PhotoMedex Acquires Surgical Laser Technologies

Scientists from Brookhaven National Laboratory showed that ionic liquids provide an efficient means to convert one color of laser light into another. The discovery could lead to a way to create...

Aerospace and automotive manufacturers initially adopted additive manufacturing (AM) methods as a means to rapidly prototype new parts or to fabricate more complex or consolidated components in a...

Semiconductor technology company BluGlass has signed a paid development agreement with Ganvix Inc., a developer of gallium nitride (GaN) VCSELs, to develop GaN VCSELs for green wavelengths (515 to...

Through its existing European subsidiary Photonics Management Europe srl, Hamamatsu Photonics submitted an application to the Danish Business Authority to acquire shares in NKT Photonics. The...

The CO2 Laser Lenses from Laser Research Optics are CO2 optics meant for use in the production of precision gaskets manufactured from stainless steel, phenolic, and other hard materials. Able to be...

The SR series from Luxinar are CO2 laser sources for ablating, cutting, drilling, marking, and scribing on materials such as glass, metals, paper, plastics, and wood. The lasers, which come in...

InGaAs quadrant and array photodiodes from Marktech Optoelectronics Inc. are designed for laser alignment and position sensing applications. The quadrant photodiodes have low dark current, high...

It’s a fine line between full protection and being able to align a visible beam. Detector cards, cameras and other engineering controls don’t always do the trick and specific eyewear is...

In the three decades since its introduction, the CO2 laser has become the workhorse of industrial lasers. Today it is available in a range of designs and sizes with output powers of 20 kW and more....

Since its first successful operation in 1960 at Hughes Research Labs, the laser technology has been at the center of innovation and research. Semiconductor lasers first made their appearance in 1962...

Excimers are pulsed gas lasers that deliver high output power and pulse energies in the ultraviolet and deep-ultraviolet wavelengths. This enables them to power applications that cannot be supported...

Many linear materials proceseqsing applications call for lasers with continuous-wave (CW) output. For example, early stereolithography systems were based on CW lasers such as argon-ion or HeCd. To...

DRS Daylight Solutions has launched Stretto, a family of external cavity diode lasers operating from ultraviolet wavelengths through to the infrared. Drawing its name from the intricate overlapping...

While high laser-induced damage threshold is a buzzword when talking femtosecond & picosecond optics, it is not (only) the nominal LIDT value that matters. Color-change effect is an arch-enemy and a...

The market for the tunable light source is ever expanding due to its uses in countless fields, such as the inspection industry, machine visioning, and a wide range of optical experiments....

Block Engineering's widely tunable mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers are designed for use by researchers and manufacturers. Our next generation design features a six-fold increase in laser power,...

Industrial laser materials processing is constantly evolving. Industries as varied as pharmaceutical, consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace, and textiles, among others, have benefited from new...

David Biss of Optikos navigates the trade-offs that must be considered when developing the architecture of a microscope. In the vast expanse of life sciences, designing an OEM microscopy platform...

The mid-IR range provides countless opportunities in application areas such as communications, sensing, and imaging. Regardless of application, cutting-edge technologies are necessary to stay...

Information from the universe can be more than just a two-dimensional snapshot. These digital assets can be transformed to enable us to listen to, feel, or virtually move through cosmic objects....

A light therapy that utilizes nonionizing light sources, including lasers, LEDs, and broadband light, in the visible and infrared spectrum. It is a nonthermal process involving endogenous...

A pulsed laser that emits a recurring pulsed output. Frequency of the pulses emitted is known as pulsed recurrence frequency (PRF). When the PRF or duty cycle is very high, repetitively pulsed lasers...

Indium phosphide (InP) is a compound semiconductor material composed of indium (In) and phosphorus (P). It belongs to the III-V group of semiconductors, where elements from groups III and V of the...

Gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) is a semiconductor alloy composed of gallium (Ga), arsenic (As), and phosphorus (P). It is commonly used in the fabrication of optoelectronic devices, particularly...

New start, new image BWT provides you with unchanging high-quality products and services. We are committed to becoming a global leader in laser solutions, let the dream drive the light, and inspire...

Edinburgh Instruments is a world-leader in both single photon counting and time correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) based fluorescence spectrometers. Our product range includes: FLS1000...

Leonardo DRS Daylight Solutions' line of business is the world's leading provider of best-in-class, mid-infrared, quantum cascade laser sources for life sciences, research, industrial, and defense...

As a leader in the laser system and LED light sources business, Omicron-Laser has been developing, manufacturing, and distributing innovative laser and LED light sources since 1989. Omicron offers CW...

FOCtek provides customers with all types of custom manufactured lenses, Precision Optical Components, Polarizing Optics, Prisms, Filters, Coatings, Optical Systems, Crystals, Nonlinear Crystals,...

OHARA manufactures more than 130 environmentally safe optical glass types, free of both lead and arsenic. More than 300 tons of optical glass are melted per month, available in the following forms of...

Established in 1985, OZ Optics is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic components, test equipment and sensors. OZ Optics manufactures its products in three locations, Ottawa (Canada),...

LASER SAFETY • Eyewear • Barriers • Windows • Training laservision USA designs and manufactures a comprehensive assortment of custom-made laser safety eyewear that attenuates...