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NIST Researchers Demonstrate Novel Method for Measuring Laser Power

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a novel method for measuring laser power by reflecting the light off a mirrored scale, which behaves as a force detector.

25 Oct 2013

Cobolt Adds Ultra Compact 532nm and 561nm Lasers to 06-01 Series

Cobolt AB announces the release of the Cobolt DPL™ lasers, ultra-compact SLM DPSS lasers at 532nm and 561nm, on the 06-01 Series platform.

From HÜBNER Photonics GmbH 24 Oct 2013

NASA Laser Communication System Transmits Data to and from Moon at Record Speed

NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) has made history using a pulsed laser beam to transmit data over the 239,000 miles between the moon and Earth at a record-breaking download rate of 622 megabits per second (Mbps).

24 Oct 2013

NEC Display Solutions Introduces New Laser-Light Source Digital Cinema Projector

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today the NC1100L Digital Cinema projector, a laser-light source projector targeted to exhibitors with small screens or projection booths as well art houses, mobile cinemas, theaters in universities and public buildings.

23 Oct 2013

New Sorting Approach to Improve Capsicum Pepper Seed Quality Using Laser Technology

The high cost of vegetable crop seeds--hybrids in particular--has led growers to seek out new precision seeding and transplant production systems. The quality of vegetable seed lots can be affected by a variety of pre-storage and post-storage factors, so finding ways to improve seedling emergence percentages and uniformity is critically important for producers.

22 Oct 2013

OSI Laser Diode's New 1550 nm High-Power (> 500mW), Pulsed Laser Diode Modules for Test & Measurement

New pulsed laser diode modules featuring power greater than 500mW will be showcased in OSI Laser Diode's booth # 2029 at SPIE Photonics West at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Feb. 4-6, 2014. October 17, 2013...

17 Oct 2013

L-3 to Deliver Ground Laser Target Designators to the Republic of Korea

L-3 Communications announced today that its Warrior Systems-ALST business has been awarded a contract to deliver state-of-the-art Ground Laser Target Designators (GLTD) to the Republic of Korea (ROK). L-3’s new Scarab system is a modular laser designator equipped with rangefinding and an IR thermal imager, providing accurate target designation during the day, night and in nearly all battlefield conditions. The initial contract value is approximately $30 million with product delivery beginning in mid-2014.

17 Oct 2013

Deposition Sciences Introduce New High Laser Damage (LDT) Threshold Coatings

Deposition Sciences, Inc. (DSI®) introduces a new line of high laser damage threshold (LDT) coatings. Designed for use with lasers and other high energy systems, these coatings are ideal for diode, diode-pumped...

From Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI) 16 Oct 2013

Study Results Hold Potential to Design New Sources of EUV Light

When you heat a tiny droplet of liquid tin with a laser, plasma forms on the surface of the droplet and produces extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light, which has a higher frequency and greater energy than normal ultraviolet.

5 Oct 2013

Physicists Construct Compact New Generation Optical Amplifier

A compact new generation optical amplifier has been constructed by physicists from the Laser Centre of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Faculty of Physics of the Warsaw University. The apparatus is extremely efficient and small enough to fit on a desktop and is able to generate over 10 terawatt light pulses.

4 Oct 2013