: Photonics Articles
Editorial: In the limelightPhotonics research features heavily in the 2008 Prince of Asturias Awards, where its role in benefiting the environment and combating poverty is celebrated. Nature Photonics, vol. 2 #7, pp383-383 |
News and Views: Photodynamic Therapy: Two photons are better than oneOver the past 20 years photodynamic therapy, a cell-killing technique where a photosensitizing drug is activated by carefully targeted visible light, has led to new therapies for cancer and other diseases. In doing so it has won support from scientists, clinicians and patients alike. Nature Photonics, vol. 2 #7, pp394-395 |
News and Views: View from...CLEO/QELS 2008: Scientific exploration comes to the foreGravity waves, event horizons and the interplay between light and fluids are just a few of the topics that were touched on at the CLEO/QELS Conference in the USA in May. Nature Photonics reports. Nature Photonics, vol. 2 #7, pp395-396 |
News and Views: Silicon photonics: Lighting up the chipA tiny GeSi electro-absorption modulator with energy consumption at the femtojoule-per-bit level represents a step towards bringing photonics ever closer to computer chips. Nature Photonics, vol. 2 #7, pp389-390 |
News and Views: Photon counting: Avalanche inspirationThe ability of a customized avalanche-photodiode detector to distinguish the exact number of photons that it receives will simplify the tools required to perform reliable experiments in quantum optics. Nature Photonics, vol. 2 #7, pp392-393 |
News and Views: Random lasers: Resonance controlRandom lasers do not have mirrors or optical elements. They often lack a well-defined shape or size, and their emission wavelength is difficult to tune. Now it is shown that the optical resonances in an ensemble of microspheres can provide the crucial element of control. Nature Photonics, vol. 2 #7, pp397-398 |
News and Views: Plasmonics: Subwavelength imaging in colourA chain of nanorods with weakly damped plasmon resonances is able to perform far-field colour imaging with subwavelength resolution, according to theoretical simulations. Nature Photonics, vol. 2 #7, pp387-388 |
News and Views: X-ray imaging: Ultrafast diffract-and-destroy moviesCombining optical and X-ray lasers enables imaging with high temporal and spectral resolution. By taking pictures of a succession of exploding targets, a movie can be made charting the dynamics of the solid material on a 10-ps timescale. Nature Photonics, vol. 2 #7, pp390-391 |