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US Navy to create prototype anti-boat, anti-aircraft laser weapon
9 May 2012
This month the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) will start its Solid-State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) programme to develop a solid-state laser weapon prototype that will be demonstrated aboard a Naval ship
Laser, camera system enables laser deposition powder analysis
30 April 2012
Laser deposition welding's powder gas stream can now be analysed by illuminating it with another laser and capturing images with a camera for analysis
Laser welded multi-metal structures promise big weight reductions
30 April 2012
The laser welding of different metals into sandwich structures has been achieved promising 20 per cent reductions in the weight of large structures, such as ship rudders
Femtosecond lasers could improve cochlea implants say researchers
30 April 2012
Sofradir demonstrates 10µm pixel pitch infrared detector
27 April 2012
Endoscopic laser to target dangerous cells inside human body
24 April 2012
JK Lasers improves Alumina ceramic processing
13 April 2012
A thermal invisibility cloak prototype is expected later this year
30 March 2012
Plasmon transporting thin films herald nanoscale light control
30 March 2012
European Commission supports 7 billion euro photonics partnership
29 March 2012
European project develops 1567nm laser source for plastics welding
27 March 2012
Armada of laser spacecraft could save the Earth from asteroid
26 March 2012
Ferdinand Braun Institute wins Transfer Prize for very efficient diode lasers
23 March 2012
Double laser spectroscopy can deliver more data say researchers
23 March 2012
Roaming robots could zap weeds dead say scientists
19 March 2012
LightPath Technologies signs $1.1m IR optics research contract
19 March 2012
£6.5 million project to exploit Terahertz lasers and microwave photonics
19 March 2012
Laser manufactured optical chip to deliver supercomputer 1 terabit transfer
8 March 2012
Lasers set to improve processing lightweight materials
8 March 2012
Ultra-fast switching lasers to enable petabit telecoms networks
7 March 2012
Photonis awarded spectrometer glass manufacture patent
6 March 2012
Silicon based tuneable laser first claimed by European industry
5 March 2012
EU project aims for optical surface accuracy below 1nm
1 March 2012
Flir develops Superframing to avoid camera saturation
21 December 2011
Photonics West to see first public presentation of optical liquid crystal switch
21 December 2011
ISLA promises new generation game with 2-micron lasers
19 December 2011
NKT Photonics licenses photonic crystal fibre technology
15 December 2011
Alexandrite laser could act as space radar
14 December 2011
Laser powered micro engine does work
13 December 2011
Lasers to aid jet engine emissions reduction
9 December 2011
Competition for government cash for photonics gets underway
7 November 2011
NASA funds laser transportation for deep space particle analysis
1 November 2011
LED lighting could be aided by diode lasers
31 October 2011
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