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Single Laser Pulse Creates Complex, Ordered Nanostructure Systems

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden have reported that a single laser pulse can create complex, ordered nanostructure systems. This previously unobserved phenomenon has just beeen described in an article in the scientific journal Nature Photonics.

28 May 2008

Newport Chosen as Preferred Supplier for Lasers and Precision Motion Subsystems

XsunX, Inc., a solar technology company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt solar module manufacturing facility, announced today that it has expanded its existing two-year relationship with Newport Corporation by selecting Newport as its preferred supplier for laser and motion subsystems for its integrated Thin Film Photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing line.

28 May 2008

QPC Lasers Awarded Contract for BrightLase Fiber Laser Pump Engine Development

QPC Lasers, Inc. has been awarded a $750,000 contract to develop and deliver BrightLase® high power fiber laser pump engines to a U.S. Defense Customer for airborne directed energy weapons applications.

28 May 2008

Understanding and Predicting Properties of Conventional and Non-Conventional Lasers

Researchers at Yale and the Institute of Quantum Electronics at ETH Zurich have formulated a theory that, allows scientists to better understand and predict the properties of both conventional and non-conventional lasers, according to a recent article in Science.

28 May 2008

Zecotek Photonics Signs Sales and Distribution Agreement for Products in Israel

Zecotek Photonics Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive sales and distribution agreement with Toyo Ram for Zecotek products in Israel.

28 May 2008

Quest for the Ideal Photonic Crystal

Researchers have been unable to build an ideal "photonic crystal" to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now, University of Utah chemists have discovered that nature already has designed photonic crystals with the ideal, diamond-like structure: They are found in the shimmering, iridescent green scales of a beetle from Brazil.

20 May 2008

Physicists Developed New Near-Infrared Broadband Laser Materials

A team of physicists in the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) of the Physics Department at The City College of New York (CCNY) have developed new near-infrared broadband laser materials with tunability ranges around triple those of earlier crystals.

19 May 2008

Researchers Have Recently Doubled the Efficiency of Infrared Lasers

Researchers at the Center for Quantum Devices at the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University have recently doubled the efficiency of infrared lasers under the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Efficient Mid-wave Infrared Lasers (EMIL) program.

19 May 2008

Key Milestone in Boeing's Advanced Tactical Laser Program

The Boeing Company has fired a high-energy chemical laser aboard a C-130H aircraft in ground tests for the first time, achieving a key milestone for the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program.

19 May 2008

What’s Next in Advanced Display

Corning Incorporated will present its perspective on what's next in advanced display during Display Week 2008, the annual conference of the Society for Information Display (SID), held this week in Los Angeles, Calif. Corning has built its leadership position in liquid crystal display (LCD) by identifying existing and emerging technology market demands and translating those into powerful technology solutions that help shape the future of the display industry.

19 May 2008