Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...
It’s a rare person who can pick up a cheap laser pointer and not wield it like a lightsaber or a phaser, complete with sound effects. There’s just something about the “pew-pew” factor that makes ...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ: IPGP), a global leader in fiber laser technology, proudly announces the release of a new laser designed ...
In the HiPEQ project, a consortium of industry and research partners has developed new laser-based approaches to enable ...
IPG Photonics IPGP unveiled its YLR-AMB dual-beam fiber lasers, which are specifically designed for additive manufacturing applications. These cutting-edge lasers, featuring independent control of ...
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) say that they have built a thulium fiber laser capable of emitting 1.91 kW - nearly double the typical output ...
Under the right conditions, a chaotic mess of laser light can spontaneously self-organize into a highly focused “pencil beam.” This schematic shows the pencil beam formation mechanism. CAMBRIDGE, MA - ...
The US-based fiber and semiconductor laser maker nLight has signed a collaboration deal that will see its programmable sources used inside additive manufacturing (AM) systems sold by ...