Reading through the first issues of Laser Focus magazine, it is amazing to see how many laser applications were being contemplated or even becoming commercially viable so soon...
That’s not even funny. As many of my readers already know, I’m not usually a gambler but for once I’d be willing to bet real money (i.e., more than $10) that your answer to the...
Infineon (Munich, Germany) may have changed its mind about selling its entire fiberoptics business to Finisar (Sunnyvale, CA) in early January, but the company changed it back...
Plans by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC; Menlo Park, CA) to build a revolutionary new synchrotron x-ray source received a major boost thanks to $54 million in funding...
Scientists have previously shown that highly localized plasmons can occur in chains of metallic nanospheres, striplike metal films, metal nanorods, and in narrow gaps between ...
Corning (Corning, NY) expects the liquid-crystal-display (LCD) glass market to grow between 40% and 60% this year and continue to grow at a compound annual rate of 40% through...
The high-power multimode laser diode is the engine behind all types of fiber lasers, diode-pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSs), and high-power fiber amplifiers.
Cambridge Display Technology (CDT; Cambridge, England) has joined forces with Ilford Imaging Switzerland in a project the companies say should help to pave the way for more optically...
