2007 Photo Contest

Filament Spectrum

The spectrum of a filament in 5 cm of fused silica generated by a 200 fs, 527 nm (green) pump pulse. Daniele Faccio, Como, Italy

01 Jan 2007

A yin-yang optical damage image inside a glass. Gray images are the front and side view of the glass with the balance provided by a Canon digital camera in front of a plasma computer screen. Blue images are placed in front of a computer monitor as a light source and analyzed with a cross-polarizer. Carlos Trevino, David Iturbe-Castillo and Sabino Chavez-Cerda, Puebla Pue, Mexico

01 Jan 2007

Tape Dispenser

Tape dispenser in front of a computer monitor as a light source and analyzed with a cheap cross-polarizer in front. Carlos Trevino, David Iturbe-Castillo and Sabino Chavez-Cerda, Puebla Pue, Mexico

01 Jan 2007

OPN Interferogram

The calculated interferogram of 37 point scatterers arranged in the form of the letters OPN in the optical intermediate field range and its numerical reconstruction. Image size is 9 x 4.5 wavelengths. Wolfgang Basca, Toulouse, France

01 Jan 2007

Reflected City

The Boston skyline reflected on the Charles River, photographed from MIT. A green digital photo filter was applied to the final image.

01 Jan 2007

Olympic Nanostructures

Nanostructures generated with a two-beam-interference technique in combination with a solid-state laser. The periodicity of the nanoripples is 290-375 nm and is arranged in rings with 3-mm diameters. Colors are generated using the periodicities of these rings. Stefan Beckemper, Aachen, Germany

01 Jan 2007