High-performance semiconductor disk lasers for the wavelength range between 1.9 and 2.8μm open up new opportunities in gas sensing, communications, and materials processing.
Controlling the dimensions of semiconductor nanowires influences the scattering and absorption of light, potentially leading to solar cells with reduced scattering or enhanced absorption.
John Merritt and Andrew Woods pay a visit to SPIE headquarters and talk about advances with 3D display technology, the issues with crosstalk, and some of the fields in which 3D displays have found applicability.
From his graduate studies in the first years of the laser to the directorship of the Townes Laser Institute, his career encompasses many of the most important names and developments in technology.