The X Flies

SAN JOSE, Calif. May 9, 2008 -- This year's CLEO (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics) at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose went off without a hitch. Photonics enthusiasts from all over the world poured into the exhibit halls hoping to catch a glimpse of the latest products and applications in a variety of sectors.

Some of 2008's hot topics included organic photovoltaic energy, plasmonics, nanophotonics, silicon photonics, single-chip integration, fiber lasers, nonlinear optics in biology, gallium nitride lasers and VCSEL developments.

Next year's CLEO will be held May 31-June 5, 2009, at the Baltimore Convention Center. The "CLEO Exhibit" will there launch its new identity in as the "PhotonXpo."

For more information about CLEO, visit: www.cleoconference.org

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Published: May 2008

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gallium nitride: Gallium nitride (GaN) is a compound made up of gallium (Ga) and nitrogen (N). It is a wide-bandgap semiconductor material that exhibits unique electrical and optical properties. Gallium nitride is widely used in the production of various electronic and optoelectronic devices, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), laser diodes, power electronics, and high-frequency communication devices. Key points about gallium nitride (GaN): Chemical composition: Gallium nitride is a binary compound...
nano: An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
nonlinear optics: Nonlinear optics is a branch of optics that studies the optical phenomena that occur when intense light interacts with a material and induces nonlinear responses. In contrast to linear optics, where the response of a material is directly proportional to the intensity of the incident light, nonlinear optics involves optical effects that are not linearly dependent on the input light intensity. These nonlinear effects become significant at high light intensities, such as those produced by...
photonics: The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
plasmonics: Plasmonics is a field of science and technology that focuses on the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and free electrons in a metal or semiconductor at the nanoscale. Specifically, plasmonics deals with the collective oscillations of these free electrons, known as surface plasmons, which can confine and manipulate light on the nanometer scale. Surface plasmons are formed when incident photons couple with the conduction electrons at the interface between a metal or semiconductor...

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