This issue - pv

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.4

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Rewiring the home - p131

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.5

Following the successful deployment of photonics in long-haul communications, the technology is now making its way down the food chain and changing the way data is brought into the home, and perhaps ultimately passed around it.

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Riding the light towards new science - pp133 - 135

Larry Smarr

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.6

A new Internet is emerging. One in which dedicated optical circuits allow researchers to connect to computers all over the world and interactively work with massive datasets in real time. The technology is opening up new avenues in science, and this is just the beginning.

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Luminescent metallic carbon nanotubes, evanescent to propagating waves, greater atomic entanglement, temperature-sensitive liquid lenses, and more - pp136 - 137

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.7

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Optical signal processing: Hybrid success - pp138 - 139

Michael Hayden

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.8

Despite two decades of work geared towards improving the nonlinear optical properties of organic molecules, practical organic light modulators have not yet reached the market in large numbers. New organic-inorganic hybrid approaches may revolutionize the field.

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Microresonators: Optical doughnuts - p139

Rachel Won

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.13

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Slow light: Putting the brakes on images - pp140 - 141

Alexander L. Gaeta

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.12

Slow light has captured the imagination of physicists for over a decade. Although single light pulses have been slowed down in a variety of settings, a group at Rochester University has now managed to delay an entire image for the first time.

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View from...NANOMETA-2007: Big minds think small - pp141 - 142

David Gevaux

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.10

Optical technology is becoming smaller and smaller, and it doesn't get much smaller than nanophotonic devices and metamaterials. NANOMETA-2007 gave researchers the opportunity to gather together in the cold to discuss these hot topics.

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Displays: A turning point for electronic paper? - pp142 - 143

Duncan Graham-Rowe

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.11

A Cambridge start-up company is opening a large manufacturing facility for organic electronic circuits. The news is expected to accelerate the deployment of electronic-paper displays.

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Optical switching: Capillary action - pp143 - 144

Yuri Kivshar

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.9

Controlling light in optical systems quickly and easily is crucial for all-optical switching. An approach that does this by exploiting the condensation of gases in a porous structure could open up new avenues in the switching field.

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Nano-antenna picks up green light - p144

David Gevaux

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.27

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Quantum communication - pp165 - 171

Nicolas Gisin & Rob Thew

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.22

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Subject Categories: Quantum optics | Fibre optics and optical communications

Optical switching by capillary condensation - pp172 - 175

Pierre Barthelemy, Mher Ghulinyan, Zeno Gaburro, Costanza Toninelli, Lorenzo Pavesi & Diederik S. Wiersma

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.24

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Subject Categories: Fundamental optical physics | Novel materials and engineered structures

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Optical thin-film materials with low refractive index for broadband elimination of Fresnel reflection - pp176 - 179

J.-Q. Xi, Martin F. Schubert, Jong Kyu Kim, E. Fred Schubert, Minfeng Chen, Shawn-Yu Lin, W. Liu & J. A. Smart

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.26

Abstract - Optical thin-film materials with low refractive index for broadband elimination of Fresnel reflection | Full Text - Optical thin-film materials with low refractive index for broadband elimination of Fresnel reflection | PDF (415 KB) - Optical thin-film materials with low refractive index for broadband elimination of Fresnel reflection

Subject Category: Novel materials and engineered structures

Hybrid polymer/sol–gel waveguide modulators with exceptionally large electro–optic coefficients - pp180 - 185

Y. Enami, C. T. Derose, D. Mathine, C. Loychik, C. Greenlee, R. A. Norwood, T. D. Kim, J. Luo, Y. Tian, A. K.-Y. Jen & N. Peyghambarian

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.25

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Subject Categories: Optoelectronic devices and components | Fibre optics and optical communications

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Reflection! What reflection? - p186

David Gevaux

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.23

Unwanted reflections can severely limit the performance of optical components. David Gevaux spoke to Fred Schubert from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute about how his nanomaterials with a refractive index almost equal to that of air can help.

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