Lasers & Light Sources | Photonics Handbook 2008
Meeting the Need for High Quality
Whether the application is scientific, commercial, industrial or medical, beam diagnostics has become an integral tool for users and...
The Industrial Workhorse
Four decades ago, the first industrial use of lasers was for drilling through diamonds or wire draw dies. From that beginning the laser has...
Performance, Reliability Enhance Applications
Diode-pumped, solid-state lasers offer several advantages over gas and lamp-pumped solid-state lasers in terms of size, ruggedness, reliability...
A Straightforward Procedure
Observing the basic principles and understanding the physical behavior of diode lasers helps users operate them correctly and safely.
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- Excimer Lasers:
Releasing the Power of UV
Coherent, Inc. - Fiber Lasers:
Emerging in Major Markets
IPG Photonics Corporation - High-Power Semiconductor Lasers:
A Quantum Leap in Laser Performance
Spectra-Physics, a division of Newport Corporation - Industrial Lasers:
Answers to Common Questions
GSI Group, Laser Div., Applications Lab - Infrared Spectrometers:
High-Efficiency Sources Shed New Light
Coates Consulting - Ion Lasers:
Still a Practical Choice
Coherent, Inc. - Laser Applications Tables
- Laser Beam Measurement:
Slit-Based Profilers for Pulsed Beams
Photon Inc. - Laser Diodes:
Specification Guidelines
Intense - HPD - Laser Safety:
Little Mistakes, Big Consequences
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Laser Scanning Systems:
Optimizing Performance
General Scanning - Lasers:
Understanding the Basics
Coherent, Inc. - Machine Vision Lighting:
A First-Order Consideration
SCHOTT North America, Inc., Fiber Optics - Nd:YAG Lasers:
Standing the Test of Time
Quantel USA - Pulsed Lasers:
Supercharging Peak Output
Spectra-Physics, a division of Newport Corporation - Semiconductor Lasers:
An Overview of Commercial Devices
JDSU - Solid-State Lasers:
Lower Noise Means Higher Performance
DPSS Lasers, Inc. - Standard CIE Illuminants
Walker Associates - The VCSEL Advantage:
Increased Power, Efficiency Bring New Applications
Princeton Optronics, Inc. - Tunable Laser Technology:
Generating Wavelengths from the UV Through the IR
Spectra-Physics, a division of Newport Corporation