VCSEL photonics -advances and new challenges-

A New VCSEL Book

Six books written in English with an exclusive focus on VCSELs have been published during the years 1995–2003 [1–6]. Enormous progress of VCSEL performance and applications has been achieved since then. In 2012 Springer-Verlag will thus publish a new VCSEL book [7] which will be a multi-author volume containing 18 chapters and about 550 pages. Figure 1 shows its tentative cover. Some of the cha...

Monoclonal Antibodies as Therapeutic Agents: Advances and Challenges

Despite the major advances in conventional forms of treatment (i.e. surgical techniques, radiotherapy and chemotherapy) and improved survival rates, cancer is still the second leading cause of death in developing countries. One major limitation of cytotoxic drugs and radiation in the treatment of cancer patients is their inability to discriminate between malignant and normal tissues. This in tu...

Silicon Photonics — Recent Advances in Device Development

31.1 Silicon Photonics Fundamentals 31.1.1 A historical perspective 30.1.2 Silicon waveguide 30.2 Coupling Light to Silicon Waveguides 30.2.1 Problem of external coupling 30.2.2 Nonvertical taper (NVT) 30.2.3 Grating coupler 30.2.4 Nanotaper 30.3 Resonant Structures 30.3.1 Principle of directional coupling 30.3.2 Mach-Zehnder interferometers 30.3.3 Ring Resonators 30.4 Modulation of Optical Sig...

Advances and challenges in recombinant protein expression in Escherichia coli

Microwave Photonics: current challenges towards widespread application.

Microwave Photonics, a symbiotic field of research that brings together the worlds of optics and radio frequency is currently facing several challenges in its transition from a niche to a truly widespread technology essential to support the ever-increasing values for speed, bandwidth, processing capability and dynamic range that will be required in next generation hybrid access networks. We out...