Melbourne, FL--A continuous-wave (CW) laser-diode module created by Elk Industries that emits in the 400 nm range reaches a single-spatial-mode optical output of 400 to 500 mW.

Laguna Beach, CA--An experimental laser aesthetics procedure uses a specially tuned laser to destroy the natural brown pigment melanin in the iris to turn brown eyes blue.

Rochester, NY--Navitar has licensed its Hoffman Modulation Contrast (HMC) microscopy trademark to Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH.

Aesthetic photonics for wrinkle and hair removal, eye and cosmetic surgery, and laser liposuction, just to name a few, are part of a growing aesthetic medical device business forecasted to reach nearly $3 billion by 2016.

The HQML3 CW laser diode module is part of a flexible platform that covers the UV to NIR wavelength range using laser diodes and DPSS laser (532 nm) technology.

A low-cost fiber-Bragg-grating (FBG)-based label-free optical biosensor with integrated microfluidic channels on a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate can measure refractive index, temperature, and strain.

Cambridge, MA--MIT and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a simple, precise, and reproducible technique for biosensor fabrication.

The InSight DeepSee ultrafast laser system for multiphoton imaging offers 680 to 1300 nm continuous tuning from a single source, 100 fs pulse widths, and peak power levels into the infrared.

Tampere, Finland--Modulight received ISO 13485:2003 certification from DNV for the design and manufacture of medical devices.

Belfast, Northern Ireland--A Nottingham University team has developed a non-invasive Raman microspectroscopy (RMS) technique using Andor technology that identifies stem-cell types.

Houston, TX--A group at the University of Houston is using a MEMS-based deformable mirror made by Boston Micromachines Corporation in research to image the living human eye via wavefront-sensorless adaptive optics.

Davis, CA--An iPhone has been very inexpensively transformed by researchers at the University of California, Davis into a microscope that could be useful for remote diagnoses.

The development of all-optical data processing is getting a boost from European researchers who are pioneering the use of an optically active protein for ultrafast photonic switching.

Caries (commonly called cavities) in teeth can be seen more easily under near-IR (NIR) light than visible light, and in fact show higher contrast in NIR than under the blue light used for quantitative light fluorescence.