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Laser Technology News 2008 p4:

• Imperial College researchers move closer to electrically driven plastic laser diodes
  May 27, 2008--Although many devices based on organic-molecule-based semiconductors or plastics have been developed such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) for displays and lighting, field effect transistors for electrical circuits, and photodiodes for solar energy conversion and light detection, plastic laser diodes remain the only major device type not yet demonstrated until now.
• CCNY physicists develop tunable laser that spans two telecommunications windows
  May 23, 2008--Physicists in the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) of the Physics Department at The City College of New York (CCNY) have developed new near-infrared broadband laser materials with tunability ranges around triple those of earlier crystals. The new crystals have a tunability range of as much as 460 nm and have potential application in such fields as telecommunications, biomedical imaging, and remote sensing.
• Phoenix Mars Lander looks for life using photonics
  May 22, 2008-->NASA's Phoenix space probe will land on Mars May 25, and use a variety of photonics and other technologies to look for signs of life.
• Solar cell design reaches record efficiency
  May 22, 2008--German physicists have increased the efficiency of solar cells to 23.2%.
• St. Andrews scientists develop LED-powered 'rainbow' laser
  May 20, 2008--Physicists at the University of St. Andrews (Fife, Scotland) have developed a laser with a variety of colors that is powered by a simple, low-cost light-emitting diode (LED). This compact visible laser can be created at a fraction of the cost of existing technologies and used for a wide range of applications, from medical treatment to light-emitting clothing.
• WorldWide Telescope software stitches imagery from multiple astronomy databases
  May 14, 2008--Free Microsoft and Johns Hopkins application enables high-resolution browsing of the universe.
• New type of solar collector designed at Rowan University
  May 12, 2008--A new solar thermal collector is under evaluation at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ.
• New ultrafast laser aids astronomers in search for outlying planets
  May 5, 2008, San Jose, CA--Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an ultrafast laser that offers a record combination of high speed, short pulses, and high average power.
• New coupler technology could assist in enabling tomorrow's silicon photonics
  May 1, 2008, Pine Brook, NJ--Chiral Photonics has announced an advancement in using tapered coupler instead of lensing for low-loss integration of disparate photonic devices.
• Raydiance achieves record pulse energy for femtosecond fiber laser
  April 30, 2008, Orlando, FL--Raydiance has demonstrated the highest pulse energy ever achieved in a fiber laser at the eye-safe wavelength of 1552 nm.

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