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Laser Features 2008 p1:

• Thin-film thermoelectric technology makes optoelectronics 'cool'
  Embedded thermoelectric coolers (eTECs) are smaller and thinner than conventional TECs and show promise for direct integration using standard high-volume manufacturing methods.
• Web site offers a wealth of science information
  A cooperative project hosted by Florida State University, Molecular Expressions explores the world of optics and microscopy and is filled with photos.
• SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: Activity grants benefit thousands of students
  OSA Foundation grants to OSA student chapters and local sections benefit students throughout the world.
• TUNABLE SOURCES: Telecom laser investments pay off in near-IR instrumentation
  An ancillary benefit of improved telecom sources has been in other areas requiring tunability such as measurement and fiber-optic sensing systems.
• FIBER-LASER PUMPING: Diode technology advances fiber-laser pumping
  Improved power scaling of fiber lasers is being enabled by advances in high-brightness pump laser diodes—specifically, higher efficiency of the pump semiconductor material itself allowing more power per emitter, and innovations in coupling the diode energy into the target delivery fiber.
• SPECTROMETERS: Master the microspectrometer specification game
  When specifying a microspectrometer, the most important factors to consider for a given application include optical resolution, slit size, sensitivity, signal to noise, and grating.
• SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: Pollicove scholarship supports precision optics manufacturing
  A new grant program endowed by the H.M Pollicove Memorial fund and matched by the OSA Foundation provides support to graduate and undergraduate students pursuing a degree in precision optics manufacturing.
• DETECTORS: Diamond dynodes create new breed of photon detectors
  Diamond films enable the development of micromachined, large-area, low-noise photon-counting detector arrays in which each pixel is equivalent to a miniaturized photomultiplier tube.
• SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: Grants help students attend meetings in other countries
  OSA Foundation travel grants allow undergraduate and graduate students working or studying in developing nations to attend meetings in other countries
• HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS: Printing technology enables HOE volume manufacturing
  New master replicating technology that borrows concepts from the printing industry enables volume production of holographic optical elements for applications in general and backlit illumination, displays, and automotive LED-based optics.

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