Filters are designed to improve signal-to-noise in diode-pumped solid-state laser systems. SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Oclaro, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCLR - News), a tier-one provider of ...
The field of applications and instrumentation that utilize laser sources is quickly advancing. For example, confocal and multiphoton microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and flow cytometry all make use of ...
In a previous life, I worked as a research technician for a microwave radio manufacturer that specialized in providing data connections for hard-to-reach areas. One of the things it bought home to me ...
In the autumn of 2003 the US Department of Defense launched an ambitious program to create diode lasers that are 80% efficient at converting electricity into light. Dubbed SHEDS (standing for ...
Laser cutters are primarily classified by their laser source, which determines: For most users, everything comes down to three options. CO2 laser cutters are the most widely used machines for ...
Efficient 1.5 W CW and 9 mJ quasi-CW TEM00 mode operation of a compact diode-laser-pumped 2.94 µm Er:YAG laser Sheaumann has developed the first commercially available diode-laser-pumped continuously ...
Ever wonder why projector systems and televisions doesn’t use laser illumination? It isn’t for safety reasons, and it isn’t for efficiency reasons—laser diodes have efficiencies ranging from 30 to 50 ...
Laser is of prime importance in Optical memories, Fiber optic communications, Military applications, Surgical procedures, CD players, Printers etc. Various forms of lasers like Gallium Arsenide laser, ...
The basis of a solid-state diode laser is, of course, the diode. Laser diodes can have different emission wavelength—most of them have between 405 nm to 808 nm. The diodes usually have TO3, TO5, TO9, ...