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September / October 2004
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  QUANTUM OPTICS IN CANADA
L'OPTIQUE QUANTIQUE AU CANADA

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 A selection of figures from the feature article by W.A. van Wijngaarden and B. Lu (pgs. 301-308).

Une sélection de figures tirées de l’article de fond de W.A. van Wijngaarden et B. Lu (pgs. 301-308).
CONTENTS / CONTIENTS


PHYSICS AND EDUCATION / LA PHYSIQUE ET L'ÉDUCATION

The Past and Present of Optics as a Teaching and Research Domain at Laval University , by/par R.A. Lessard et al., Laval Univ.

Three new undergraduate degrees in photonics in Ontario , by/par M. Nantel et al., Ontario Universities

FEATURE ARTICLES / ARTICLES DE FOND

Progress in generating high intensity, mid-infrared pulses , by/par D. Strickland, U.Waterloo

Attosecond science and technology , by/par H. Nikura et al., NRC

The Physics and the Challenge of the Propagation of Powerful Femtosecond Laser Pulses in Optical Media , by/par S.L. Chin, Laval Univ.

Ultrafast optical studies of magnetism , by/par X. Zhu and M. Freeman, U. Alberta

Ultrafast optical studies of cuprate superconductors , by/par J. Preston et al.

Semiconductor waveguides patterned with high-index-contrast, sub-wavelength features , by/par G.E. Rieger and J. Young, UBC

Bose-Einstein condensates of dilute alkali vapours: A coherent ensemble of atoms , by/par W. van Wijngaarden and B. Lu, York Univ.


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Books Received / Livres reçus - Book Reviews / Critiques des livres

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