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Ruby Laser – History, Properties and Applications

A ruby-laser is a solid-state laser that employs a synthetic ruby crystal as its gain medium. The first ruby laser was developed by Theodore H. "Ted" Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories in 1960.

21 Jun 2013

Helium-Silver Lasers – Properties and Applications

Helium-silver lasers are capable of emitting light of wavelength 224.5 nm, which lies in the deep ultraviolet region.

21 Jun 2013

Krypton Ion Laser – Properties and Applications

Krypton laser belongs to the gas lasers family that uses rare gases as the lasing medium.

From DZ Laser Service, Inc. 21 Jun 2013

What is a Globar?

Globar is a thermal light source that emits radiation near the infra red region of the electromagnetic spectrum.

21 Jun 2013

What is a Beam Dump?

A beam dump maybe defined as a device used for absorbing the energy from photons or other particles.

21 Jun 2013

Carbon Dioxide Lasers - Properties and Applications

The carbon dioxide (CO2) laser consists of a gas mixture that includes nitrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, xenon or water vapor and hydrogen in some cases. It is one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed by Kumar Patel in Bell Laboratory in 1964.

From LightMachinery 20 Jun 2013

Ytterbium YAG Lasers - Properties and Applications

Ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Yb:YAG) laser is one of the most promising laser-active materials that are more suitable for diode-pumping than the traditional Nd-doped systems.

From ALPHALAS GmbH 20 Jun 2013

Titanium-Sapphire (Ti:Sapphire) Lasers - Properties and Applications

Titanium-doped sapphire laser (Ti:sapphire) is a tunable laser that has excellent tunability and potential to create ultrashort pulses.

From M Squared Lasers 20 Jun 2013

Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers (COIL) - Properties, Development, and Commercial and Military Applications

Chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) is an infrared chemical laser that has been developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory in 1977, primarily for military applications. It outputs a beam of infrared at a wavelength of 1.315 µm.

18 Jun 2013

$What is a Diffraction Grating?$

What is a Diffraction Grating?

Diffraction grating comes into the picture when there is a need for separate light of different wavelengths with high resolution. A diffraction grating is a multiple slit arrangement made by etching lines on a transparent flat piece of material.

From Wasatch Photonics, Inc. 18 Jun 2013