Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

While low-cost professional PCB fabrication has largely supplanted making circuit boards at home, there’s still something to be said for being able to go from design to prototype in an afternoon.

We’ve all heard the “Do not stare into laser with remaining eye” joke. It’s funny because it’s true, as pretty much any laser a hobbyist can easily come by can cause permanent damage to eyes unless ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a previous Broadcast Engineering article (“Understanding blocking capacitor effects,” August ...

A new photoacoustic imaging technology combines laser light and ultrasound to image biological tissue. By creating a new twist on fiber optic sensors, researchers in China have developed a smart, ...

To address the challenges encountered in decommissioning a nuclear facility, the UK-based firm TWI has since 2009 been developing laser tube-cutting methods for the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning ...

Laser cutting and engraving technologies have become essential tools across a wide variety of different industries, from manufacturing, art and small businesses. These technologies use laser beams to ...

Australian-US team says wavefront-shaping of input light lifts power threshold for SBS scattering by an order of magnitude. A narrowband laser beam shaped by a spatial light modulator excites many ...

CAMAS, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--nLIGHT®, Inc. (NASDAQ: LASR), a global leader in semiconductor and fiber lasers, today announced the introduction of the 2 micron fiber laser series for a diverse set of ...

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 ...