IPG Founder Valentin Gapontsev Dies at 82

Joseph A. Izatt, the Michael J. Fitzpatrick Professor of Engineering and chair of Duke University's Department of Biomedical Engineering, died April 7. Joseph A. Izatt. Courtesy of Duke...

Empire State Development has named the 10 companies selected to participate in round seven of the Luminate NY accelerator program, investment fund, and competition. Each finalist will receive an...

Coherent Corp. CEO Vincent "Chuck" Mattera has informed the company’s board of directors that he will retire as CEO, following the hiring of a successor. The board has retained a leading...

Researchers have developed an ultrafast laser platform that generates ultra-broadband UV frequency combs with an unprecedented one million comb lines, providing exceptional spectral resolution. The...

Three deep-UV lasers from IPG Photonics Corp. feature proprietary nonlinear crystals for reliability in numerous industries and micromachining applications. The fiber-based architectures...

The CUT12 from Coherent is a 2D laser cutting head for sheet metal cutting applications. The laser cutting head is compatible with fiber lasers in the 4- to 12-kW power range, operates at a maximum...

The VINCI-1064 from TeraXion is a femtosecond fiber laser for applications including terahertz generation, multiphoton microscopy, and two-photon polymerization. The VINCI-1064 features a high peak...

The TrueLase™ Yb 22/400-915-3kW ytterbium-doped active optical fiber from OFS Fitel LLC is a double clad fiber designed for high-efficiency, reliable, multi-kW fiber lasers. Tests in a...

Given the pace at which technology advances, there always seems to be a learning curve. With the abundance of consumer electronics available, there typically is no right or wrong way to use these...

Materials processing with lasers is actually a broad term for a diverse range of applications. The major categories of these uses, and the lasers that service them, are summarized Table 1. At one...

Early fiber lasers were inefficient and limited to low powers, until more effective methods emerged to deliver the pump light into the cladding. Valentin Gapontsev, founder and CEO of IPG Photonics,...

Over 60 years have passed since the first demonstration of a laser in 1960. After the initial spark of interest, lasers were for a while categorized as “a solution waiting for a problem,”...

We started developing FACs more than 15 years ago. The result is highly automated in-house processes which allow for competitive prices – even with high volumes. Diode lasers are efficient, compact,...

DRS Daylight Solutions has launched Stretto, a family of external cavity diode lasers operating from ultraviolet wavelengths through to the infrared. Drawing its name from the intricate overlapping...

Optical products, traditionally used for visible light tasks, are moving aside to make room for more specialized optical components that are being manufactured for use in ultraviolet (UV) and...

In Laser Range Finder (LRF) design, the right combination of Pulsed Laser Diodes (PLDs) and Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs) can enhance range, accuracy, battery life and overall cost. Laser Components...

Photonics Media invites you to join us for our upcoming FREE digital conference, "Photonics for Ophthalmology." The event will feature several 15-minute online presentations on the use of light-based...

Fiber lasers have expanded the adoption of lasers as industrial tools for materials processing. Their impact is especially prominent in metal-cutting markets, for which the advantages of speed,...

Marco Mendes of IPG Photonics discusses recent laser processing advancements enabled by a new generation of ultrashort-pulsewidth (USP) fiber lasers, and how new fiber-based technologies enable...

Photonics Media will host its second annual Photonics Spectra Conference Jan. 10-13. The virtual event will comprise four technology tracks — Lasers, Optics, Sensors and Detectors, and Imaging...

Mitochondria are organelles found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, which are cells that have a membrane-bound nucleus and other organelles. They are often referred to as the powerhouses of the...

Oxytosis refers to a form of cell death that is induced by oxidative stress. It is characterized by the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) within cells, leading to oxidative damage and...

Photoimmunotherapy (PIT) is a medical treatment approach that combines elements of phototherapy and immunotherapy to target and treat specific cells or tissues in the body. The key components of this...

Photodynamic inactivation (PDI) is a therapeutic approach that utilizes the combination of light, a photosensitizer, and molecular oxygen to induce cell death or inactivate microorganisms. This...

Tune into this month’s edition of Light Matters for the complete list of Photonics Media’s Industry Beacon award winners. We’ll also introduce you to an Industry Beacon in the Educator category, and...

In the first episode of Photonics Spectra Now we speak with the president of Optica to see how they're reacting to the sudden departure of their CEO, IPG cuts all ties with Russia, and a new study...

Technology Transfer Programs are often a concerted effort to share skills, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing, and facilities among governments or...

In this month's Light Matters Extra, we introduce you to Drake Anthony, aka styropyro. Drake, 25, has been building his own lasers since he was 12 years old. He's got quite the following on his...

A fiber laser is a type of laser in which the active gain medium is an optical fiber doped with rare-earth ions such as erbium, ytterbium, or neodymium. Fiber lasers generate coherent light through...

A TEA laser is a coherent optical source with a wide wavelength range in the infrared, visible and ultraviolet that uses an electrical discharge transverse to (across) the optical axis to produce...

A diode laser is a type of laser that uses a semiconductor diode as the active medium to generate coherent light. Semiconductor diodes are electronic devices that conduct electricity primarily in one...

IPG Photonics is the world's leading provider of high power fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers that are revolutionizing performance and utility in a remarkable array of materials processing,...

FOCtek provides customers with all types of custom manufactured lenses, Precision Optical Components, Polarizing Optics, Prisms, Filters, Coatings, Optical Systems, Crystals, Nonlinear Crystals,...

OHARA manufactures more than 130 environmentally safe optical glass types, free of both lead and arsenic. More than 300 tons of optical glass are melted per month, available in the following forms of...

Established in 1985, OZ Optics is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic components, test equipment and sensors. OZ Optics manufactures its products in three locations, Ottawa (Canada),...