Laser News

  1. Physics Department Of Bridgewater University Won A BEAMAGE-4M Camera-Based Laser Beam Profiler 10/3/2022

    The physics department of Bridgewater University participated in the Gentec-EO Laser Lab Awards and won. Their prize? A BEAMAGE-4M camera-based laser beam profiler.

  2. Live Demos Of PI's Motion Control For Precision Manufacturing Technology At IMTS 2022 9/14/2022

    The latest advancements in motion control for laser machining and 3D printing, linear motor stages, and hexapods for 6-axis metrology will be showcased in the PI booth at IMTS in Chicago, IL, starting September 12, 2022.

  3. Armadillo SIA Introduces Radiation-Resistant, Silica/Silica Optran® UV NSS Optical Fibers 8/16/2022

    The solarization-resistant optical Optran® UV NSS Fiber provides provide deep-UV (ultraviolet) solarization resistance and is ideal for spectroscopy, medical diagnostics, and laser delivery systems.

  4. Bright Ideas — SDA Seeks Demo For Space-To-Aircraft Laser Communications, Cats & Coffee Latest Benefactors Of Laser Innovation 8/10/2022

    Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, the Space Development Agency (SDA) is again looking for a vendor to demo laser crosslinks between orbiting satellites and moving aircraft, France is trying out a new anti-drone laser weapon ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games, and Trumpf is taking the shipping crises into its own hands. 

  5. Test Results: Voice-Coil Nanopositioning Stages For Two-Photon Polymerization 7/18/2022

    it wasn’t until the turn of the 21st century that the laser became a standard tool for material scientists and engineers – from cell phone screen cutting and semiconductor wafer dicing, to improving the surface properties of metals. Still, most of these laser applications revolve around separating, melting or removing materials. What if you could use a laser to literally construct objects?

  6. Intel Labs Announces Integrated Photonics Research Advancement 6/28/2022

    Intel Labs announces industry-leading advancements in multiwavelength integrated optics, including the demonstration of an eight-wavelength distributed feedback (DFB) laser array that is fully integrated on a silicon wafer and delivers excellent output power uniformity of +/- 0.25 decibel (dB) and wavelength spacing uniformity of ±6.5% that exceed industry specifications.

  7. Gentec-EO's UP-QED Laser Power Detectors Honored By Laser Focus World Innovators Awards 6/14/2022

    Gentec-EO announced today that its UP-QED laser power detectors series was awarded the Gold Honoree by 2021 Laser Focus World Innovators Awards.

  8. High Power, Fast Response, And Wide Dynamic Range: A New Laser Power Meter For Precise Laser Power Monitoring 6/14/2022

    Following its recent launch of integrating sphere laser power detector series, Gentec-EO now adds another model of fast laser power detectors, the IS50A-1KW-RSI.

  9. Gentec-EO Launches New High-Power Laser Power Detector For Fiber Lasers Up To 15 kW 6/14/2022

    Gentec-EO launches the HP60A-15KW-GD-QBH power detector series for measurement of fiber lasers with power up to 15kW. This new laser power detector is ideal for those in need to measure average laser power for burn-in tests, during long periods of time or even quickly in the field with the simplicity of connecting a fiber laser output directly to the detector.

  10. Bright Ideas — Fraunhofer ISE Doubles Solar Cell Processing Output, LLNL Finds 3D Printer Defects With Laser-Based Ultrasound 5/4/2022

    Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, LLNL researchers are debuting a new laser-based ultrasound method for detecting tiny surface and subsurface defects in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D metal printing, while Fraunhofer ISE is revealing its high-efficiency process for producing more than 15,000 large-scale solar panel wafers in just one hour — about twice as much as the industry standard.