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Three-Port Transistor Laser Modifies Current Law to Current-Energy Law

While the laws of physics weren't made to be broken, sometimes they need revision. A major current law has been rewritten thanks to the three-port transistor laser, developed by Milton Feng and Nick Holonyak Jr. at the University of Illinois.

13 May 2010

Spectranetics to Showcase Laser Lead Extraction Simulation System at HRS 2010 Exhibit

Spectranetics Corporation (NASDAQ:SPNC) today announced it will showcase a new advanced Laser Lead Extraction Simulation system at the Heart Rhythm Society’s (HRS) 31st Annual Scientific Sessions, Heart Rhythm 2010...

13 May 2010

Vytran to Exhibit LFS-4000 Optical Fiber Splicer Prototype at San Jose Expo

Vytran announced that it will demonstrate the prototype of its optical fiber splicer, LFS-4000 at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) in San Jose, California.

12 May 2010

Latest Breakthroughs in Electro-Optics to be Featured at 2010 CLEO Conference

Researchers from around the world will present the latest breakthroughs in electro-optics, innovative developments in laser science, and commercial applications in photonics at the 2010 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS) May 16 to 21 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.

12 May 2010

CEA-Leti Launches TARGET-PDT Project to Improve Photoactive Drug Delivery at Tumor Site

CEA-Leti today announced the launch of the TARGET-PDT project designed to increase the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating cancer by developing a novel nano carrier-based approach.

12 May 2010

Researchers Develop New Method to Stabilize Optical Phase of Light Pulse

Lasers can now generate light pulses down to 100 attoseconds thereby enabling real-time measurements on ultrashort time scales that are inaccessible by any other methods.

12 May 2010

Insertion of Phakic Intraocular Lenses: Safer Myopia Treatment Than Laser Surgery

A new type of procedure for correcting short-sightedness could be safer than laser eye surgery, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The study also shows that patients prefer the new procedure, despite there being little difference between the two in terms of improving vision.

12 May 2010

Physicists Highlight Potentiality of Laser for Future Applications

ON the laser’s fiftieth birthday, physicists assert that the discovery’s usefulness has far further to go, despite already underpinning some of the last half century’s most disruptive technologies.

12 May 2010

Digital Ally to Introduce Small, Lightweight LaserAlly LIDAR System

Digital Ally, Inc., which develops, manufactures and markets advanced video surveillance products for law enforcement, homeland security and commercial security applications, today announced the planned introduction of its new handheld LaserAlly LIDAR System for vehicle speed detection.

12 May 2010

MicroLight's Low Level Laser Reduces Post-Operative Downtime in Cosmetic Surgeries

More than 12.5 million cosmetic procedures were performed in 2009 at a cost of $10 billion including 5.1 million reconstructive surgeries such as scar revisions, breast reconstructions, burn care, hand surgeries and correction of birth defects, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

11 May 2010