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Duquesne Professor Gets $445K NSF Grant to Develop Diamond-Like Semiconductors

A Duquesne University professor has received a $445,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further develop compounds called diamond-like semiconductors—crystals capable of changing the wavelength and frequency of lasers.

1 Jul 2016

Roland DG Joins Hands with GPI to Create New Photonics Industries in Japan

Roland DG Corporation, a leading manufacturer of desktop fabrication devices worldwide, has announced the start of a joint research relationship with GPI, the Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries located in Hamamatsu, Japan.

29 Jun 2016

New Laser-Based Uranium Enrichment Technology May Provide Hard-to-Detect Pathway to Nuclear Weapons Production

A new laser-based uranium enrichment technology may provide a hard-to-detect pathway to nuclear weapons production, according to a forthcoming paper in the journal Science & Global Security by Ryan Snyder, a physicist with Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security.

28 Jun 2016

Researchers Use Mid-Infrared Lasers to Detect Wide Range of Chemicals with High Sensitivity

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have found a new way of using mid-infrared lasers to turn regions of molecules in the open air into glowing filaments of electrically charged gas, or plasma. The new method could make it possible to carry out remote environmental monitoring to detect a wide range of chemicals with high sensitivity.

28 Jun 2016

EPFL’s New Technique Combines Lasers and Microfluidics to Enhance Tissue-Engineering

The medical field of the future is most likely to include wide-ranging tissue-engineering technologies such as organoids (tiny organs grown from stem cells) and organs-on-chips. However this prediction is made based on a simple yet demanding task – manipulating cellular performance in three dimensions.

24 Jun 2016

NPI HPL Task Force Recommendations Call for National Strategy to Manufacture High Power Lasers

Members of the National Photonics Initiative (NPI) High Power Lasers (HPL) Task Force, comprised of leading defense contractors, commercial laser companies and academia, today announced recommendations to improve US defense operations and regain our nation's manufacturing stronghold.

24 Jun 2016

Reasearchers Describe New Way to Build Terahertz Lasers

Terahertz radiation — the band of electromagnetic radiation between microwaves and visible light — has promising applications in security and medical diagnostics, but such devices will require the development of compact, low-power, high-quality terahertz lasers.

14 Jun 2016

IXYS’ New High-Power Laser Diode Driver Provides Precision Pulsed Current

IXYS Corporation, a specialist in power semiconductors, mixed-signal and digital ICs for power conversion and motion control applications, announced today the introduction of the PCX-7500-EX high-power laser diode driver/current source by its IXYS Colorado division.

10 Jun 2016

Newly Developed Broad-Band Tunable Infrared Laser Holds Potential for Border Protection

A new tool that has the ability to protect our borders has been recently developed by Northwestern University's Manijeh Razeghi.

10 Jun 2016

Optoma Launches New Single–Chip DLP Laser Phosphor Projectors

Optoma, a world leading manufacturer of video and audio products, at InfoComm today unveiled two new innovative single-chip DLP laser phosphor projectors for the ProAV and home markets.

9 Jun 2016