Boulder Nonlinear Systems

The University of Haute Alsace have done great things with the unique properties of ferroelectric liquid crystal spatial light modulators over the years. Here's another fine example:http://laurent.bigue.fr/Public/2011/GFB11/Gendre_OE_2011.pdf

http://laurent.bigue.fr/Public/2011/GFB11/Gendre_OE_2011.pdf

An article about our work with North Carolina State University:
http://scienceblog.com/44920/paging-han-solo-researchers-find-more-efficient-way-to-steer-laser-beams/

Paging Han Solo: Researchers find more efficient way to steer laser beams | Science Blog For many practical applications involving lasers, it's important to be able to control the direction of the laser beams. Just ask Han Solo, or the captain of the Death Star. Researchers from North Carolina State University have come up with a very e...

How to stir Super-Cold atoms ... from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. PDF version available on arvix

http://iopscience.iop.org/1402-4896/2011/T143/014008

A smooth, holographically generated ring trap for the investigation of superfluidity in ultracold at IOPscience is a unique platform for IOP-hosted journal content providing site-wide electronic access to more than 130 years of leading scientific research, and incorporates some of the most innovative technologies to enhance your user-experience.

Stanford has a new paper out describing how they form a cork-screw shaped beam to localize nanoscale objects.

http://www.stanford.edu/~mlew/Lew%20Moerner,%20Corkscrew%20PSF,%20Optics%20Letters,%202011.pdf

http://www.stanford.edu/~mlew/Lew%20Moerner,%20Corkscrew%20PSF,%20Optics%20Letters,%202011.pdf