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Imaging Technology, Experimentation Converge at SPIE BiOS Dec 18, 2019 — A host of researchers and industry experts will descend on SPIE BiOS 2020 in February to expound upon — and demonstrate — the ability of optical technologies to analyze, diagnose, and treat a multitude of medical conditions that clinicians grapple with every day. And while dermatology will be a component of this year’s conference, innovations within the biophotonics sphere have proven to be more than just skin deep, providing key insights into areas such as cardiology, head and neck surgery,...
BioPhotonics, Feb 2020
With Innovations, Lasers Boost Performance Nov 19, 2019 — With their performance rising, semiconductor lasers may be able to best their fiber-based counterparts in a wide variety of applications. On the horizon are potential game changers, such as high-power blue laser diodes and organic laser diodes. But...
Photonics Spectra, Jan 2020
Digital Cinema Faces a Bright Future Nov 4, 2019 — Over the past 40 years, audiences have grown accustomed to seeing lasers used on screen in blockbuster action and science fiction films. More recently, lasers have carved out an essential role behind the scenes as well, enabling cutting-edge digital...
Photonics Spectra, Dec 2019
Solutions for Laser-Based Cinema Projection Oct 29, 2019 — When companies present laser-based cinema projector solutions on their websites or in their literature, they tend to promote complete projector systems. This leaves website visitors with the mistaken impression that they must purchase an entirely...
Photonics Spectra, Dec 2019
Digital Holographic Microscopy Enhances Cytometry and Histology Oct 29, 2019 — In recent years, quantitative phase imaging (QPI) has been continuously improved for purposes of high-resolution, label-free quantitative microscopy. Label-free imaging has received increased attention in the last decade as a minimally invasive way...
EuroPhotonics, Dec 2019
Laser Processing Brings Manufacturing to Next Level Oct 23, 2019 — Lasers are used in many industrial sectors for a wide variety of processes, including drilling, cutting, welding, and scribing, to optimize manufacturing and ensure high-quality components. Prices have fallen and, with the added application support...
EuroPhotonics, Dec 2019
Open-Source Photon Counting Advances Biological Research Aug 8, 2019 — A surgeon removing a malignant tumor, a security agent detecting harmful molecules at a stadium, an autonomous car avoiding a collision, a weather satellite spotting hurricane formations, a neuroscientist tracking neuronal activity deep within the...
BioPhotonics, Sep 2019
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Improved Lasers and Techniques Benefit Materials Processing Aug 5, 2019 — For laser materials processing systems, power levels are up, costs are down, and there are innovations in beam delivery and control. These developments are expanding the use of lasers in welding, cutting, surface treatment, and other applications....
Photonics Spectra, Sep 2019
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Long-Lifetime Laser Diodes for Space Jun 20, 2019 — There has been a flurry of announcements in the news recently about low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations, which are primarily expected to be able to provide wideband internet anywhere in the world. Many of these satellite networks will require...
Photonics Spectra, Aug 2019
Laser Triangulation Tackles Imaging Tasks Big and Small Jun 16, 2019 — Spurred by technological advancements, 3D vision has in recent years moved into the mainstream of automation. The benefits of 3D are increasingly in demand and, as a consequence, the number of vendors offering it has grown dramatically, while the...
Vision Spectra, Jun 2019
Coherent Diffraction Imaging Expands Researcher Tool Set Jun 13, 2019 — Both optical and x-ray microscopy are well-established tools, but nanoscale imaging with light in the intermediate range — specifically the extreme UV (λ ~8 to 80 nm) — has been neglected. This has been primarily because of a gap...
BioPhotonics, Aug 2019
Innovations in Flow Cytometry Expand Its Use in Clinical Diagnostics Jun 12, 2019 — The outstanding achievements of immunologists James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo — winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize for medicine for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation — are at the forefront of an...
BioPhotonics, Aug 2019
On the Shoulders of Giants Jun 6, 2019 — For millennia, scholars in the old and new worlds have realized that their efforts depend largely on the works of those who came before. The “eureka!” moments experienced by scientists and other observers of nature do arise, but there...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2019
A History of the Laser: 1960 - 2019 Jun 6, 2019 — In 2020, the laser turns 60. This is a timeline of some of the more notable scientific accomplishments related to light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (laser). An interactive version of the laser timeline is available, as well as...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2019
Laser Pioneers Jun 4, 2019 — Listed here are many breakthroughs that followed the first ruby laser demonstration. Nearly all of the devices mentioned have played major roles in science or everyday life, and continue to today. This brief list of pioneers — not exhaustive...
Photonics Spectra, Jun 2019
LASER World of PHOTONICS 2019: An Innovation Playground Apr 10, 2019 — With a first-rate portfolio, LASER World of PHOTONICS (Laser Munich) is a one-stop shop for research and technology, industry, and academia — showcasing numerous photonics components, systems, and applications. The biennial conference and...
BioPhotonics, Jun 2019
Ultrashort-Pulse Lasers: Emerging Tools for Biomedical Discovery Mar 15, 2019 — From nonsurgical vision correction to multiphoton imaging to neuronal optogenetics, ultrashort-pulse lasers — also informally known as ultrafast lasers — have become essential tools in biomedical discovery. VEGFR3-positive (red)...
BioPhotonics, Apr 2019
Photobiomodulation Tools Highlight Research Needs Mar 7, 2019 — More than 50 years ago, when lasers were a new phenomenon, a Hungarian researcher applied a low-powered ruby laser to mice and noticed it stimulated hair growth and wound healing. To date, over 500 clinical trials and 4000 laboratory studies have...
BioPhotonics, Apr 2019
Prism Award Winners Take Center Stage SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2019 — Amid the bustle of Photonics West, some of the industry’s top innovators gathered on Feb. 6 to honor the best products and advancements at the “Oscars of the photonics industry” — the Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation....
Photonics Spectra, Mar 2019
Optics Improvements Prompt Enhanced Component Parameters Jan 22, 2019 — For defense and security applications, size matters. So do weight, power, and cost. These four parameters are often referred to as SWaP-C, a key concept that drives the manufacture of defense and security systems, sensors, and optical components....
EuroPhotonics, Mar 2019
ASLMS 2019 Promotes Medical Excellence Jan 17, 2019 — Lasers, laser systems, and related applications will take the spotlight March 27-31 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver during the conference of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS). Focuses include nursing, patient...
BioPhotonics, Mar 2019
AO-OCT Comes into Focus Jan 17, 2019 — Adaptive optics (AO) technology is often used to correct for wavefront distortions imparted when light travels through complex optical systems, enhancing image resolution and facilitating diffraction-limited optics. It has played a particularly...
BioPhotonics, Mar 2019
Dual Imaging Method Holds Promise as a Tool for Cancer Diagnostics Jan 16, 2019 — Since Bell Labs first described the photoacoustic effect — the conversion of light to sound — in the late 1800s1, researchers have explored the principle for medical imaging purposes2,3. Over the past decade, advancements in lasers,...
BioPhotonics, Mar 2019
The Growing Role of Lasers in Treatments for Better Blood Flow Jan 11, 2019 — For some cardiovascular patients, laser-based procedures have become the best, and perhaps only, option to relieve pain and restore function associated with many diseases of the heart, arteries, and veins. New wavelengths, more rugged setups,...
BioPhotonics, Mar 2019
For Scientific Ultrashort-Pulse Lasers, the Sky Is Not the Limit Dec 26, 2018 — The 2018 Nobel Prize in physics, awarded jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland for their chirped pulse light-amplification tech­nique, confirmed that ultrashort-pulse laser technology has reached a widespread prominence. Their work in...
Photonics Spectra, Feb 2019
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