We propose a vanadate crystal-based composite gain medium consisting of Tm3+ and Ho3+ ion-doped sections, which facilitates the direct use of common 800 nm diode lasers for a miniature 2.1 μm laser ...

Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in photonics, announced today that it will showcase its new products and ...

GaN-based laser diodes (LDs) with different barrier layers are investigated by using simulation and experimental methods. it is found that the absorption loss always decreases with the increasing ...

The laser beams enough power to disable drones and cut through several kinds of materials from over 0.62 miles (1 km) away.

An Ar-ion laser was used for side-pumping and a laser diode with an operation wavelength of 808 nm was used for end-pumping. b , Continuous-wave laser performance achieved in 1995 (ref. 39 ).

THE popular eye surgery Lasik, which stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, forever changed how the medical profession looked at vision. Lasik has been a life-changing procedure ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services to integrate artificial intelligence into the operations of the National Ignition Facility, a center ...

Additive manufacturing is a promising technology for the fabrication of customized implants with complex geometry. The objective of this study was to investigate the initial cell–material interaction ...

Xcimer is building upon laser technologies originally pursued for the Strategic Defense Initiative (a.k.a. “Star Wars”) defense programs of the 1980s to enable much higher laser energies ...

Abstract: Chaotic laser with a flat power spectrum up to 32.3 GHz has been generated by using a dual-wavelength optically injected Fabry–Pérot laser diode with optical feedback. The Fabry–Pérot laser ...

The global fusion supply chain is expanding rapidly to support the “business of fusion”, according to the latest report by the Fusion Industry Association (FIA), The Fusion Industry Supply Chain – ...