Editor’s Picks

  1. PhAST/Laser Focus World Innovation Award Goes To Coherent, Inc. 5/5/2008
    The Photonic Applications, Systems and Technologies (PhAST) Conference and Laser Focus World magazine are pleased to announce that Coherent, Inc. has been selected as the recipient of this year’s PhAST/Laser Focus World Innovation Award. The award recognizes the company for the OPSL-577-3 for its twin embodiment of technical and application innovation in exploiting the wavelength and power scalability of optically pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) technology.
  2. Lithuanian Researchers' New Development In Solar Cell Technology – A Promise Of A Significant Advancement In The Field 5/13/2024

    Researchers from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania, who contributed to the development of record-breaking solar cells a few years ago, expanded their invention.

  3. Molecular Shuttle Speeds Up Hydrogen Production 8/7/2014

    An LMU team affiliated with the Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM) has achieved a breakthrough in light-driven generation of hydrogen with semiconductor nanocrystals by using a novel molecular shuttle to enhance charge-carrier transport.

  4. Freeze-Dried Foam Soaks Up Carbon Dioxide 8/16/2017

    Rice University Materials Scientists Have Created A Light Foam From Two-Dimensional Sheets Of Hexagonal-Boron Nitride (H-BN) That Absorbs Carbon Dioxide.

  5. Cymer Unveils Extended Lifetime Laser Warranties 11/3/1998
    Excimer laser manufacturer Cymer Inc. has announced extended lifetime warranties will be offered to Cymer customers...
  6. VTT Releases A Painless, Quick And Reliable Method For Diagnosing Helicobacter From Exhaled Air 6/15/2016

    In the future, several illnesses can be quickly and painlessly diagnosed by the optical analysis of isotopes contained in exhaled air.

  7. DILAS Demonstrates Scalable, High-Brightness And High-Efficiency Fiber-Coupled Diode Laser Results 4/24/2012

    DILAS, the diode laser company, has developed a modular diode laser concept combining high power, highbrightness, wavelength stabilization and low weight, important requirements for a multitude of applications.

  8. New PRONTO-250-FLEX Laser Power Meter With Flexible, Traceable Calibration Options 1/17/2024

    Gentec Electro-Optics launches the PRONTO-250-FLEX laser power meter. The new PRONTO-250-FLEX has flexible calibration options, so the customer only pays for what they use.

  9. Xenics Winner Of ISEU Awards 2018 3/27/2018

    Xenics announces today that it has been named the winner of the “Biggest Innovator in the Image Sensor Industry” category in Image Sensors Europe Awards 2018. Hailed as the leading European event to drive forward the future of sensor applications, the award acknowledges the most outstanding achievements of companies and individuals. The winners were announced aboard the ERASMUS on a Thames river cruise as part of an evening drinks reception for the three-day conference.

  10. New Lab Technique Simultaneously Reveals Structure And Function Of Proteins Critical In DNA Repair 4/17/2015

    By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have for the first time simultaneously observed the structure and the correlated function of specific proteins critical in the repair of DNA, providing definitive answers to some highly debated questions, and opening up new avenues of inquiry and exciting new possibilities for biological engineering.