Editor’s Picks

81. New Diode Laser Systems For Materials Processing Offer Highest Power Yet Available 9/20/2011
    The HighLight D-Series, a new range of diode laser systems from Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), delivers both high power and an increased range of “smart” output beam shapes.
82. Detecting Mid-Infrared Light, One Photon At A Time 6/1/2021

    For some 30 years, scientists have used superconducting materials to record the tiniest specks of light imaginable — individual photons, or single particles of light. However, these detectors, which consist of ultracold wires only about one-thousandth the diameter of a human hair, were limited to recording single photons at visible-light and slightly longer wavelengths, in the near infrared (IR).

83. SPIE Launches Peer-Review Training Course 7/21/2022

    The new SPIE peer-review training course offers a comprehensive, interactive blend of online learning and hands-on peer review experience.

84. New Laser Technology From Leonardo Could Lead To Breakthroughs In Green Energy, Novel Medical Therapies And Advanced Imaging Capabilities 5/4/2023

    Leonardo has delivered a new technology for ‘extreme photonics’ research that will allow scientists and engineers to accelerate the development of research projects with potentially world-changing implications.

85. Practical Aspects Of Mirror Usage In Optical Systems For Biology 12/28/2023

    Gain practical and useful insight on flat dielectric mirrors including key design considerations and specifications necessary for selecting the appropriate flat mirror.

86. Frictionless Precision Motion Control Based On Air Bearing Stages - Key Element In Coordinate Measuring And Surface Metrology Applications 8/23/2017

    The performance of precision metrology equipment depends on highly accurate, repeatable, and controllable motion systems and position sensors. Air bearings have played a critical role in the development and construction of CMMs and other metrology tools. 

87. UT To Develop Ultra-Pure Laser Light 11/18/2025

    The University of Twente is part of a new European research project called ULTRAPURE, which has received funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC).

88. Bone Replacement From Laser Melting 6/24/2010
    The body can heal minor bone injuries itself - but with major injuries, it needs help. That's when implants frequently come into use. In contrast to long-term solutions based on titanium, degradable implants are intended to replace the missing pieces of bone only until the fissure closes itself up.
89. First Test Of New X-Ray Laser Strips Neon Bare 9/24/2009
    It takes a lot of energy to strip all ten electrons from an atom of neon. Doing it from the inside out, knocking away the most-closely-held, innermost electrons first, is an even rarer feat. But the brilliant X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source have done just that, in the successful first test of the unprecedented X-ray laser with its first scientific instrument.
90. Chemists Create Quantum Dots At Room Temp With Lab-Designed Protein 12/12/2022

    Nature uses 20 canonical amino acids as building blocks to make proteins, combining their sequences to create complex molecules that perform biological functions.