Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The laser will celebrate its 50th birthday in May 2010, and festivities are already well under way. As I mention in the forthcoming February issue of European Medical Device Technology, a group of photonics and scientific associations is marking the milestone with a series of LaserFest events at trade shows ...
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
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Researchers have announced the creation of a light source with a diameter of 44 nm. Dubbed the smallest laser ever made, the ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Surgical lasers are often imprecise and can vaporize healthy tissue, making them unsuitable for delicate tasks such as brain surgery. Adela Ben-Yakar, an assistant professor at the University of Texas with a background in rocket science, decided to address this problem by developing a femtoscond laser so precise that it ...
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