• Lasers & Sources

    The laserfocusworld.com Lasers & Sources channel features articles and other content that discuss the design and applications of all types of lasers, amplifiers, and other advanced sources like LEDs.

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    Credit: Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    Claudio Emma and Brendan O’Shea examine experimental apparatus at FACET-II in 2022. Credit: Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    April 29, 2025
    In this exclusive Q&A, SLAC scientists behind the beam talk to LFW about how their beam with 5x more peak current than any other similar beam on Earth addresses one of the grand...
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    April 27, 2025
    The MRSI-LEAP high-speed 1-µm die bonder is designed for high-volume manufacturing of AI optical modules.
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    Coherent Corp
    April 23, 2025
    FACTOR Series fiber-coupled diode pumps offer a power boost, with the 880-nm output power increased to 220 W at 200-µm core diameter with 0.2 NA.
    Credit: WIGNER CRP Budapest
    FIGURE 1. Tamás Biró and Norbert Kroó in the Hidra laser lab at WIGNER CRP; the vacuum chamber in the foreground is used for the target.
    Vittorio Lippay
    April 23, 2025
    The effect of nanoplasmonics on laser-driven fusion may turn out to be quite similar to catalysis in chemistry—because it appears remarkably similar so far—but more work is needed...
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    CRAIC Technologies
    April 21, 2025
    Scorpii advanced lighting systems include an array of light sources covering UV, visible, and near-infrared.

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