Work has started on a new €4.3 million project to improve the brilliance of laser diode bars and develop a direct-diode technology suitable for metal welding and cutting. The European Commission is ...

A £1.2 million research programme will give the UK a leading position in fibre-coupled sources for mainstream materials processing. “This will place the UK at the forefront of fibre-delivered diode ...

Rarely a week goes by that some company doesn’t offer to send us their latest and greatest laser. You know the type — couple of aluminum extrusions, Class 4 diode flopping around in the breeze, and no ...

Laser cutting and engraving technologies have become essential tools across a wide variety of different industries, from manufacturing, art and small businesses. These technologies use laser beams to ...

The initiative, called ICONIC-FL (International Cooperation on Next-gen Inertial Confinement Fusion Lasers), aims to target ...

Efficient 1.5 W CW and 9 mJ quasi-CW TEM00 mode operation of a compact diode-laser-pumped 2.94 µm Er:YAG laser Sheaumann has developed the first commercially available diode-laser-pumped continuously ...

The basis of a solid-state diode laser is, of course, the diode. Laser diodes can have different emission wavelength—most of them have between 405 nm to 808 nm. The diodes usually have TO3, TO5, TO9, ...

This article presents basic design ideas for laser virtual floor markers using inexpensive and readily available components. The laser virtual floor marker introduced here is a specially developed ...

The candidate supported wild technologies such as wound-healing LED lights. March 14, 2008 — -- Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama today released his list of "earmarks" -- pet ...