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New Lasers Fit on a Microchip
Engineers have tried to create imaging technology using terahertz radiation for some time, only to be stymied by…
If You Hit an Ultra-thin Magnet with a Laser…
When you hit an ultra-thin magnet with a laser, it abruptly de-magnetizes. Imagine the magnet on your refrigerator…
Levitating Objects Using Only Light
Levitation may sound like the stuff of magic shows or New Age gurus, but California Institute of Technology…
A Laser Quiet Enough to Move Demanding Scientific Applications to the Chip Scale
Spectrally pure lasers are a core component of precision high-end scientific and commercial applications due to…
Digitizers and AWG used for atmospheric research with LIDAR
Atmospheric research uses pulsed laser beams to measure temperature and wind speed along the beams by measuring the…
Greater precision while scanning without limits
OEM laser deflection and positioning systems manufacturer SCANLAB has added even more materials-processing power…
Entry-level scan head gains even more flexibility
Provider of high-precision laser scan systems, SCANLAB, has introduced an additional variant of its entry-level…
Laser diode module for machine vision solutions
In addition to cameras, the high-growth market of machine vision requires ever more complex forms of illumination,…
Energy sensor with high damage threshold for long pulse lasers
The newest addition to the Ophir line of LP2 laser power/energy sensors with high damage threshold, the…
Harnessing photonics to develop faster internet networks
A group of EU-funded researchers are incorporating VCSEL laser sources with silicon photonics to develop long…