Abstract

Nearly 60 years after the first working maser, three British scientists have devised an optically pumped solid-state maser that operates at room temperature; New optics research from South Korea offers the prospect of glasses-free 3-D display technology for commercial theaters; JK Lasers, a GSI Group subsidiary, recently underwent a rebranding from its former identity as the Laser Division of GSI Group; Report describes role of optics in technological and economic growth; Optimax Systems Inc. provided the lenses that were used by the Mars rover Curiosity to take its first images of the red planet; Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Lab have devised a photoacoustic technique for sensing trace amounts of gases that simulate deadly nerve agents; Ultrafast imaging reveals hidden objects; Researchers have adapted the technique that corrected the optics of the Hubble telescope to produce sharp views of the neural pathways in mice brains.

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