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Ophir Photonics Launches Thermal Laser Sensor with Fast Response Time and 2kJ Pulse Energy

Ophir Photonics Group, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced the Fast Axial OEM Sensor. The sensor is based on a novel thermopile design that provides significantly faster response times and higher power levels.

From MKS Ophir 1 Nov 2012

Toptica Photonics Launch Higher-Power Tunable Diode Lasers

Toptica Photonics introduces the new DL pro HP, a tunable diode laser with higher output powers in the “visible” spectral region from 370 to 640 nm

26 Oct 2012

Electron Beams in Table-Top Accelerators Power Free Electron Lasers

Wim Leemans of Berkeley Lab's Accelerator and Fusion Research Division heads LOASIS, the Laser and Optical Accelerator Systems Integrated Studies, an oasis indeed for students pursuing graduate studies in laser plasma acceleration (LPA). Among the most promising applications of future table-top accelerators are new kinds of light sources, in which their electron beams power free electron lasers.

26 Oct 2012

OSI Laser Diode Releases Extremely High Brightness 1550 nm Pulsed Laser Diodes

OSI Laser Diode, Inc. (LDI), an OSI Systems Company, introduces the CVLL Series of extremely high brightness 1550nm pulsed laser diodes.

From OSI Laser Diode, Inc. 18 Oct 2012

New Research May Lead to Smaller, Lighter and Cheaper Communication Devices

Light might one day be used to cool the materials through which it passes, instead of heating them, thanks to a breakthrough by engineers at Lehigh and Johns Hopkins Universities.

17 Oct 2012

Maxim Integrated Unveils Laser Driver/Limiting Amplifier Combo Chip

Maxim Integrated Products, introduces the MAX3711 laser driver/limiting amplifier combo chip with both automatic power control (APC) and extinction ratio control (ERC).

17 Oct 2012

Newport Corporation Acquire The Products And Technology Of Vistek

Newport Corporation, a worldwide leader in lasers and photonics solutions that Make, Manage and Measure Light, announced today that it has acquired the products and technology of Vistek, a Tempe, Arizona-based manufacturer of advanced vibration isolation solutions.

From MKS Newport 16 Oct 2012