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Boeing Completes First Successful Advanced Tactical Laser Test

The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) and the U.S. Air Force on Sept. 19 damaged a moving ground vehicle from the air using the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft, completing ATL's first air-to-ground, high-power laser engagement of a mobile target.

14 Oct 2009

Lexmark International Unveils First Monochrome A4 Laser Printer with Touch Screen

Additional color, monochrome laser devices also introduced, broadening Lexmark's line to meet a wider range of customer needs

13 Oct 2009

Mobius Photonics Laser System Used in STED Microscopy Experiments at Max-Planck Institute

Mobius Photonics, an innovative producer of short pulsed fiber laser sources (IR, green, and UV laser), announces that its G1+ Laser System has been used in stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy experiments at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen, Germany).

30 Sep 2009

Latest Optical and Laser Technology Showcased at Frontiers in Optics 2009

From scopes that help premature babies breathe to techniques for imaging live neurons and beating hearts as they develop, the latest optical and laser technology being deployed in medicine and the biosciences will be on display at the Optical Society's (OSA) Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO), which takes place Oct. 11-15 at the Fairmont San Jose Hotel and the Sainte Claire Hotel in San Jose, Calif.

29 Sep 2009

Coherent Introduces New MATRIX Diode Pumped Solid State Laser

The new MATRIX™ 532-8-100 from Coherent is a Q-switched, diode pumped, solid state laser designed to deliver the best cost to performance ratio for demanding micromachining tasks in solar, semiconductor and medical device manufacturing.

25 Sep 2009

Portable and Precise Gas Sensor Could Monitor Pollution and Detect Disease

In the air, it is a serious pollutant. In the body, it plays a role in heart rate, blood flow, nerve signals and immune function.

18 Sep 2009

First Efficient Diamond Raman Laser Paves the Way to New Defense Technologies and Improved Laser Surgery

Tomorrow's lasers may come with a bit of bling, thanks to a new technology that uses man-made diamonds to enhance the power and capabilities of lasers. Researchers in Australia have now demonstrated the first laser built with diamonds that has comparable efficiency to lasers built with other materials.

18 Sep 2009

Laser Processes Promise Better Artificial Joints and Arterial Stents

Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than is now possible.

15 Sep 2009

Coherent Introduces New CO2 Laser

A new CO2 laser from Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) offers greater reliability and reduced cost of ownership for applications involving processing of textiles, organic materials, plastics and even thin metals.

15 Sep 2009

Scientists Cool Gas by Laser Bombardment

In their experiment the Bonn University scientists tested a completely new principle of cooling. For this, they used the property that atoms can be stimulated by light. In this process an electron changes from its orbit around the atom's nucleus to an orbit that is further away.

3 Sep 2009