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Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 John McHale	Chasing the goal of an efficient battlefield laser U.S. DoD researchers aim to develop small lasers for use in tactical air missions. The engineering challenge has been taken up by contractors including Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004	Fiber lasers emerge as strong competitor for future laser weapons They may be applied to jet fighters, land vehicles, and perhaps even man-portable systems. And they even have the potential to edge-out other solid-state laser approaches such as slab lasers and free-electron lasers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008	Aculight Introduces Eye-Safe Fiber Laser for Military Ladar Applications Aculight has introduced an eye-safe, high-power, pulsed fiber laser called the Perseus-TS for integration into military laser direction and ranging systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005 John Keller	Editor's Notebook: Darpa Details Requirements for High-Energy Diode-Laser Initiative The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is moving ahead with a program to develop a 100-kilowatt weapons-grade diode laser capable of destroying military targets.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008	Electro-Optics Briefs VueMetrix delivers laser diode controller for high-power fiber lasers... DILAS offers conduction-cooled fiber-coupled laser modules for military applications... Axsys to provide infrared imaging lenses for Army CROWS program...
Scientific American August 2005 Steven Ashley	Making Light of Silicon Scientists at UCLA and Intel have obtained coherent photons of light from silicon. This low cost alternative to "exotic" semiconductor materials currently used as lasers will pave the way for many technological advances.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008	nLight Concludes Acquisition of Liekki to Boost Presence in Optical Fiber Market Officials of nLight, a manufacturer of high-power semiconductor lasers, first announced their plan to acquire Liekki in October to bolster nLight's presence in the optical fiber market.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005	Sandia Uses Presstek Diode in Shuttle Camera The LT-1110 is a CS-mounted diode- laser bar that delivers 20 watts of power at wavelengths of 808 and 915 nanometers. The lasers are useful for both commercial and solid-state pumping applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007	Aculight Corp. To Help Ready Solid-State Lasers for Military and Aerospace Applications The company won a three-year subcontract to help prepare optically pumped semiconductor laser technology for volume manufacturing.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Laser weapons slowly shifting from science fiction to reality During the exercise, called Advanced Concepts Event or ACE, pilots used the newly developed laser-armed F-16 simulator to prepare for aerial combat once laser weapons become available.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006 John McHale	Future weapons: Solid-state lasers Industry and military scientists are moving forward in the quest to develop solid-state lasers for use as weapons by warfighters of the future.
IEEE Spectrum August 2010 Richard Stevenson	A Dark-Horse Green Laser Shines New green-laser chips could power HD pico projectors
The Motley Fool September 30, 2008 Rich Smith	Northrop Brings a Laser to a Gunfight Northrop Grumman is a bona fide ray-gun shop for laser-happy investors.
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National Defense August 2009 Grace V. Jean	Laser Weapons: Laboratory Toys or Imminent Battlefield Systems? Clearing the hurdles will be a challenge, given the tough economic climate and the uncertainty of future warfare needs in the Defense Department.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2007 Courtney Howard	Ionatron Forms Laser Group to Focus on Military, Aerospace, and Security Applications The company has established an organization to build specialty lasers for military, aerospace, and security applications
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Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005	Optoelectronics Briefs Breakthrough in solid-state laser technology... Fiber-optic field-simulation test instrument... TTL modulation added to photon devices... New high-power optical fiber... Light-sensitive camera... High-power multimode diode bar... Laser Diode earns ISO 9001:2000 certification...
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 Courtney Howard	Government Programs Offer Money to Buy IPG Photonics Fiber Lasers Fiber lasers, which are considered to be more energy-efficient than conventional YAG and CO2 gas lasers, are well suited for the new financial assistance programs which promote the deployment of energy-efficient technologies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008	Aculight Offers Telesto Pulsed Fiber Lasers for Surveillance and Mapping The Telesto family of pulsed fiber lasers are perfect for applications such as laser radar (LADAR), surveillance, mapping, and nonlinear optics conversion.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 John Keller	Fiber Laser Sales to Grow 26 Percent Annually Through 2011 Many key questions remain, such as how fast and how much market share can kilowatt fiber lasers gain from carbon dioxide lasers in sheet metal cutting? And, how much vertical integration is necessary to succeed in the fiber laser market?
The Motley Fool December 14, 2010 Eric Jhonsa	Our Top 5 Tech Stocks For 2011: IPG Photonics The company's fiber lasers are gobbling up market share in a hurry.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Briefs 10 million cycles is probable for new optical switch... Newport announces Oriel Light Resource Catalog... Coherent expands line of high-power laser diodes... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009	Electro-Optics Brief Thermal cameras for digital video surveillance offered by Premier Electronics... RPMC delivers military laser for harsh-environment uses... Coherent introduces modular diode laser system with 400 watts of power... etc.
Chemistry World May 2, 2010 Mike Brown	OLETs have bright future in electronic lasers Scientists in Italy have developed organic light-emitting transistors that are more efficient light sources than organic light-emitting diodes, and could be used in much sought after electrically pumped organic laser devices.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009 J.R. Wilson	Directed-Energy Weapons Will be the Next Generation of Precision-Guided Munitions Directed-energy weapons are on the top of the wish list for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008	Nextreme Offers Electro-Optics and Microelectronics Cooler for Military Applications Nextreme Thermal Solutions is introducing the Ultra-High Packing Fraction (UPF) OptoCooler thermoelectric module for cooling and temperature-control requirements for electronics, medical, military, and aerospace applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John McHale	Laser Weapons: Moving From Promise to Performance The military's laser weapons programs are making steady progress in their transition from the laboratory to the battlefield, with deployment of initial systems expected within the next three to five years.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 John Keller	Northrop Grumman shoots 27-kw beam of light for 350 seconds from solid-state laser Potential uses include protective and strike capabilities for ships, manned and unmanned aircraft, and ground vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Miniature 1064-Nanometer Fiber Lasers MPB Communications is releasing a series of miniature ytterbium fiber lasers called the YFL- series. The laser is for airborne and mobile deployments. Applications include target designation, spectroscopy, remote sensing, and second harmonic generation.
Technology Research News March 9, 2005	Silicon Chip Laser Goes Continuous Useful lasers made from silicon would make it possible to move data between and within computer chips using light rather than electricity. This would make for faster chips that could be more tightly integrated with optical communications equipment.
National Defense January 2011 Grace V. Jean	Beam Me Up Some Power To give the remotely operated planes better endurance in the skies, scientists are developing battlefield lasers to recharge the batteries in flight.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2005 Adrian Carter	New technology advances applications for high-power fiber lasers Since introduced by Nufern as a standard product in late 2002, LMA fibers have enabled a power-scaling revolution, and have produced near-diffraction-limited beam quality at powers approaching 1 kW and slope efficiencies of around 75 percent.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Salvatore Coffa	Light From Silicon For decades, silicon was a semiconducting dim bulb, but now we can make it into LEDs that match the best made from more exotic materials
IEEE Spectrum January 2009 Jean Kumagai	Winner: Quantum Leap Quantum-dot lasers from Japan's QD Laser will make high-speed "fiber to the home" networks simpler, cheaper, and more power-efficient
National Defense March 2009 Grace V. Jean	Military May Be Souring On Laser Weapons The Pentagon's enthusiasm for laser weapons is not what it used to be.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 John Keller	Newport acquires Spectra-Physics, bolsters presence in military and homeland security applications Spectra-Physics brings to Newport an established sales base in the defense industry, with laser and photonics products for applications in targeting, rangefinding, and UV imaging.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Products Direct flash lamp pumped die laser... Military- and space-qualified laser diodes... Near-infrared diode laser... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006	Northrop Grumman Solid-State Laser Intended for Several Kinds of Military Missions Scientists at the Northrop Grumman Space Technology segment are developing a high-energy, solid-state laser called Vesta that company officials claim is powerful enough to perform many basic military missions.
Technology Research News November 3, 2004	Photonic Crystal Lasers Juiced Researchers have made a photonic crystal laser that is driven by electric current. The device could eventually be used as a source of single photons for quantum cryptography and communications devices.
IEEE Spectrum March 2007 Michael Riordan	A New Blue Laser Two groups have just announced a new kind of solid-state laser that emits bright blue-violet light, raising hopes of getting green.
AboutSafety May 8, 2001	Laser Safety Guidelines for understanding the dangers of lasers and the importance of working with them safely...
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2006	Optoelectronics Briefs Zeiss to build laser rangefinders for U.S. Marine Corps... Bookham extends temperature capabilities of XFP transceivers... CCI provides key crystals for Solar Physics Satellite Program... etc.
Technology Research News February 9, 2005	All-silicon chip laser demoed Researchers from Intel have moved a step forward in the push to meld lasers and silicon chips, which could eventually be used in portable biological and chemical sensors, to amplify communications signals, and to convert light to different wavelengths.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 John McHale	Laser Weapons, on Target The U.S. military and its partners from industry are meeting major milestones in various programs as they move closer to making laser weaponry a standard part of the U.S. arsenal.
Wired August 2001 Josh McHugh	Beam On Want your own private fiber node? Has Novalux got an extended-cavity surface-emitting laser for you!
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008 Turner & Ettenberg	Shortwave Infrared Laser Detection and Tracking on the Battlefield As warfare modernizes, improved pointing and targeting while remaining covert to the enemy from far away is critical to ensuring success. New shortwave infrared (SWIR) technology is helping to meet these critical goals.
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