December 2003 Issue
Feature Articles
Rotating Line Optical Tweezers Enables Controlled Intracellular Rotation of Microscopic Objects.
by Raktim Dasgupta, Samarendra Kumar Mohanty and Pradeep Kumar GuptaPhoton-Based Microscopy With 20-nm Spatial Resolution.
by Weilun Chao, Erik Anderson, Gregory Denbeaux, Bruce Harteneck, J. Alexander Liddle, Angelic Pearson, Deirdre Olynick, Farhad Salmassi, Cheng Yu Song and David AttwoodModal Properties of Semiconductor Nanowire Lasers.
by A. V. Maslov and C. Z. NingCoherence Properties of Optical Near Fields.
by A. Apostol and A. DogariuSelf-Reflection and Routing of Multicolor Solitons.
by Ladislav Jankovic, Hongki Kim, George Stegeman, Silvia Carrasco, Lluis Torner and Mordechai KatzOptically Active Organic Nanoaggregates.
by Frank Balzer and Horst-Günter RubahnRing Light Beam Deflector
by Hideaki OkayamaFractal Zone Plates Produce Axial Irradiance With Fractal Profile
by Walter D. Furlan, Genaro Saavedra and Juan A. MonsoriuSpatial Fourier-Transform Polarimetry By Use of Space-Variant Subwavelength Gratings
by Erez Hasman, Gabriel Biener, Vladimir Kleiner and Avi NivMicro-Optics Advances Quantum Computing and Integrated Atom Optics.
by Rainer Dumke, Tobias Müther, Michael Volk, Wolfgang Ertmer and Gerhard BirklSpatial Patterns in Nonlinear Optics
Pattern Formation in Optical Cavities With Incoherent Light.
by Tal Carmon, Hrvoje Buljan, Marin Soljacˇi´c and Mordechai SegevTerahertz Pulse Shaping in Time Domain Via Optical Rectification in Poled Lithium Niobate Crystals.
by Yun-Shik Lee, Naaman Amer and Walter C. HurlbutMeasuring and Understanding the Most Complex Ultrashort Pulse Ever Generated.
by Rick Trebino, John Dudley and Xun GuDepartments and Columns
Who’s Who on OSA’s Board of Directors
OPN talks to Rod Alfernesses.
OFC 2004 Targets Service Providers with Focused Summit
The Service Provider Summit (SPS), a unique, day-long meeting aimed at telecom service provider and carrier industry professionals, will be held during the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) 2004. Ninety-six percent of those surveyed rated the first Service Provider Summit, held at OFC 2003, as “good,” “very good” or “excellent.” Nearly all those surveyed said it should be a feature event in 2004.
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