VOICES: CHERRY MURRAY

TITLE
Director, Physical Research Lab, Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs. 46

CONTRIBUTIONS
This year, her lab has unleashed a flood of innovations, from exotic lasers to tiny telecom devices known as optical MEMS. The latter could go commercial in two years.

IN HER WORDS
''MEMS could have a huge impact on optical networking. And they'll come in at the low end, not the high end. That's the disruptive part.''

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