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Global 3D Terrestrial Laser Scanning Market Forecast to Grow at 12.53% CAGR

TechNavio, a global tech-focused research firm has published a new market research report on the Global 3D Terrestrial Laser Scanning Market 2014-2018.

31 Oct 2014

New Method for Improving Thrust Generated by Laser-Propulsion Systems

Scientists and science fiction writers alike have dreamt of aircrafts that are propelled by beams of light rather than conventional fuels. Now, a new method for improving the thrust generated by such laser-propulsion systems may bring them one step closer to practical use.

30 Oct 2014

New Type of Light Diffusion Discovered in Tiny Optical Fibers

Researchers at the Femto-ST Institute (CNRS/UFC/UTBM/ENSMM)1, working in collaboration with colleagues from the Charles Fabry Laboratory (CNRS/Institut d'Optique Graduate School), have just discovered a new type of light diffusion in tiny optical fibers 50 times thinner than a strand of hair! This phenomenon, which varies according to the fiber's environment, could be used to develop sensors that are innovative and highly sensitive. The work is published in the journal Nature Communications on October 24, 2014.

27 Oct 2014

Restricted Delivery of Power Could Improve Laser's Performance

Lasers – devices that deliver beams of highly organized light – are so deeply integrated into modern technology that their basic operations would seem well understood. CD players, medical diagnostics and military surveillance all depend on lasers.

27 Oct 2014

NeoPhotonics to Purchase EMCORE's Tunable Laser and Transceiver Product Lines for $17.5 Million

EMCORE Corporation a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components, subsystems, and systems for the fiber optics and space solar power industries, announced today that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with NeoPhotonics under which NeoPhotonics has agreed to purchase EMCORE's tunable laser and transceiver product lines for $17.5 million, consisting of $1.5 million in cash at closing and a $16 million promissory note from NeoPhotonics.

From Emcore Corporation 25 Oct 2014

Researchers Film Passage of Ultrashort Laser Pulse through the Air

Action-packed science-fiction movies often feature colourful laser bolts. But what would a real laser missile look like during flight, if we could only make it out? How would it illuminate its surroundings? The answers lie in a film made at the Laser Centre of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw.

24 Oct 2014

Researchers Succeed in Transferring Paradoxical Effect to Laser System

What started out as a mathematical oddity, has now become a new kind of laser technology. Two years ago, physicists at TU Wien predicted a paradoxical laser effect: Under certain conditions, a laser can be switched on not by supplying it with more energy, but by taking energy away from the laser. First experimental signatures of this effect were recently reported at TU Wien.

21 Oct 2014

Natcore Technology Creates All-Low-Temperature, Laser-Processed Solar Cell

Incorporating its proprietary advances in laser-processing technology, scientists at Natcore Technology have created an all-low-temperature, laser-processed solar cell. Their latest device does not require temperatures above 350 degrees C for any process step.

21 Oct 2014

Laser Physicists Demonstrate First Long-Distance Optical Tractor Beam

Laser physicists have built a tractor beam that can repel and attract objects, using a hollow laser beam that is bright around the edges and dark in its centre.

21 Oct 2014

ADA 2014: DrBicuspid.com Dental Excellence Awards Recognizes Solea Computer-Aided CO2 Laser

Convergent Dental Inc., a privately held dental device and technology company, announced that Solea™ was awarded DrBicuspid.com’s Dental Excellence Award at ADA 2014 in San Antonio, TX.

16 Oct 2014