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LASERS ■ OPTICS ■ DETECTORS ■ IMAGING ■ FIBER OPTICS ■ INSTRUMENTATION
Photonics Technologies
& Solutions for Technical
Professionals Worldwide JANUARY 2015 ■ VOL. 51, NO. 1
17 Novel Detectors SiC bolometer laser power sensor has
advanced specs
20 Astronomy In-space UV calibration of the METIS solar
coronagraph
22 Nitride LEDs Multicolor InGaN nanowire LED arrays span
the visible spectrum
24 Thin-Film Filters Silicon films on metal create perfectly
absorbing optical color filters
9
‘World’s thinnest lens’ made from layers of
molybdenum disulfide
Stacked image sensor enables ‘Internet of
Things’ fire sensing
Multiple diamond defects provide
subpicotesla magnetometer sensitivity
12
Substrate-blind platform speeds photonic
integration
14
Thulium-based 2 µm fiber laser reaches
200 MW peak power
7 THE EDITOR’S DESK
Surrounded by light
W. Conard Holton
Associate Publisher/Chief Editor
27 MARKET INSIGHTS
Growing our core photonics
businesses: Transcending
the $10-million plateau
Jan Melles and Linda Smith
128 BUSINESS FORUM
Collaboration and
excellence are the keys
to educating photonics
professionals
Milton Chang
113 NEW PRODUCTS
120 BUSINESS
RESOURCE CENTER
121 MANUFACTURERS’
PRODUCT
SHOWCASE
127 ADVERTISING/WEB
INDEX
127 SALES OFFICES
