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New Laser Design Offers Breakthrough Performance

Innovative laser technology from NTNU addresses key challenges in existing systems, enabling cheaper, faster, and more efficient applications in various fields.

25 Jun 2025

MKS Announces Advanced Ophir® 70 K-W Power Laser Sensor for High Energy Laser Weapon Systems, Measuring Up to 100 kW

MKS Inc. , a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, has announced the enhanced Ophir 70 K-W Ultra-High Power Laser Sensor at Laser World of Photonics 2025.

From MKS Instruments, Inc. 25 Jun 2025

Vacuum Compatible Laser Beam Expanders

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has announced its reflective beam expanders are now available with the option to optimally operate in high vacuum environments, expanding or reducing high power laser beams.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 19 Jun 2025

Helium “Nano-Refrigerators” and Lasers Reveal How Atoms Form Clusters

Markus Koch's team at TU Graz has pioneered real-time monitoring of atom clustering, highlighting energy pooling and its relevance for solar energy utilization.

18 Jun 2025

SLAC and UW-Madison Collaborate on Revolutionary Attosecond X-Ray Laser

The development of an attosecond atomic X-ray laser marks a significant advancement, facilitating the study of electron behavior and enhancing laser techniques.

13 Jun 2025

High-Power Laser Stabilization Using Machine Learning

Researchers at Berkeley Lab enhance high-power laser stability using machine learning, reducing jitter and improving performance in laser-plasma accelerators.

11 Jun 2025

Practical Quantum Dot Surface-Emitting Laser Achieved for Fiber Optics

In a collaboration with Sony, the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology developed the world's first electrically driven VCSEL operating at 1,550 nm—the standard wavelength for optical fiber communication—with nanoscale semiconductor structures known as quantum dots as the optical gain material.

9 Jun 2025

High-Intensity Isolated Attosecond Soft X-ray FELs Using Gas-Filled Hollow Core Fibers

This study introduces a method for generating isolated attosecond soft X-ray FELs, enhancing signal-to-noise ratios through gas-filled hollow capillary fibers.

6 Jun 2025

New Compact, Robust Laser Sensor with IO-Link Interface Measures Distances to Target Objects Up to 60 Meters Away

Precision sensor supplier Micro-Epsilon has extended its non-contact laser distance sensor portfolio with a low cost unit that is even more robust and compact than its predecessor measuring distances up to 60 m with a resolution of 1 mm and is repeatable to < 3 mm.

5 Jun 2025

Fraunhofer IAF Pioneers Semi-Automated Manufacturing for Next-Gen Tunable Quantum Cascade Lasers

Fraunhofer IAF's semi-automated process for MOEMS-EC-QCLs enhances manufacturing efficiency, reducing costs and enabling real-time spectroscopy applications.

5 Jun 2025