Reviewers who participated in shaping this volume

Acknowledgement to reviewers who served in 2015.

Babazono, Akira (Fukuoka) Ezura, Yoichi (Tokyo) Fujishiro, Hitomi (Tokushima) Fukuda, Yoshiharu (Ube) Fukunaga, Ichiro (Kochi) Furuya, Hiroyuki (Isehara) Hamazaki, Kei (Toyama) Harada, Kouji (Kyoto) Hida, Kazuyuki (Okayama) Hiraku, Yusuke (Tsu) Hirano, Seishiro (Tsukuba) Hisanaga, Naomi (Komaki) Hiura, Mizue (Kumamoto) Horiuchi, Masahisa (Kagoshima) Ichiba, Masayoshi (Saga) Ichihara, Gaku (Nago...

Volume holographic pulse shaping.

Volume holograms for subpicosecond pulse shaping are described. Experimental results with a camphorquinonedoped plastic hologram probed by a colliding-pulse mode-locked laser are presented. We observe a 2-THz beat frequency in the diffracted pulse.

Who knows this patient?

. . . in my view the pendulum has over swung with the stringent new ACGME residency work-hour restrictions. I do not believe that the challenges to continuity of care are of benefit to either patients or trainees. We walked down the hall at a brisk pace, challenged with the task of seeing all the patients before our time for rounds expired. Upon reaching the sought-after room, I inquired “who k...

Who Is This Man?

Pulse shaping in volume reflection holograms.

Ultrashort pulses are shaped by reflection from dynamic volume holograms recorded in azo-dye-doped epoxies. The spectral resolution and controllability of the reflection geometry are optimal for this application.