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    Materials for metamaterials

    Jeff Hecht
    Dec. 9, 2013
    In an invited talk December 2, 2013, at the Fall Materials Research Society meeting in Boston, Vladimir Shalaev of Purdue University quoted the father of metamaterials, Sir John...
    Jeff 720
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    Nondestructive photon detection

    Jeff Hecht
    Nov. 20, 2013
    Gerhard Rempe's group at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics has devised an ingenious way to detect photons without destroying them.
    Jeff 720
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    Celebrating first Hubble repair mission

    Jeff Hecht
    Nov. 5, 2013
    December 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of what may be the most dramatic rescue in the history of astronomy: the first space shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
    Jeff 720
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    Progress at NIF, but no 'breakthrough'

    Jeff Hecht
    Oct. 9, 2013
    Press reports claiming a breakthrough in laser fusion at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in late September 2013 are exaggerated.
    Jeff 720
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    Integrating graphene detectors with silicon photonics

    Jeff Hecht
    Sept. 18, 2013
    Graphene could bridge a key gap in the development of silicon photonics for the fiber transmission band.

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    Jeff 720
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    Good news from NIF

    Jeff Hecht
    Sept. 5, 2013
    In the early morning of August 13, 2013, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) generated a record yield of nearly 3 × 1015 fusion neutrons from a cryogenic deuterium-tritium target...
    Jeff 720
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    Zapping rockets with 10 kW

    Jeff Hecht
    May 13, 2013
    At first glance, the demonstration of the Area Defense Anti-Munitions (ADAM) ground-based laser weapon by Lockheed Martin might sound like just another big aerospace company jumping...
    Jeff 720
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    Robots need vision

    Jeff Hecht
    May 6, 2013
    We may think robotics is all about machines, but attending the IEEE Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TEPRA) conference on April 22–23, 2013, reminded me that vision...