Raleigh, NC--Researchers from North Carolina and Japan have developed a more-efficient UV LED potentially useful in sterilization of bacteria and viruses.

The PhotoFluor II NIR uses a 1600 hr, pre-aligned lamp with extended NIR transmission.

The Vivo NIR source is a compact, tungsten halogen light source for VIS/NIR spectroscopy across the 360–2000 nm range.

Andover, MA--Physical Sciences developed an instrument to detect liquid petroleum product leaks from buried pipelines using Fuelfinder, with interband cascade laser technology from Maxion.

Researchers at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik have proposed an accurate peak-intensity measurement technique that relies on the interaction of the laser pulse with a beam of ultrarelativistic electrons.

Despite signs of a double-dip recession in the UK, things have never been busier among domestic laser engineering shops, reports ILS' David A. Belforte.

Fitchburg, MA--High Efficiency Hyperspec SWIR sensors from Headwall Photonics were selected for airborne applications by the U.S. Navy.

Glasgow, Scotland--The UK-based Business Growth Fund has invested £3.85 million of capital in M Squared Lasers, taking a minority stake in the company and joining the board of directors.

Plymouth, MN--Vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) specialist Vixar raised $2.5M in Series B financing from Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP) to commercialize its VCSEL technology.

Essonne, France--Physicists from France and Canada are using isolated, precisely timed attosecond pulses of light to study the fleeting motions of electrons.

By incorporating nanoantenna structures into a photomixer, terahertz emission power can be enhanced more than two orders of magnitude compared to a photomixer using typical interdigitated structures.

Fraunhofer ILT scientists have performed a laser-based qualitative/quantitative characterization of the powder gas stream in laser deposition processes.