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National Defense
October 2009
Grace V. Jean |
The Promise of the World's Smallest Lasers Recent advances in power efficiency, design and high temperature functionality have pushed ultra-thin semiconductor lasers closer to real-world utility.   |
Chemistry World
June 29, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Nanowire Shines Light on Subwavelength Microscopy Researchers in the US and Japan have created a nanoscopic 'torch' that shines visible laser light on nanoscale structures, imaging them with high resolution. |
Chemistry World
December 11, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
'Google map' of a prostate UK researchers have used vibrational spectroscopy to chemically image the cross section of a prostate to such an incredible level of detail that each of the 66 million pixels in the image represents a piece of tissue only 5.5 A -- 5.5 m. |
Technology Research News
March 23, 2005 |
Microdroplet makes mighty microscope Researchers from the University of Maryland have found a way to reach nanometer-scale resolution using something called far-field optics. |
Technology Research News
September 22, 2004 |
Microscope Etches Ultrathin Lines Researchers have shown that it is possible to match electron beam resolution for organic materials using an ultraviolet laser shown through a near-field optical microscope. |
Chemistry World
May 5, 2011
Mike Brown |
Turn on, tune in, power up A nanoscale antenna that can collect light and convert it into a current shows promise for energy harvesting applications, say its US developers. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
Federici et al. |
T-Rays vs. Terrorists Terahertz radiation lets security screeners find bombs and weapons wherever they're hidden. |
Technology Research News
February 9, 2005 |
Nano triangles concentrate light An extremely small gold bowtie nanoantenna that focuses visible and near-infrared light to extremely small, intense spots of light could eventually be used to allow microscopes to focus at the nanoscale. Researchers hope to have a practical implementation built within a year. |
Technology Research News
December 1, 2004
Eric Smalley |
Pure Silicon Laser Debuts Researchers have made a prototype laser from silicon. The laser is tunable, meaning it can lase in a range of wavelengths, or colors, and it works at room temperature. |
Industrial Physicist
Miseo & Wright |
Developing a chemical-imaging camera Major developments in detector technology have made IR imagers and focalplane arrays available to industry and in technical areas such as quality control, where the cost was previously prohibitive. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2006
J R Minkel |
A Tabletop UV Microscope With the recent demonstration of a high-resolution ultraviolet microscope that fits on a tabletop, semiconductor manufacturing and basic science researchers alike may soon have a far easier time getting the images they need. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2010
Edward H. Sargent |
Infrared Optoelectronics You Can Apply With a Brush Infrared quantum dots will lead to cheaper photovoltaic cells. When the fabrication of optoelectronic devices becomes almost as easy as splashing paint on a canvas, our assumptions about the high cost of high-performance optoelectronic devices will be turned on its head. |
AboutSafety
May 8, 2001 |
Laser Safety Guidelines for understanding the dangers of lasers and the importance of working with them safely... |
Technology Research News
January 26, 2005 |
Plastic Records Infrared Light Researchers have extended the sensitivity of photorefractive polymers so that they can be used at the common infrared communications frequency of 1550 nanometers. |
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 |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2010
Neil Savage |
The Laser at 50 It's the golden anniversary of this fundamental technology |
Chemistry World
June 23, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Photo-catalysts shine light on chemical bond making A team of scientists from Israel and Germany have manipulated bond formation in a chemical reaction using high power lasers |
Bio-IT World
September 16, 2004
Rabiya S. Tuma |
Blinded by the Light Myriad advances in light microscopy are increasing resolution, accelerating confocality, improving detection -- and toying with the laws of nature. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2011
Bruce Bigelow |
Northrop Grumman Leads $15M Round for Daylight Solutions The funding will go toward new laser technology research. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2010
Richard Stevenson |
Lasers Get the Green Light Compact green-light sources could slash the cost of laser TV |
Chemistry World
July 2, 2015
Ida Emilie Steinmark |
Tattoo removers donate laser to the Vatican A tattoo removal company in the UK is helping to solve a papal problem by donating one of its lasers to clean sculptures in the Vatican. |
Technology Research News
June 1, 2005 |
Lasers Built Into Fiber-Optics Researchers have crossed a gas-filled fiber optic laser with ordinary fiber optics to make a Raman laser and a frequency stabilizer -- devices that provide precise control of laser beams. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2012
Miles et al. |
Using Lasers to Find Land Mines and IEDs A laser could ionize a distant puff of air and thus safely detect the fumes from buried explosives |
Bio-IT World
July 2005
Stan Schwartz |
Trends in Digital Bioscience Imaging The author, a Nikon VP, reviews the improvements in digital imaging that have been achieved over the last 30 years. A new set of research tools is aimed at solving the bottlenecks commonly found in the drug discovery laboratory. |
Chemistry World
September 29, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Carbon nanotube rectenna directly converts light into electricity Scientists in the US have for the first time made a solar energy collector using carbon nanotubes that can directly convert optical light in to a direct current. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2008
Monica Heger |
Laser Cinema, Coming Someday to a Theater Near You--Maybe Engineers in China have built a laser digital cinema projector |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2007 |
Electro-Optics Briefs Edmund Optics offers versatile UV microscope... Northrop Grumman opens facility for high-energy lasers... Salvador Imaging announces color night-vision camera... etc. |
InternetNews
February 17, 2005
Michael Singer |
Intel Beams Up Silicon The ability to build a laser from standard silicon could lead to inexpensive optical devices that move data inside and between computers. |
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. |
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. |
Chemistry World
August 12, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Squid skin material invisible to infrared cameras Using a protein from color-changing squids, US scientists have created a coating that reflects infrared and lets objects mimic the infrared signature of their surroundings. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2005 |
Products Direct flash lamp pumped die laser... Military- and space-qualified laser diodes... Near-infrared diode laser... etc. |
Chemistry World
October 12, 2006
Richard Van Noorden |
Lasers on the Energy Ski Slope Researchers have shown that intense laser-light pulses can act as catalysts, controlling the end products of a chemical reaction without themselves being absorbed. |
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. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2010
Richard Stevenson |
A Dark-Horse Green Laser Shines New green-laser chips could power HD pico projectors |
PC World
June 18, 2002
Kuriko Miyake |
Philips Shrinks CD to 1.2 Inches Blue laser technology supports tiny drive for use in phones, PDAs. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2004 |
Briefs Lasers to be a $3 billion market by 2008... Department of Defense chooses Sensors Unlimited to develop high-speed camera... JPSA Laser announces laser refurbishment services... |
Technology Research News
May 7, 2003 |
Nanotube shines telecom light Researchers are continually working to expand the usefulness of carbon nanotubes. Scientists from IBM Research have found a way to make the tubes emit light, and have fashioned a nanotube transistor that emits 1.5-micron infrared light, a wavelength widely used in telecommunications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2009 |
Electro-optics Brief Machine vision system, software... Reconnaissance satellite goes operational... Green fiber lasers... Rugged flat panels for U.S. Navy CDS program... etc. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2008
Willie D. Jones |
Engineers Work on Laser-Based Brain-Machine Interface for Prosthetic Arm Laser stimulation of nerves may light the way to better nervous-system feedback for prosthetics |
Chemistry World
July 12, 2006
Jessica Ebert |
Light Sensors From a Test Tube Making electronic components from solutions of chemicals has long been touted as being cheaper and cleaner than conventional manufacturing processes, and researchers now say that it can also deliver better devices. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2007 |
European Briefs Cedip Infrared offers battery and screen options for Silver IR cameras... Intense unveils high-power semiconductor laser diodes... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2007 |
Products Machine-vision solution... Sapphire waveplates change beam polarization state... IR laser-diode module with high pointing stability... Miniature ruggedized thermal-imaging cameras... etc. |
Industrial Physicist
Wippich & Dessau |
Tunable Lasers and Fiber-Bragg-Grating Sensors Today, the tunable laser is being tested in many industrial applications, including optical remote sensing, where laser-based systems can provide improved performance over electronic means of measuring strain, temperature, and pressure. |
