1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (207+ words) Swetapadma Sahoo in the lab. A color center is essentially an artificial atom trapped inside a crystal. It arises from a local defect—one or a few vacancies, impurities, or interstitials within an otherwise perfect crystal. One of the biggest…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (156+ words) Laser Focus World A new light perception-based underwater digital twin robotic hand system could help identify natural resources that are currently untapped in Earth’s oceans. Business news roundup: Quantum cascade laser-based product manufacturer Block Engineering has named a new chief…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (188+ words) Laser Focus World Selecting the Right Galvano Scanners and Precision DC Motors Selecting the right motion components is essential for achieving high performance in today's optical systems. Whether designing laser processing equipment or advanced imaging systems, engineers must balance speed,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (98+ words) Vexlum’s CEO Jussi-Pekka Penttinen (left) and Stefan Truppe, managing director of the company’s new U.K. R&D lab. Laser Focus World: Can you introduce us to the company? LFW: Can you give us an idea of the number of lasers…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago   (130+ words) Laser Focus World Don’t miss your shot to enter LFW’s annual Innovators Awards We always love to see your entries and the stories behind your innovative product design. Please go ahead and “wow” us. Good luck and we look forward…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (341+ words) This shot shows the group’s highly broadband and bright optical parametric amplifier in action. A group of researchers led by Professor Maria Chekhova at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Germany may have cracked the code to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (147+ words) Laser Focus World A new chip-based metasurface biosensor that can detect traumatic brain injury trace biomarkers could make injury assessment, treatment, and patient outcomes more effective. Business news roundup: Myrias Optics has announced a chief revenue officer, and LightPath Technologies…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (150+ words) Laser Focus World Vimfun Brings Endless Diamond Wire Cutting to Infrared Optics Fabrication Vimfun Diamond Wire Saw has expanded its endless (closed-loop) diamond wire cutting systems into infrared optics fabrication, giving manufacturers of germanium, silicon, sapphire, and chalcogenide optics an…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (965+ words) Quantum interference is a fundamental level of physics and chemistry. When two quantum pathways lead to the same final state, their amplitudes can interfere constructively or destructively. For a solid such as gallium arsenide (GaAs), this interference can be produced…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (122+ words) Laser Focus World An all-in-one soft robot is now laying the groundwork for the advancement of modern all-optical robotics. KiwiStar Optics will provide crucial components for the Extremely Large Telescope. And Trumpf is now collaborating with Mate Precision Technologies. Multimedia…...