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AOS News Volume 25 Number 1 2011AOS ExecutivePRESIDENTJudith DawesDivision of ICSMacquarie University,Sydney NSW 2109Tel: (02) 9850 8903Fax: (02) 9850 8983judith@ics.mq.edu.auVICE PRESIDENTAnn RobertsSchool of PhysicsUniversity of MelbourneMELBOURNE VIC 3010Telephone: 03 83445038Fax: 03 9347 4783Email: ann.roberts@unimelb.edu.auSECRETARYJohn Holdsworth,School of Mathematical and PhysicalSciences, University of Newcastle,Callaghan 2308 NSWAustraliaTel: (02) 4921 5436Fax: (02) 4921 6907John.Holdsworth@newcastle.edu.auHONORARY TREASURERSimon FlemingSchool of Physics (A28)University of SydneyInstitute of Photonics and OpticalScienceSYDNEY NSW 2006Telephone: 02 9114 0581Fax: 02 9351 7726Email: simon.fleming@sydney.edu.auKen BaldwinLaser Physics CentreANU, RSPSECanberra ACT 0200Tel. (02) 6125 4702Fax. (02) 6125 2452kenneth.baldwin@anu.edu.auJohn HarveyDepartment of Physics,University of Auckland,Private Bag 92019,Auckland, New ZealandTel: (+64 9) 373 7599 X88831Fax: (+64 9) 373 7445j.harvey@auckland.ac.nzHalina Rubinsztein-DunlopDepartment of Physics,University of Queensland,St Lucia, QLD 4072Tel: (07) 3365 3139Fax: (07) 3365 1242halina@kelvin.physics.uq.oz.auAlex Stanco INDUSTRYREPRESENTATIVEGPO Box 2212ADELAIDE SA 5001Telephone: 08 8443 8668Fax: 08 8443 8427alex@lastek.com.auAOS CouncilorsAffiliates: OSA and SPIECorporate MembersHans BachorARC COE for Quantum Atom OpticsAustralian National UniversityBld. 38CANBERRA ACT 0200Telephone: 02 6125 2811Fax: 02 6125 0741Email: hans.bachor@anu.edu.auMin GuFaculty of Engineering and IndustrialSciencesSwinburne University of TechnologyPO Box 218HAWTHORN VIC 3122Telephone: 03 9214 8776Fax: 03 9214 5435David SampsonOBEL, School of Electrical, Electronic& Computer Engineering,University of Western AustraliaM018, 35 Stirling HighwayCRAWLEY WA 6009Tel. (08) 6488 7112Fax (08) 6488 1065Stephen CollinsCTME - Footscray Park campusVictoria UniversityPO Box 14428MELBOURNE VIC 8001Telephone: 03 9919 4283Fax: 03 9919 4698PAST PRESIDENTBen EggletonCUDOSSchool of Physics,University of SydneySydney NSW 2006Tel: 0401 055 494Fax: (02) 9351-7726egg@physics.usyd.edu.auARC CoE for Quantum-Atom OpticsAustralian Fibre WorksBitline SystemCoherent ScientificCUDOSDiOptikaEzziVisionFinisarLambda ScientificLaserexLastekNewSpecoeMarket.comOptiscanRaymax ApplicationsWarsash ScientificWavelab Scientific6
AOS News Volume 25 Number 1 2011Editor’s IntroIfound it a bit of a struggle this time to finish the newsletter: any magazine needs tobe printed in page counts that add up to multiples of 4. I had already depleted myusual arsenal of tricks to stretch the articles across 43 pages, but found myself withone empty page left... And then the Vivid Sydney festival opened. A fantastic displayof highly sophisticated optical projection systems blending in with landmark buildingsaround Sydney’s Circular Quay. An excellent photo-opportunity presented itself, on atopic very much related to the society’s main interest: Optics! (results on page 21)It turns out the general public shares our interest, judging by the number of peopleletting out the little “Oooh!”’s everywhere, even on a rainy evening. I was probably onlyhalf as bewildered and impressed as the average visitor of the festival: we’ve seen it allbefore in some form or another, and we’d be able to explain the magic behind it at a flinch.Yet I couldn’t help to think about the myriad of research that must have preceded thedevelopment of these well-oiled systems, now robust enough to be abused by artists...Some nicely polished, massive lenses, a countless number of semiconductor lightsources, and a great deal of oversized waveguides... Have we gone the wrong way, tryingto miniaturise everything? There was even a little nonlinear optics on display: the PublicArt Pencil had a green and a white laser pointer built in!We’re all part of this now. Think of how the world will look like in 20 or 30 yearstime, and let your imagination take over for a second. Which contribution will you havemade to that ever-changing optical wallpaper all around you, or that in-eye projectionsystem that will serve as your main conduct of information? Will it be Android or iOS25.3 running on that optical CPU in your pocket?—Michaël RoelensEditor7
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