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Fiber Sources and Applications
Last Updated Date: 02/21/2013

Optical frequency combs convert a laser source containing a single frequency of light into pulses that include thousands of frequencies. This … more

Semiconductor Metrology for Energy Conversion
Last Updated Date: 08/21/2012

Optical Materials Metrology 21st century optoelectronics emphasizes energy technologies, and modern security issues have heightened needs for … more

Laser Radiometry
Last Updated Date: 04/18/2012

Accurate characterization of optoelectronic equipment is important to applications such as optical telecommunications, medical devices, materials … more

High-Speed Measurements
Last Updated Date: 03/07/2012

Today's economy relies on high-speed communications that ride fiber-optic networks, and PML physicists play a crucial role in providing the … more

Single Photonics and Quantum Information
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011

Quantum-based communication and measurement systems that use novel quantum states of light are being developed around the world. However, the … more

Nanostructure Fabrication and Metrology
Last Updated Date: 11/07/2011

Single photons are the fundamental particles for all optical measurements. Single photon detectors made from avalanche photodiodes or … more

Terahertz Imaging and Sources
Last Updated Date: 10/03/2011

Imaging in the terahertz frequency range enables the detection of concealed weapons and other contraband (e.g., explosives under clothing) without … more

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