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PROFILE
Two decades of good service
More than 20 years after helping its first customer - The University of Southampton's Department of Physics - Laser Support Services is still going strong, as Warren Clark discovers
DEFENCE
Perfect beam, perfect defence
A coherent strategy is not the only way to stop your enemy, as Rob Coppinger finds that directed energy needs good beam quality to defend its military users
UV & IR TECHNOLOGIES
Red or violet, resolution is the answer
Rob Coppinger finds greater precision will provide a clearer picture for UV and IR photonics
MICROSCOPY
Rough and ready
Confocal microscopy provides an optical method for measuring surface roughness, one that's now much more accepted in industry as an alternative to tactile measurements, as Greg Blackman discovers
ULTRA SHORT PULSE LASERS
Many beams make light work
Rob Coppinger discovers that splitting could be the answer to the economical treatment of surfaces using pico and femto second lasers
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