Recent photonics highlights from Nature journal
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1960
The first experimental LASER
Stimulated optical emission in Ruby
Nature (1960) 187, 493-494
doi:10.1038/187493a0
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1990
The first polymer LEDs
Light-emitting-diodes based on conjugated polymers
Nature (1990) 347, 539-541
doi:10.1038/347539a0
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1995
The first report of laser cooling of a solid
Observation of laser-induced fluorescent cooling of a solid
Nature (1995) 377, 500-503
doi:10.1038/377500a0
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1997
The first report of quantum teleportation
Experimental quantum teleportation
Nature (1996) 390, 575-579
doi:10.1038/37539
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1998
Electronic ink makes its debut
An electrophoretic ink for all-printed reflective electronic displays
Nature (1997) 394, 253-255
doi:10.1038/28349
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2000
Sensitive detector in the far-infrared
A single-photon detector in the far-infrared range
Nature (2000) 403, 405-408
doi:10.1038/35000166
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2001
Demonstration of an optical memory using slow light
Observation of coherent optical information storage in an atomic medium using halted light pulses
Nature (2001) 409, 490-493
doi:10.1038/35054017
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2002
The first terahertz semiconductor laser
Terahertz semiconductor heterostructure laser
Nature (2002) 417, 156-159
doi:10.1038/417156a
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2003
The first single atom laser
Experimental realization of a one atom laser in the regime of strong coupling
Nature (2003) 425, 268-271
doi:10.1038/nature01974
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2005
The first cw silicon laser
A continuous-wave Raman silicon laser
Nature (2005) 433, 725-728
doi:10.1038/nature03346
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2005
The most precise optical clock
An optical lattice clock
Nature (2005) 435, 321-325
doi:10.1038/nature03541