December 2003 Issue
Feature Articles
Biophotonics
Rotating Line Optical Tweezers Enables Controlled Intracellular Rotation of Microscopic Objects.
by Raktim Dasgupta, Samarendra Kumar Mohanty and Pradeep Kumar GuptaMicroscopy
Photon-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 AttwoodNano Optics
Modal Properties of Semiconductor Nanowire Lasers.
by A. V. Maslov and C. Z. NingNear-Field Optics
Coherence Properties of Optical Near Fields.
by A. Apostol and A. DogariuNonlinear Optics
Self-Reflection and Routing of Multicolor Solitons.
by Ladislav Jankovic, Hongki Kim, George Stegeman, Silvia Carrasco, Lluis Torner and Mordechai KatzOptical Engineering
Optically Active Organic Nanoaggregates.
by Frank Balzer and Horst-Günter RubahnPhase Control
Ring Light Beam Deflector
by Hideaki OkayamaPhotonic Structures
Fractal Zone Plates Produce Axial Irradiance With Fractal Profile
by Walter D. Furlan, Genaro Saavedra and Juan A. MonsoriuPolarization
Spatial Fourier-Transform Polarimetry By Use of Space-Variant Subwavelength Gratings
by Erez Hasman, Gabriel Biener, Vladimir Kleiner and Avi NivQuantum Information
Micro-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 Optics
Terahertz Pulse Shaping in Time Domain Via Optical Rectification in Poled Lithium Niobate Crystals.
by Yun-Shik Lee, Naaman Amer and Walter C. HurlbutUltrafast Technology
Measuring 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.
