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Mapping the cold universe
APEX telescope provides astronomers a new guide to the galaxy.
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- Mapping the cold universe
- Mapping the cold universe
- Mapping the cold universe
- Mapping the cold universe
- Mapping the cold universe
- Mapping the cold universe
- Mapping the cold universe
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Mapping the cold universe
- Mapping the cold universe
- Mapping the cold universe
- Mapping the cold universe
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- Space Station appears over United States this weekend
- New class of black holes discovered
- Micro- and nanocapillary glass technology for optical biosensing
- Ultrasmall photonic-crystal zero-cell laser cavities
- New Earth map provides precise terrain data
- On the temperature dependence of point-defect-mediated luminescence in silicon
- Pumping of atomic alkali lasers by photoexcitation of a resonance line blue satellite and alkali-rare gas excimer dissociation
- An air-slotted nanoresonator relying on coupled high Q small V FabryPerot nanocavities
- Evaluation of the optical axis tilt of zinc oxide films via noncollinear second harmonic generation
- Terahertz time domain spectroscopy of phonon-depopulation based quantum cascade lasers
- Mars’ geological landforms indicate “recent” warm weather
- Observation of whispering gallery modes in nonpolar m-plane GaN microdisks
- The role of optical rectification in the generation of terahertz radiation from GaBiAs
- Simple method of light-shift suppression in optical pumping systems
- Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography using upconverting nanoparticles
- Cincinnati Observatory Center’s 40 Galileos Starry Messenger Project
- Mars rover yielding new clues while lodged in martian soil
- Subpicosecond quantum dot saturable absorber mode-locked semiconductor disk laser
- Metamaterials for optical security
- Milky Way’s super-efficient particle accelerators caught in the act
- Milky Way’s super-efficient particle accelerators caught in the act
- Kepler mission data to go through Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
- Direct measurement of transient electric fields induced by ultrafast pulsed laser irradiation of silicon
- Excitation of propagating surface plasmons by a periodic nanoparticle array: Trade-off between particle-induced near-field excitation and damping
- Dual-beam, 3D photolithography provides exceptional resolution
- Galaxies coming of age in cosmic blobs
- Enceladus’ jets may or may not be from underground ocean
- Femtosecond laser induced plasma diffraction gratings in air as photonic devices for high intensity laser applications
- Directional emission and universal far-field behavior from semiconductor lasers with limacon-shaped microcavity
- Ultraviolet coherent random lasing in randomly assembled SnO nanowires
- Increasing diffraction efficiency by heating phase gratings formed by femtosecond laser irradiation in poly(methyl methacrylate)
- Approaching the event horizon of a supermassive black hole
- Simple optical technology for negative real refractive index
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission successfully enters Moon’s orbit
- Mars Odyssey alters orbit to study warmer ground
- Ultrafast rerouting of light via slow modes in a nanophotonic directional coupler
- Dynamic optically induced planar terahertz quasioptics
- Exciton-related electroluminescence from ZnO nanowire light-emitting diodes
- Net motion of an ensemble of many Brownian particles captured with a self-mixing laser
- Observation of temperature-independent internal Er relaxation efficiency in Si-rich SiO films
- Hole size dependence of forward emission from organic dyes coated with two-dimensional metallic arrays
- Profile: Youngest person to discover a supernova
- Tip-enhanced single molecule fluorescence near-field microscopy in aqueous environment
- Orientation dependent emission properties of columnar quantum dash laser structures
- Single mode coupled optofluidic ring resonator dye lasers
- Controlling the outcoupled power in a dual wavelength optically pumped semiconductor laser
- Photon energy and carrier density dependence of spin dynamics in bulk CdTe crystal at room temperature
- Near-infrared silicon quantum dots metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor photodetector
- Imaging soft materials in fluids by nanowire detection
- Imaging soft materials in fluids by nanowire detection
- Interstellar Boundary Explorer detects neutral hydrogen coming from the Moon
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launches successfully
- A pillar-array based two-dimensional photonic crystal microcavity
- Electro-optic modulation in slotted resonant photonic crystal heterostructures
- Amplified spontaneous emission in the spiropyran-biopolymer based system
- Resonant enhancement of second order sideband generation for intraexcitonic transitions in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells
- Liquid saline water on Mars
- Liquid saline water on Mars
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter includes Moon surveyor tool
- Coupled microsphere clusters for detecting molecule’s dipole moment orientation
- Ultrafast photodetection in an all-silicon chip enabled by two-photon absorption
- Diagnostic of laser contrast using target reflectivity
- 4.3 GHz optical bandwidth light emitting transistor
- Efficient generation and sorting of orbital angular momentum eigenmodes of light by thermally tuned q-plates
- Effect of electron blocking layer on efficiency droop in InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well light-emitting diodes
- Plasmons in solar energy conversion
- Plasmons in solar energy conversion
- New insight into the Sun’s mysterious quiet period
- Giant eruption reveals ‘dead’ star
- Tilted-charge high speed (7 GHz) light emitting diode
- Fluorescence emission enhanced by surface electromagnetic waves on one-dimensional photonic crystals
- Nanostructured black silicon and the optical reflectance of graded-density surfaces
- Low-cost, highly accurate robot for manipulating nanoscale objects
- Low-cost, highly accurate robot for manipulating nanoscale objects
- Galileo IOV launch services contract signed
- Exclusive: LRO scientist recaps launch week
- Exclusive: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) updates from mission scientist
- Exclusive: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter updates from mission scientist
- Meteorite grains divulge Earth’s cosmic roots
- Experimental verification of quasiscarred resonance mode
- Post-fabrication fine-tuning of photonic crystal quantum well infrared photodetectors
- Fabrication of high-Q polydimethylsiloxane optical microspheres for thermal sensing
- Galileo: First contracts signed on behalf of the European Commission
- Palomar Transient Factory sky survey brings new objects into focus
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): NASA’s mission to map the lunar surface
- NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to blast off for the Moon this week
- Phase tunable holographic fabrication for three-dimensional photonic crystal templates by using a single optical element
- Origin of second-order nonlinear optical response of polarity-controlled ZnO films
- Electromagnetically induced transparency-like effect in a single polydimethylsiloxane-coated silica microtoroid
- Ultrashort dead time of photon-counting InGaAs avalanche photodiodes
- NASA chooses three new flight directors to lead Mission Control
- Black holes take center stage at IU during Capra Conference
- Temperature stabilization of optofluidic photonic crystal cavities
- Understanding the dispersion of coaxial plasmonic structures through a connection with the planar metal-insulator-metal geometry
- Using meteorological forecasts to predict astronomical ‘seeing’
- Using meteorological forecasts to predict astronomical ‘seeing’
- Saturn’s approach to equinox reveals never-before-seen vertical structures in planet’s rings
- Nanocones as antireflection coating
- Linewidth properties of active-passive coupled monolithic InGaAs semiconductor ring lasers
- Photon drag effect in carbon nanotube yarns
- Capturing light pulses into a pair of coupled photonic crystal cavities
- Dislocation density reduction in GaN by dislocation filtering through a self-assembled monolayer of silica microspheres
- Coherent beam combination of two-dimensional high power fiber amplifier array using stochastic parallel gradient descent algorithm
- More efficient astronomical spectroscopy
- Seeing more with scanning electron microscopy
- Seeing more with scanning electron microscopy
- Seeing more with scanning electron microscopy
- More efficient astronomical spectroscopy
- WISE mission assembled and preparing for launch
- Radio telescope images reveal planet-forming disk orbiting twin suns
- Radio telescope images reveal planet-forming disk orbiting twin suns
- Baby stars finally found in jumbled galactic center
- Making innovation strategy succeed in a globalised world
- Innovation at risk from crisis, says OECD
- Low-threshold ablation of dielectrics irradiated by picosecond soft x-ray laser pulses
- Mapping cavity modes of ZnO nanobelts
- Excitation and focusing of terahertz surface plasmons using a grating coupler with elliptically curved grooves
- In-plane electric field induced by polarization and lateral photovoltaic effect in a-plane GaN
- Measuring the orbital angular momentum of optical vortices using a multipinhole plate
- Imaging by silicon on insulator waveguides
- Most popular SPIE Newsroom articles and Digital Library papers from last month.
- Most popular SPIE Newsroom articles and Digital Library papers from last month.
- Most popular SPIE Newsroom articles and Digital Library papers from last month.
- Most popular SPIE Newsroom articles and Digital Library papers from last month.
- Red giant star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion is mysteriously shrinking
- A sleeping giant
- New technique improves estimates of pulsar ages
- Optimal electro-optic sensor configuration for phase noise limited, remote field sensing applications
- Enhanced directional lasing by the interference between stable and unstable periodic orbits
- Impact of disorder on surface plasmons in two-dimensional arrays of metal nanoparticles
- High power efficiency in Si-nc/SiO multilayer light emitting devices by bipolar direct tunneling
- Low-noise GaN ultraviolet p-i-n photodiodes on GaN substrates
- Texas-sized computer finds most massive black hole in galaxy M87
- Modeling extreme nanoscale devices
- Modeling extreme nanoscale devices
- Modeling extreme nanoscale devices
- Modeling extreme nanoscale devices
- Cassini finds Titan’s clouds hang on to summer
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter rebooting
- NASA launch tests alternate concept for astronaut escape system
- NASA gives “Go” for June 13 launch of space shuttle Endeavour
- Stellar family in crowded, violent neighborhood proves to be surprisingly normal
- Analytical rates determinations and simulations on diffusion and reaction processes in holographic photopolymerization
- Electric field dependent radiative decay kinetics of polar InGaN/GaN quantum heterostructures at low fields
- Polarization sensitive terahertz time-domain spectroscopy for birefringent materials
- Simulation method improves accuracy for optical metrology and nanooptics design
- Simulation method improves accuracy for optical metrology and nanooptics design
- Nonlinear plasmonics: controlling light with light
- Simulation method improves accuracy for optical metrology and nanooptics design
- Integrated quantum cascade laser-modulator using vertically coupled cavities
- A large aperture electro-optic deflector
- Donor-related cathodoluminescence of p-AlGaN electron blocking layer embedded in ultraviolet laser diode structure
- Direct measurements of the nonlinear index of refraction of water at 815 and 407 nm using single-shot supercontinuum spectral interferometry
- The impact of intermediate reflectors on light absorption in tandem solar cells with randomly textured surfaces
- NASA’s Space Shuttle Program hands over launch pad to Constellation Program
- NASA selects four proposals to study space radiation risks
- Building the world’s largest digital camera
- Building the world’s largest digital camera