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FDA Clears BIOLASE’s Diolase 10 Diode Soft Tissue Laser for Broader Medical Procedures

BIOLASE, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of dental lasers, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the 940nm Diolase 10 diode soft tissue laser for use in 19 additional medical markets including: ear, nose and throat, oral surgery, arthroscopy, gastroenterology, general surgery, dermatology, plastic surgery, podiatry, GI/GU, gynecology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, pulmonary surgery, cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, urology, dermatology, aesthetics, and vascular surgery. This FDA clearance includes over 80 different procedures.

7 Feb 2013

ITT Exelis successfully completed an optical fabrication contract for the University of Rochester’s Lab for Laser Energetics.

7 Feb 2013

Ophir Photonics Launch New Pyrocam IV Laser Profiling Camera at Photonics West

Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced the Pyrocam IV at Photonics West.

From Ophir Photonics Group 6 Feb 2013

Southampton ORC Scientists Study Use of Fibre Lasers for Particle Accelerator Technologies

Scientists from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton are part of an international project that is investigating the use of fibre lasers in ground-breaking particle accelerator technologies, such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

6 Feb 2013

Ophir Introduces NIST-Calibrated Laser Beam Profiler at Photonics West

Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced NanoScan 2 at Photonics West, the new version of their scanning slit beam profiler.

From Ophir Photonics Group 6 Feb 2013

NKT Photonics to Supply Fiber Amplifier Module for Coherent Sub-Nanosecond Pulsed Laser

NKT Photonics, the pioneer of photonic crystal fibers, and Coherent, Inc., a world leader in lasers and laser systems for commercial and scientific markets, today announced that NKT Photonics will supply a high-power fiber amplifier module for use in Coherent’s newly released Daytona sub-nanosecond pulsed laser, targeted at various micro-electronics applications.

From NKT Photonics A/S 6 Feb 2013

BMC Debuts Reflective Optical Chopper at Photonics West

Boston Micromachines Corporation (BMC), a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products and adaptive optics systems, today introduced here at Photonics West the Reflective Optical Chopper (ROC). Designed to out-perform the traditional optical chopper, the ROC offers greater frequency range and a faster chopping speed without the need to alter the beam size.

From Boston Micromachines Corporation 5 Feb 2013