chang and his team, which generated a 67-attosecond pulse of extreme UV laser light last summer, have received a $6.9 million DARPA grant to make the pulse 1000 times stronger.
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Coherent’s Dieburg Lab Achieves ISO-IEC Certification
The laser maker's laser power and energy calibration laboratory in Dieburg, Germany, joins its Wilsonville, Ore., lab in achieving ISO-IEC 17025:2005 accreditation.
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Liquid Crystal Tied Into Knots to Advance Photonics
Using a miniature Möbius strip made from silica particles, scientists at the University of Warwick showed how to tie liquid crystals in knots. They hope to harness crystals in the next generation of advanced materials and photonic devices by understanding the intricate configurations and properties of the substance.
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Photonics Pros Love Their Work, Survey Shows
The percentage of respondents reporting high job satisfaction surpassed last year's 82 percent in a new salary survey of the global optics and photonics community conducted recently by SPIE.
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On this edition of the industry's only weekly newscast: plasmonics and microfluidics combine in a tunable lens, a liquid crystal matrix slows light to one billionth of its speed, and the deadline for entering the "Oscars of Photonics" is in September. Hosted by Photonics Media's Laura Marshall and Melinda Rose.
Boeing’s Laser Beam Deemed Battle-Worthy
The defense contractor's new system integrating a series of high-power industrial lasers to generate one concentrated, high-energy beam exceeded required thresholds for power and beam quality during a demonstration for the Department of Defense’s Robust Electric Laser Initiative (RELI).
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UArizona Presents Power of Optics to Congressman
As part of the National Photonics Initiative, Rep. Ron Barber visited the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences and met with students, faculty, and local business leaders to discuss the benefits of photonics and the role that the university is playing in the field.
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Photonics Firm a Finalist in Nokia Sensing Contest
A technology firm founded by UCLA professor Aydogan Ozcan and his students made it to the final round of a $2.25 million international competition for companies improving health care by developing advanced, consumer-friendly sensing devices.
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