Illegal ivory detected by lasers
Laser technology offers new method in detecting illegal ivory and fighting illegal trade.
Laser
Strong signals for photonics’ future
Review: AKL’24 - International Laser Technology Congress, 17 – 19 April 2024, Aachen, Germany
New record in laser cooling
German and American researchers succeed in cooling silica glass by 67 Kelvins.
Deep ultraviolet laser sets new benchmarks
A solid-state laser with narrow linewidth is obtained with two stages of sum frequency generation in LBO crystals.
Prima Additive and Sodick form business alliance
Sodick acquires a minority stake of 9.5 % in Prima Additive through a capital increase specifically reserved for Sodick.
Photon-counting improves ultraviolet spectroscopy
Optical frequency combs make ultraviolet spectroscopy more sensitive and more precise.
£2.5M to develop new ultrafast laser technologies
Edinburgh scientist John Travers has secured a prestigious engineering award.
Civan Lasers opens its first office in Europe
Laser maker from Israel inaugurates its office in Hanover, Germany, to enhance local service and R&D capabilities in laser technology.
X-ray light generated by a laser to inspect e-car batteries
Trumpf is leading the XProLas development partnership that includes Amphos, Active Fiber Systems, BASF, Bruker, Cellforce, Excillum, Ushio, Viscom, the University of Hanover and Fraunhofer Institutes in Aachen and Jena.
3D printing for space travel
Trumpf and The Exploration Company are cooperating on the construction of core components for spacecraft for missions in the earth’s orbit and to the moon.
Tailored solutions for the e-mobility market
The cornerstone of a new collaboration is the integration of Cailabs’ beam shaping modules into Precitec’s laser beam welding heads.
New lasers for digital holography
MultiLambdaChip project gets underway with Hübner Photonics, Carl Zeiss, Cybertechnologies, University of Freiburg, and the Fraunhofer IPM.
New nanocavities pave the way for enhanced tiny lasers and LEDs
Sub-wavelength confinement of light demonstrated in indium phosphide nanocavity could enable faster data transmission using smaller, more energy-efficient devices.
Water enables a supercontinuum white laser
Covering an impressive spectral range with water as nonlinear medium.
Expanded accreditation for laser power and energy measurement
MKS Instruments has received ISO/IEC 17025 certification for its Ophir Photonics calibration laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany.
Laser scarecrows make birds see red
Lasers could deliver a sustainable answer to the expensive problem of bird damage to crops.
AMS Technologies takes over Neolase
Acquisition to broaden the existing customized photonic solutions portfolio.
Toptica takes over sales and service for France from Opton Laser
Dedicated sales and service consultation as well as opportunities for specialized product development or even common research projects offered.
Ultrafast lasers map ballistic electrons in graphene
New observations have implications for next-gen electronic devices.
360-degree head-up display provides real time warning for drivers
New system see through objects to project holographic representations of road obstacles.
Improving cancer treatment with fast lasers
New approach for a more effective use of radiation therapy in oncology.
Conjoined racetracks for new optical devices
Soliton pulse pairs at multiple colors used for a turnkey frequency microcomb.
X-ray laser – brighter means darker
Diffraction intensity is highly suppressed with very high X-ray intensity.
New frequency comb identifies molecules faster
Laser-based system captures moment-to-moment details of high-speed processes such as protein folding.
New board of directors elected
VDMA working group laser and laser systems for material processing fills leadership positions.
Ultrafast laser fits on a fingertip
New advance will enable pocket-sized GPS-free navigation, medical imaging and food safety inspection.
“The world’s first portable wideband laser”
Superlight Photonics has launched the first portable supercontinuum laser at the PIC Summit Europe photonics event on November 7th and 8th in Eindhoven.
Peter Leibinger receives the Schawlow Award
Recognition of outstanding achievements that lead to a fundamental understanding of laser technology and its applications.
Lasers deflected using air
Innovative concept changes the direction of laser light with the help of sound waves.
Making a femtosecond laser out of glass
New method for manufacturing complex miniaturized free-space optical systems.
Mark Sobey retires from Coherent
Head of the laser department left the corporation on September 1, 2023.
Precitec India founded
The future employees of Precitec India celebrated the start of a new chapter. A suitable location still has to be found.
Christopher Dorman to head Coherent’s lasers business
Expert in laser technology appointed executive vice president.
A tunable laser based on liquid droplets
New devices can be inkjet-printed, and have a color that changes based on the shape.
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer e.V.
TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH
TRUMPF SE + Co. KG
IRsweep AG
LioniX International BV
Precitec GmbH & Co. KG
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
Vector Photonics Ltd.
P.E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG
Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
nLIGHT, Inc.
MKS Instruments
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
TOPTICA Photonics SE
SuperLight Photonics BV
SCANLAB GmbH
Luxinar Inc
Prima Additive S.r.l.
Prima Industrie S.p.A.
S&I Spectroscopy & Imaging GmbH
AT - Automation Technology GmbH
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
BLOOM LASERS
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Evosys North America Corporation
European Photonics Industry Consortium EPIC
Marelli Holdings Co., Ltd
LPT – Lehrstuhl für Photonische Technologien
Civan Lasers
HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KG
IMS CHIPS
Innoptics SAS
Newport Spectra-Physics
A&B KMG Service GmbH
Heriot-Watt University
Precitec Optronik GmbH
Aerotech GmbH
Coherent Corp.
Laser Institute of America
Trumpf Gruppe
Active Fiber Systems GmbH
Fraunhofer Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik IWS
AMS Technologies AG
VALO Innovations GmbH
Berthold Leibinger Stiftung GmbH
Schulz-Electronic GmbH
HighFinesse GmbH
Laser Components Germany GmbH
Edmund Optics Inc.