Applications news

Laser delivers 20 per cent boost for cell manufacturer

13 April 2012
A 20 per cent production capacity increase has been the outcome of high-temperature measuring cell specialist Imes investment, for the first time, in a laser welding station

e2v sensors help European spacecraft dock with space station

23 March 2012
On 23 March e2v imaging sensors were launched into space onboard the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Edoardo Amaldi spacecraft, the third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to be sent to the International Space Station

Hyperspectral imaging expected to speed up lesion diagnosis

2 March 2012
Japanese researchers have developed a hyperspectral imaging system that differentiates between melanomas and other pigmented skin lesions

Femtolaser to study molecule energy transfer for nanomachines

29 February 2012

Valve manufacturer chooses laser systems

17 February 2012

OPTIX project aims to tackle terrorist attacks

17 February 2012

Cutting disc production kept precise with laser displacement sensors

17 February 2012

Raman spectroscopy scanner to defeat terrorists' liquid explosives

8 February 2012

Precision is the shape of things to come for security key profiles

5 January 2012

Black markings for Sabbath bikes with YAG laser

16 December 2011

Telops' Hyper-Cam to go airborne for Luxembourg research centre

21 November 2011

Saxony develops glass surface restructuring laser process

21 November 2011

Max Planck Institute chooses laser source for microscopy experiments

4 November 2011

New telescope starts work with NKT Photonics, Teraxion laser

3 October 2011

Combination delivers breakthrough in live cell imaging

7 September 2011

Surgical instrument manufacturer employs laser marking

30 August 2011

PG&O delivers coated mirror for dark energy experiment

22 August 2011

Laser blocking screens in use at Imperial College

22 July 2011

Laser profile scanner inspects weld seams on steel pipes

20 July 2011

PolyU installs optical sensors in China's high-speed rail network

13 July 2011

Gooch & Housego sensor used in Mythbusters episode

6 July 2011

Portable optical Foot and Mouth Disease detector develeoped

24 June 2011

High-quality optic increases laser intensity at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

22 June 2011

JK Laser integrated into semi-automated welding cell

12 May 2011

Stress tests on carbon fibre bike frames utilise thermal imaging

20 April 2011

Modulated X-ray source developed for telescope calibration in space

6 April 2011

OCT enables non-invasive treatment of skin cancer

1 April 2011

LED fluorescence microscopy used for TB diagnosis

31 March 2011

Infrared imaging used as environmental policy enforcement tool

25 March 2011

Light-activated treatment for HPV and precursors of cancer

25 March 2011

Photodynamic therapy promises advances in treatment of cervical pre-cancer

17 March 2011

Clinical CARS imaging shows potential for early diagnosis of skin diseases

17 March 2011

Seismic testing in oil industry turns to fibre lasers

17 March 2011