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Shaped pupils with two micromechanical deformable mirrors for exoplanet imaging

Deformable mirrors, similar to those used for ground adaptive optics, can be used in a space telescope to create dark regions near a star where companion planets can be imaged. 2 February 2012

Read a related article: Progress on broadband control and deformable mirror tolerances in a 2-DM system.

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Plasmonics and metamaterials: looking beyond gold and silver

Replacing conventional metals such as gold and silver with doped semiconductors or intermetallics could greatly improve the performance of plasmonic and metamaterial devices. 30 January 2012

Read a related article: Semiconductor plasmonic metamaterials for near-infrared and telecommunication wavelength.

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Using computational methods for mask aligner lithography

Numerical lithography approaches in micromanufacturing make it possible to complement or replace test exposures and to optimize mask layouts and illumination systems. 30 January 2012

Read a related article: Numerical optimization of illumination and mask layout for the enlargement of process windows and for the control of photoresist profiles in proximity printing.

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Astronomy: Large Binocular Telescope Adaptive Optics System: new achievements and perspectives in adaptive optics (Proceedings of SPIE)

Biomedical Optics & Medical Imaging: Tissue polarimetry: concepts, challenges, applications, and outlook (J. Biomedical Optics) 

Defense & Security: Review of current aided/automatic target acquisition technology for military target acquisition tasks (Optical Engineering)

Electronic Imaging & Signal Processing: Toward a digital camera to rival the human eye (J. Electronic Imaging)

Illumination & Displays: Is solid state lighting ready for the incandescent lamp phase-out? (Proceedings of SPIE)

Lasers & Sources: Microfabrication by optical tweezers (Proceedings of SPIE) 

Micro/Nano Lithography: Materials challenges for sub-20-nm lithography (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)

Nanotechnology: Optical properties of nanostructured materials: a review (J. Nanophotonics)

Optical Design & Engineering: Compressed sensing for practical optical imaging systems: a tutorial (Optical Engineering)

Optoelectronics & Communications: High-power high-brightness semiconductor lasers based on novel waveguide concepts (Proceedings of SPIE)

Remote Sensing: Characterization of the Sonoran desert as a radiometric calibration target for Earth observing sensors (J. Applied Remote Sensing)

Sensing & Measurement: Roughness measurement of paper using speckle (Optical Engineering)

Solar & Alternative Energy: Simulation of energy harvesting from roads via pyroelectricity (J. Photonics for Energy)