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Degrees Dropping in a Hot Job Market Students preparing for a career in photonics could take a lesson from professional gamblers, who und...	Photonics Design & Solutions: Modern-day military aircraft depend on a diversity of electromagnetic sensors to provide the pilot w...
There’s More than Money in that Pot of Gold The 2000 Photonics Jobs & Salary Survey found that employees who have 10 to 20 years of experien...	Hired Today, Gone Tomorrow? One out of four readers of Photonics Spectra -- you, your co-worker, your competitor or your boss --...
Cathing Polluters (Infra)Red-Handed Day or night and in all types of weather, airborne imaging systems help save lives, catch criminals ...	Technology Close-Up: With the availability of war-surplus night-vision viewers and the development of uncooled thermal in...

Engineering Academy Names Century’s Top Achievements On behalf of the National Academy of Engineering, astronaut Neil Armstrong announced the most import...	Acousto-Optics Detects Fluorescence CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Capillary electrophoresis is fast becoming the preferred method for the sepa...
Corning and Gore Test Prototype Fiber Researchers from Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y., and W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. of Newark, Del.,...	Lab Produces Record Crystal In support of the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore,...
Researchers Unlock the Secrets of Diamonds HONG KONG -- The captivating beauty of diamonds can overwhelm our sense of their utility. Still, the...	Doping Leads to More Efficient Film A team from the Université Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, and Agfa-Gevaert NV in Mortsel, Belgiu...
Nanostructures Produce Tuned IR Emitters Lithographically defined nanostructures may enable the production of tuned infrared "sensorchips" fo...	Epichem Produces Mid-IR Laser Diodes and LEDs Wirral, UK-based Epichem Ltd. has announced that it has fabricated mid-IR LEDs and laser diodes with...
Far-Side Observation Predicts Solar Storms Astrophysicists from Solar Physics Research Corp. in Tucson, Ariz., and NorthWest Research Associate...	Lasers Continue Across Nuclear Fission Threshold DIDCOT, UK -- Scientists at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have demonstrated that today’s ...
Acousto-Optics Detects Fluorescence STUTTGART, Germany -- A team of physicists at the University of Stuttgart has captured time-resolved...	MCI WorldCom Tests Optical Network The OPTera 1600G optical amplification system and OPTera LH platform from Nortel Networks, headquart...
Researchers Produce Molecular Condensate A team from the University of Texas in Austin reported in the Feb. 11 issue of Science that it had c...	Nitres Reports High-Efficiency LEDs Researchers from Nitres Inc. of Westlake Village, Calif., have announced that they have developed an...
Advantages of Two-Photon Imaging BUFFALO, N.Y. -- During the past decade, photon scanning tunneling microscopy has achieved resolutio...	Quantum Database Speeds Searches A potential advantage of storing information in the quantum phase of atoms is the speed of data retr...
Quantum Dots Aim to Be Smart Pixels SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Scientists at the University of California reported the development of a &#...	Raman Method Identifies Pathogens Quickly ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Raman spectroscopy and a confocal microscope may enable medical laboratori...
Autonomous Robot Finds Meteorites PITTSBURGH -- A four-wheeled robot named Nomad recently made history in Antarctica by autonomously s...	Spectroscopy Reveals Fluorine’s Role in Rocket Propellant CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A high-speed CCD camera and spectrometer played an important part in analyzing ho...
Teen’s Work on Laser Earns Semifinal Berth Aman Narang, a 17-year-old senior at The Harley School in Brighton, N.Y., thought that the computer ...	IR Telescope Planned for Paranal The UK Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope project announced that it hopes to install a wide-angle...
Quantum-Well Lasers are Suited to Trace Analysis A team from Université Montpellier II in Montpellier, France, Laboratoire Central de Recherch...	Ultrafast Diffraction Reveals Melting An experimental setup by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, and ...
Water down the Drain Leads to Black Holes in the Lab Archimedes, the famous story goes, cried, "Eureka!" and leapt from his overflowing bathtub, having d...	Spectroscopy Finds Worm Tunnels in Apples MILAN, Italy -- Worms that make their homes in apples may be facing a new enemy. Physicists have dev...
Approaching Continuous X-ray Laser BELLATERRA, Spain -- A team of physicists led by Ramón Corbalán at the Universitat Aut...

Corning Strengthens Role in Filter Market CORNING, N.Y. -- When potential competitors, suppliers and customers are one and the same, preparati...	Laser Power Sells Research Operation and Microlaser Business Laser Power Corp. of San Diego has announced that it has completed the sale of the assets of its con...
Machine Vision Systems Detect Demand ORLANDO, Fla. -- Machine vision sales have risen steadily since 1992 because of significant price er...	Micronic Charges Etec with Unfair Competition Micronic Laser Systems AB of Täby, Sweden, has filed a complaint in US District Court in San Jo...
NEC and Mitsubishi Develop Display Monitor Business NEC Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. of Tokyo have established a joint venture company for the di...	Premier Laser Announces Layoffs Irvine, Calif.-based Premier Laser Systems Inc. has furloughed two-thirds of its work force to addre...
California Businessman Indicted on Smuggling Charge LOS ANGELES -- Jeffrey Jhyfang Lo, owner of East Technoservice Co. in Cypress, faces up to 10 years ...	Plan Issued for Growth in Solar Power A report from the National Center for Photovoltaics predicts that solar energy will satisfy at least...
Photonics Lures Venture Capital SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The good news from the PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey: Photonics compa...

Ancient Writings Come to Light After nearly 1000 years, the earliest known copy of Archimedes’ mathematical theorems can be s...	Photomultiplier Enables Small-Scale Gamma Imaging X-ray mammography provides structural information, identifying breast tumors for further analysis. G...
Fiber-Based Headlamp Lights Road to the Future If you want the prestige of a luxury sedan combined with the higher road clearance of a sport-utilit...

National Instruments, Coreco Settle Patent Dispute Austin, Texas-based National Instruments Corp. announced that it had reached an agreement with Corec...	OSA Reports a Hit with OFC 2000 The Optical Society of America (OSA), the managing society of the Optical Fiber Communication Confer...
Premier Laser Files for Chapter 11 Irvine, Calif.-based Premier Laser Systems Inc. filed a voluntary petition for protection and reorga...	SDL Plans Acquisition of Queensgate SDL Inc. of San Jose, Calif., announced a $210 million agreement under which it will purchase Qu...
TRW Accused of Falsifying Test Data Nira Schwartz, a former senior engineer at TRW Inc.’s Space Group in Redondo Beach, Calif., sa...

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