1. Nicholas DiPreta

2.  Science of light  How light behaves and interacts with matter

3.  Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation  Cavity, with plane or spherical mirrors at the ends, that is filled with lasable material

4.  Optical Tweezers  momentum of photons in a focused laser beam to exert a force on and ultimately trap microscopic particles  Manipulate microscopic matter  DNA

5.  beams of light with helical wave fronts that resemble a corkscrew  used in optical tweezers –torque  quantum computing - ability to represent more than two logical states.

6.  Ex: liquid lens  Could help to enable ground based telescopes to view more accurate images  Variable lenses affect the wave front aberrations

7.  C. Rotschild, S. Zommer, S. Moed, O. Hershcovitz, and S.G. Lipson, ``Adjustable Spiral Phase Plate,'' Applied Optics, April 2004.  M.W.Beijersbergen et al., Optics Commun. 96 (1994) p. 123.  http://laser.physics.sunysb.edu/- LTC http://laser.physics.sunysb.edu/-