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  • noun optics, mechanics The design and manufacture of precision mechanical components of optical devices

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  • He brings relevant experience in the areas of optical design, optomechanics, optical prototyping, lens and coating testing, production optical jig design, and diagnostics.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • He brings relevant experience in the areas of optical design, optomechanics, optical prototyping, lens and coating testing, production optical jig design, and diagnostics.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • In the emerging field of cavity optomechanics, physicists may have the opportunity to investigate the boundary between quantum and classical systems.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • More information: PNAS paper: "Cavity optomechanics using an optically levitated nanosphere"

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The work in the PNAS paper, "Cavity optomechanics using an optically levitated nanosphere," was supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Army Research Office, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, the Austrian Science Fund, and European Union Projects.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

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