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Long-Term Study Confirms Benefits of Endoscopic Laser Treatment for Early Vocal-Cord Cancer

The first long-term study of a pioneering endoscopic laser treatment for early vocal-cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and previously shown to provide optimal voice outcomes, finds that it is as successful as traditional approaches in curing patients' tumors while avoiding the damage to vocal quality caused by radiotherapy or by conventional laser or cold-instrument surgery.

10 Dec 2014

Syneron Signs Multi-Year Agreement with American Medical Systems to Supply Holmium Lasers

Syneron Medical Ltd., a leading global aesthetic device company, announced today the signing of a multi-year agreement with American Medical Systems (AMS) to supply holmium lasers. AMS, an Endo International plc subsidiary, is a leading global provider of medical technologies for pelvic health conditions.

10 Dec 2014

Researchers Develop Room-Temperature and Continuous Wave Interband Cascade Lasers

A team led by the University of Oklahoma professor who invented the interband cascade laser has reached a major milestone in the development of interband cascade lasers by creating a robust technology that operates at room temperature and works continuously—an important component for building practical systems.

9 Dec 2014

Intensity of Fluorescent-Protein-Based Lasers are Maximized by Solid-State Proteins

The same research team that developed the first laser based on a living cell has shown that use of fluorescent proteins in a solid form rather than in solution greatly increases the intensity of light produced, an accomplishment that takes advantage of natural protein structures surrounding the light-emitting portions of the protein molecules.

9 Dec 2014

Global Laser Processing Market Expected to Grow at 6.18% CAGR

According to a new market research report of "Laser Processing Market by Application (Cutting, Drilling, Marking), Laser type (Gas, Solid, Fiber Laser), Machine Configuration (Moving, Fixed beam), Vertical (Machine Tooling, Automotive), Geography - Global Forecast to 2020", published by MarketsandMarkets, the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.18% between 2014 and 2020, and reach $17.36 Billion by 2020.

8 Dec 2014

Dechirper Can Help Tweak Color Range of Light Pulses from SLAC’s X-ray Laser

The Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has teamed up with Santa Monica-based RadiaBeam Systems to develop a device known as a dechirper, which will provide a new way of adjusting the range of energies within single pulses from SLAC’s X-ray laser.

4 Dec 2014

Biomedical Engineers Develop World's Fastest Receive-Only 2-D Camera

A team of biomedical engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Lihong Wang, PhD, the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has developed the world's fastest receive-only 2-D camera, a device that can capture events up to 100 billion frames per second.

4 Dec 2014

Laser Biospeckle Technique Can Help Detect When to Harvest Climacteric Fruits

The ability to detect when to harvest "climacteric" fruits -- such as apples, bananas, pears and tomatoes -- at the precise moment to ensure "peak edibleness" in terms of both taste and texture may soon be within reach for farmers, thanks to the work of a team of researchers from Saint Joseph University in Lebanon and the Université de Bretagne Occidentale de Brest in France.

4 Dec 2014

IRIDEX Awarded Competitive Tender to Supply Ophthalmology Laser Equipment to China's Rural Regions

IRIDEX Corporation announced today that its China distributor has been awarded a competitive tender for more than $620,000 in ophthalmology laser equipment to fulfill a government program designed to provide advanced ophthalmology solutions to patients across vast areas of China's rural regions.

3 Dec 2014

Passive Compensation of Thermal Lenses

A common problem in high-power lasers is the long warm-up phase and unstable operating conditions that appear if thermal lenses form in the optics used.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 2 Dec 2014

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