Researchers in Israel have created a microscopic optical device that could simplify high-power laser ...

Researchers have built a microscopic 3D-printed optical device that funnels light from 37 separate multimode semiconductor lasers into a single optical fiber, merging 222 distinct spatial modes; the ...

It’s not often we feel that something we’re featuring is a genuinely new and groundbreaking technique, but a team from the University of Maryland’s Small Artifacts Lab may have done just that with ...

The emergence of ultrafast laser pulse generation, marking a significant milestone in laser science, has triggered incredible progress across a wide array of disciplines, encompassing industrial ...

Scientists have known for years that hydrogen can alter the performance of optical fibers, which are often used to transmit or even generate laser light in optical devices. Now researchers have put ...

...and Fraunhofer IWS spinoff Fusion Bionic wins Fraunhofer Founder Award 2024. A USP laser writes a fiber Bragg grating into a fiber. Whether for applications in medical technology, ...

In another step forward for laser weapons that brings to mind the Death Star's superlaser, Lockheed Martin has demonstrated a 30-kilowatt fiber laser produced by combining many lasers into a single ...

Fiber lasers aren’t nearly as common as their diode and CO2 cousins, but if you’re lucky enough to have one in your garage or local makerspace, this technique for depositing thin films of metals in ...

The development of fiber laser technology is a game-changer for the stainless steel sheet fabrication industry, allowing for faster cutting speeds at half the price of a CO 2 laser. Fiber lasers are ...