Photo of the Week - April 28, 2008
An exciting new project just beginning in the Walsworth group is the development of a laser-based astro-comb. The new laser-measuring device will provide a critical advance in the resolution of current planet-finding techniques, making the discovery of Earth-sized planets outside our solar system possible. The discovery of such planets, called "exoplanets", is one of the hottest fields in astronomy. The work was recently published in Nature, with extensive commentary in the April 03 issue. The work has also featured in a Harvard News release, and the MIT Technology Review. Above, Ron and Chih-Hao are shown inspecting the novel laser used in this project. More details on this new and exciting project can be found here.
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