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Global Laser Processing Market Expected to Grow at 6.18% CAGR

According to a new market research report of "Laser Processing Market by Application (Cutting, Drilling, Marking), Laser type (Gas, Solid, Fiber Laser), Machine Configuration (Moving, Fixed beam), Vertical (Machine Tooling, Automotive), Geography - Global Forecast to 2020", published by MarketsandMarkets, the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.18% between 2014 and 2020, and reach $17.36 Billion by 2020.

8 Dec 2014

Dechirper Can Help Tweak Color Range of Light Pulses from SLAC’s X-ray Laser

The Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has teamed up with Santa Monica-based RadiaBeam Systems to develop a device known as a dechirper, which will provide a new way of adjusting the range of energies within single pulses from SLAC’s X-ray laser.

4 Dec 2014

Biomedical Engineers Develop World's Fastest Receive-Only 2-D Camera

A team of biomedical engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Lihong Wang, PhD, the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has developed the world's fastest receive-only 2-D camera, a device that can capture events up to 100 billion frames per second.

4 Dec 2014

Laser Biospeckle Technique Can Help Detect When to Harvest Climacteric Fruits

The ability to detect when to harvest "climacteric" fruits -- such as apples, bananas, pears and tomatoes -- at the precise moment to ensure "peak edibleness" in terms of both taste and texture may soon be within reach for farmers, thanks to the work of a team of researchers from Saint Joseph University in Lebanon and the Université de Bretagne Occidentale de Brest in France.

4 Dec 2014

IRIDEX Awarded Competitive Tender to Supply Ophthalmology Laser Equipment to China's Rural Regions

IRIDEX Corporation announced today that its China distributor has been awarded a competitive tender for more than $620,000 in ophthalmology laser equipment to fulfill a government program designed to provide advanced ophthalmology solutions to patients across vast areas of China's rural regions.

3 Dec 2014

Passive Compensation of Thermal Lenses

A common problem in high-power lasers is the long warm-up phase and unstable operating conditions that appear if thermal lenses form in the optics used.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 2 Dec 2014

Breakthrough Laser Communication Technology to Revolutionize Earth Observation and Satellite Communication

The first ever gigabit transmission via laser of imagery between the radar sensor on Sentinel-1A and Alphasat satellites, the latter built by Airbus Defence and Space, has taken place successfully. This advanced communication system based on the Laser Communication Terminal (LCT) technology is a main part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) European Data Relay System (EDRS), also referred to as the SpaceDataHighway.

29 Nov 2014

IET Presents 2014 Measurement in Action Award to Laser Ablation Analysis

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced the winners of its 2014 Innovation Awards, with the University of Tasmania, Imperial College London, the Natural History Museum, Lakehead University and AMIRA International winning the award in the Measurement in Action category, sponsored by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

From CSIR-National Physical Laboratory 29 Nov 2014

Novel Method to Highly Compress Laser Linewidth

Dr. Tao Zhu and his team of researchers from Chongqing University, Southwest China, have discovered a new method to highly compress laser linewidth based on Rayleigh backscattering. Using their new method, Rayleigh backscattering can be collected in any waveguide structure and all wave bands to effectively compress a laser linewidth to merely hundreds of hertz, which could have a revolutionary impact on the field of laser technology.

27 Nov 2014

High Damage Threshold Laser Power Sensor from Ophir Photonics

North Logan, UT - Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced the 1000WP-BB-34 High Power Water Cooled Thermal Sensor, part of the company's line of high damage threshold laser power sensors.

From Ophir Photonics Group 25 Nov 2014