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SPIE Professional Magazine

SPIE Professional celebrates the golden anniversary of the laser with an open-access article about the CO₂ laser and the laser materials processing industry. Other articles in this issue of the magazine will point you to laser anniversary events and help you succeed in your optics and photonics career.

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---Optics and Photonics in Industry---

Wizard of Oz

Determination to prove the naysayers wrong and the courage to take risks have paid off for Ömür Sezerman of OZ Optics.

News, Photos from Photonics West

SPIE provided daily updates from San Francisco during SPIE Photonics West 2010.

Prism Award Winners Named

Find out who was named a winner of the 2009 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. (Link to prismawards.org)

29 Prism Awards Finalists

The 2009 competition recognized 29 new photonics technologies and products as award finalists.

Adaptable Optics

Sharing scientific knowledge from military research labs brings huge advancements in ophthalmic medicine.

Give Your Business Value

What is your optics business worth? What factors drive the valuation of a technology company?

OLEDs in Lighting Markets

The first OLED lighting products are giving designers an opportunity to think about what OLED lighting might look like.

Gloom Lifting?

No one is calling the global recession over, but more than a few in the photonics industry have seen hopeful signs for economic recovery. (Bonus, Web-only content, including information about the U.S. ARPA-E program. Please sign in to access member-only content. )

Defense Contractor Gets Makeover

Surveillance equipment maker Clear Align gets a "small business makeover" from Newsweek magazine. (Link to Newsweek)

------------SPIE Member News------------

More Connections for SPIE Corporate Members

SPIE increases the number of individual memberships that come with an SPIE corporate membership from one to three.

SPIE Thanks Journal Editors

SPIE thanks Donald O'Shea and Bruce Tromberg for a combined two decades of service as editors of Optical Engineering and the Journal of Biomedical Optics.

SPIE Senior Members

SPIE promotes 24 as Senior Members for 2010.

SPIE Members Making News

News items about SPIE member honors and awards. (Bonus, Web-only content)

----Optics Is a Rewarding Career----

Masters of Light

SPIE congratulates Nobel Prize winners. (Link to press release)

Photonics for a Better World

When innovating with light to improve the world, sometimes it's what you don't see that matters most.

SPIE Is Career Focused

Job seekers and employers with optics and photonics jobs to fill now have an easier time finding each other on the SPIE Career Center.
And the SPIE Women in Optics desk calendar is designed to inspire and promote your career growth.

The Good Word(s)

Optics companies with good internal communications can build confidence during tough times and keep employees focused on moving forward.

Are You LinkedIn With SPIE?

Extend your professional network through the SPIE group on LinkedIn.

SPIE Professional: ISSN 1994-4403

----------Laser Anniversary----------

President's Letter

SPIE President Ralph James invites you to celebrate the golden anniversary of the laser with SPIE.

CO2 Laser

The carbon dioxide laser has become the workhorse for the materials processing industry. SPIE Professional open access article.

Open-Access Laser Articles

Read more open-access articles from SPIE Professional about the latest laser developments and applications.

Remote Laser Welding

Manufacturing and design engineers can help remote laser welding technology catch on in North America.

------SPIE Events, Winter 2010------

Photonics West

SPIE's biggest event gets even BIGGER in San Francisco 23-28 January 2010.

Twitter at SPIE Photonics West

Follow events at SPIE Photonics West 2010 in San Francisco on Twitter with #PW10

Smart Structures /NDE

Smart thinking at annual SPIE symposium 7-11 March 2010 in San Diego, CA.

Advanced Lithography

SPIE lithography meeting, 21-25 February 2010, looks to the future after a rough year.

---Optics, Photonics, and Education---

SPIE eBooks Arrive

A wide range of SPIE Press field guides, handbooks, monographs, and tutorial texts are now available on the SPIE Digital Library as eBooks.

Optics Outreach Is Non-Stop 'Cool'

Recipients of SPIE education and outreach efforts in 2009 find that optics and photonics are 'cool.'

Places in the Sun

The Solar Decathlon gave students and the public a personal look at the possibilities of energy-efficient living.

Extracurricular Optics

Student and education news about the SPIE Visiting Lecturer Program, SPIE scholarships, the Winter College on Optics and Energy, and more.

LaserFest

SPIE is a founding partner and sponsor of LaserFest. Find out about educational activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the laser.

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