We investigate the interaction of intense light with matter: extreme conditions within a medium lead to the generation of remarkable bursts of rainbow light. Intense light can also induce an effective flow in the medium that can be used to create artificial event horizons and study spacetime geometries inspired by general relativity. Answering these questions leads to discoveries at the overlap between laser physics, quantum field theory, general relativity and photonic technologies.
Optics and Photonics Journal (OPJ) is an international, specialized, English-language journal devoted to publication of original contributions in all areas of optics and photonics. The Journal disseminates new results in the theory, design, applications, fabrication, performance and characterization of optics and photonics materials including bio-related functions such as bio-optics, bio-photonics and also optoelectronics. The journal is also devoted to challenging and innovating methods and techniques related to the development of optics and photonics materials, characterization and applications. It is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal describing scientific and technological advances that cover the basic sciences, engineering aspects and applied technology.
First germanium laser New results from MIT’s Electronic Materials Research Group bring us closer to computers that use light instead of electricity to move data.
GLAS (the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System) is the first laser-ranging (lidar) instrument for continuous global observations of Earth, which will make unique atmospheric observations as an important component of the ESE climate change program. GLAS is a facility instrument designed to measure ice-sheet topography and associated temporal changes, cloud and atmospheric properties.and give us information on the height and thickness of radiatively important cloud layers which is needed for accurate short term climate and weather prediction. In addition, operation of GLAS over land and water will provide along-track topography.
R. Grimm, M. Weidemüller, and Y. Ovchinnikov. (1999)cite arxiv:physics/9902072 Comment: Review Article, to appear in Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics; REVTeX, 39 pages, 21 figures, 2 tables.