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The image depicts laser-induced crystallization of the amorphous germanium core of a silica optical fiber in order to create a long and perfect single crystal of germanium inside the fiber. In article number 1600592, J. V. Badding, V. Gopalan, and co-workers demonstrate that such single crystal fibers with low optical propagation loss, high photosensitivity in the infrared, and nearly intrinsic optoelectronic properties as bulk germanium single crystal could be a building block for the vision of allfiber optoelectronics, where light generation, modulation, and detection can occur within the optical fiber network.