Laser News

RSS

Logos-Led Team to Provide Frequency Tripled High-Energy Glass Laser to Washington State University

Logos Technologies, in partnership with the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), has received an award to design, build and install a sophisticated high-energy laser at the Washington State University (WSU)-led Dynamic Compression Sector (DCS) at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).

5 Aug 2014

NASA Selects Los Alamos Laser for 2020 Mars Rover Mission

NASA announced today that laser technology originally developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory has been selected for its new Mars mission in 2020.

1 Aug 2014

NASA Selects Proposals for Two Spaceborne Earth-Observing Instruments

NASA has selected proposals for two new instruments that will observe changes in global vegetation from the International Space Station. The sensors will give scientists new ways to see how forests and ecosystems are affected by changes in climate or land use change.

31 Jul 2014

Syneron’s PicoWay Dual Wavelength Picosecond Laser Receives CE Mark for Tattoo Removal

Syneron Medical Ltd., a leading global aesthetic device company, announced today that its new PicoWay® device has received CE Mark indication to treat tattoos of all types and colors and pigmented lesions on any skin type. PicoWay is a new and innovative dual wavelength device, with 532nm and 1064nm wavelengths, which utilizes Syneron's proprietary PicoWay technology to deliver energy to the skin using pulses which are trillionths of a second, known as picosecond pulses.

31 Jul 2014

Ophir Photonics Introduces USB Option for StarLite Handheld Laser Power/Energy Meter

Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced the USB option for StarLite, the company's low cost, handheld laser power / energy meter. The USB option allows StarLite to communicate directly with a PC via USB; it also allows the meter to display all measurements on the company's StarLab 3.0 laser measurement software.

From Ophir Photonics Group 29 Jul 2014

In-Depth Study on Global and Chinese Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global and Chinese Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope Industry Report 2014" report to their offering.

26 Jul 2014

NRL Nike Laser Earns Guinness World Record for ‘Highest Projectile Velocity’

A set of experiments conducted on the Nike krypton fluoride (KrF) laser at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) nearly five years ago has, at long last, earned the coveted Guinness World Records title for achieving "Highest Projectile Velocity" of greater than 1,000 kilometers per second (km/s), a speed equivalent to two-and-a-quarter million miles per hour.

26 Jul 2014

FDA Grants 510(k) Clearance to Spectranetics’ Peripheral Laser Atherectomy Products

The Spectranetics Corporation today announced receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of their peripheral atherectomy products, Turbo-Tandem® and Turbo Elite®, for the treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR). The clearance prompts a new standard of care in ISR treatment with improved clinical outcomes.

25 Jul 2014

Ophir Photonics Announce Pyroelectric Laser Beam Profiling Camera Pyrocam IVs

Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced the PyrocamTM; IVs, the newest member of the PyrocamTM family of pyroelectric laser beam profiling cameras.

From Ophir Photonics Group 21 Jul 2014

Laser Clinique Offers FDA Approved Ultherapy Décolletage Treatment at San Diego Facility

Laser Clinique announces it is now offering the new ultherapy décolletage treatment out of its facilities in San Diego, following recent approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

21 Jul 2014