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Photonics Focus Magazine Vol. 1 Issue 1

January/February 2020 | Vol. 1 | Issue 1

Laser Turns Sixty

The first issue of Photonics Focus celebrates the 60th anniversary of the invention of the laser. We look back at the contributions of a laser luminary, marvel at today's laser research, and look forward to the laser capabilities of the near future.

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Back in the Power Game

The US is building one of the most powerful lasers in the world that could eventually break the quantum vacuum and produce matter from nothing

Technology

No Library Card Needed

Enhancing collaboration with portable, sharable light sheet microscopes

Alien Light

Violent tempests in outer space produce natural lasers

Contents

Let’s Start Again

Community

Robert Hall and the Diode Laser

Technology

Optics Does That? Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand

Where is the New Collar Workforce?

National Quantum Initiative Turns One

Community

10 Simple Steps to Writing a Scientific Paper

About Photonics Focus

Launched in 2020, Photonics Focus® is the award-winning society magazine of SPIE. Articles showcase scientific discovery and innovative real-world applications of optics and photonics.

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