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Teledyne Princeton Instrument’s COSMOS Camera Wins Innovation Award

Teledyne Princeton Instruments, part of Teledyne’s Vision Solutions Group, announced today that its COSMOS camera was recognized among the best by the 2022 Laser Focus World Innovators Awards.

24 Aug 2022

Researchers Build a Color-Changing Laser Beam Device

This demonstration highlights the potential for RE elements to produce stable multiband lasing.

23 Aug 2022

Development of Multiband Laser Using Rare Earth Elements

Applications like full-color displays, optical communications, and computation all depend on microlasers with many lasing bands. The plentiful long-lived intermediate energy levels and intraconfigurational transitions provided by rare earth (RE) elements are essential for emissions over a variety of lightwave bands.

23 Aug 2022

Airborne Laser Scanning Helps Identify Old-Growth Mediterranean Forests

In an article published in Remote Sensing, researchers used geostatistical analysis, low-density airborne laser scanning (ALS) metrics, and forest inventory data to estimate old-growth indices (OGIs) as indicators of old-growth forest conditions.

23 Aug 2022

Multi-Petawatt Laser Overcomes Power Limitations of Conventional Solid-State Optical Gratings

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have created a portable multi-petawatt laser that circumvents the power constraints of traditional solid-state optical gratings by using plasma transmission gratings.

22 Aug 2022

Photovoltaic and Photothermal Effects Produced by Laser Radiation in AFM Probes

In a pre-proof article posted in Ultramicroscopy, researchers presented combined photothermal and photovoltaic effects produced by light absorption in the visible spectrum by atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes.

18 Aug 2022

Novel Laser Offers Highly Sensitive Hydrogen Sensing Solution

In an article published in Chemosensors, researchers have proposed a novel continuous-wave distributed feedback (CW-DFB) laser diode for hydrogen (H2) detection.

12 Aug 2022

Study Looks at Advances in Short-Pulse Laser–Induced Breakdown Effect on CCD Detectors

A study published in Optics and Laser Technology discusses charge-coupled devices (CCD), recent advances in short-pulse laser-induced breakdown effects on CCDs, laser damage effects, the influence of laser parameters on CCDs, and the inherent relationship between laser parameters and damage effects. This research lays the theoretical and experimental foundation for future laser protection measures and photoelectric countermeasure systems.

10 Aug 2022

New Femtosecond Laser Percussion Drilling Process Proposed

In a pre-proof article recently published in the journal Optics & Lasers Technology, researchers discussed the utility of machine learning and molecular dynamics in the optimization of the multistage femtosecond laser drilling process.

4 Aug 2022

Novel Heat Treatments Tune Microstructure of Selective Laser Melted Alloys

In a preproof study from the journal Surface and Coatings Technology, researchers developed two heat treatment methods to tune the microstructure of selective laser melted Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr-1Zr (Ti-55531) alloy, i.e., aß phase region (aß-STA) and supertransus triplex heat treatment (Triplex-HT).

3 Aug 2022