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  • 3D Profiling of Surfaces Using Lasers
    Article - 6 Feb 2019
    3D profiling of surfaces, sometimes known as surface profilometry, is the accurate 3-dimensional topography of any given surface.
  • Overview of Laser Types and Lasing Media
    Article - 19 Aug 2024
    Lasers are categorized into thousands of types based on the lasing medium they use. The main categories—gas, liquid, solid-state, and semiconductor lasers—each possess distinct properties that...
  • How Are Laser Guide Stars Used in Astronomy?
    Article - 12 Apr 2018
    When there are no nearby stars to use as a reference, lasers are used to generate small bright spots in the sky. These laser guide stars can be used by astronomers with adaptive optics imaging to...
  • Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation in Spectroscopy
    Article - 8 Apr 2014
    In this interview, Benno Oderkerk, CEO of Avantes, talks to AZoOptics about the last 20 years of innovation at Avantes and their plans for the future.
  • Optical Coherence - Definition and Applications
    Article - 6 May 2014
    Optical coherence is associated with interference effects of light. A field of light is said to be coherent when the electric field values at different locations are in a fixed phase.
  • What is Four-Wave Mixing?
    Article - 1 Oct 2014
    Four-wave mixing (FWM) is a non-linear optical process where two other waves are produced by the interaction of two wavelengths. Four-wave mixing can take place in any kind of material.
  • What is Brillouin Scattering?
    Article - 11 Jul 2013
    Brillouin scattering may be described as a phenomenon of inelastic scattering of light in a physical medium brought about by thermally excited acoustical phonons. Brillouin scattering is usually...
  • Nanophotonics in Computing
    Article - 2 Jan 2013
    IBM is the first to introduce silicon nanophotonics technology that integrates optical and electrical components on a single silicon chip.
  • How Do Lasers Work?
    Article - 30 May 2012
    This article gives an overview of how lasers work and their basic operating principles.
  • Introduction to Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
    Article - 3 Sep 2010
    LIBS spectroscopy can be produced from a variety of lasers but typically excimers or pulsed Nd:Yag lasers are used.

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