Thoss | Search | Photonics Spectra

(35 results in 2 pages)

SEARCH: Thoss

NEWS
December 2023
Photonics never sleeps
Writing a science and technology retrospective for 2023 would be hard enough even if it weren’t following the heady performance of 2022. In its final quarter alone, 2022 saw the emergence of an...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Photonics_never_sleeps/p5/a69513
NEWS
May 2023
LASER World of PHOTONICS Turns 50
LASER World of PHOTONICS (LASER Munich), the leading international trade fair for photonics components, systems, and applications, returns to Germany between June 27 and 30 for the industry...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/LASER_World_of_PHOTONICS_Turns_50/p5/a68987
NEWS
April 2023
The returns on discovery
We generally relegate basic and applied research stories to the Technology News section each month in Photonics Spectra, and we reserve our explorations of technical, engineering, and industry trends...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/The_returns_on_discovery/p5/a68889
FEATURE
January 2024
New Ideas Reshape Beam Shaping
When Theodore (Ted) Maiman described the laser as a solution seeking a problem, beam shaping was not a big deal. A lens or two were enough to project the beam profile onto a screen. The main...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/New_Ideas_Reshape_Beam_Shaping/p5/a69603
FEATURE
December 2023
Quantum Is Growing But Remains a Niche Market
October is beautiful in Munich. Hotel room prices relax after the end of Oktoberfest and local parks display autumn colors while the weather is still pleasant. Such was the setting when EPIC held its...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Quantum_Is_Growing_But_Remains_a_Niche_Market/p5/a69436
FEATURE
October 2023
Berthold Leibinger Awards Honor Laser Research at the Limits
In 2000, Berthold Leibinger, the man who brought laser technology into Germany’s TRUMPF Group, established the Innovation Award — expressed in native German as the...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Berthold_Leibinger_Awards_Honor_Laser_Research_a/p5/a69354
NEWS
September 2023
Laser Market Update
The International Laser Marketplace Seminar, traditionally held as part of the LASER World of Photonics event in Munich, has provided a reliable source for market and trend information in the field...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Laser_Market_Update/p5/a69274
FEATURE
August 2023
What Is the Quantum Internet?
The internet is an inescapable part of modern life, and the hardware that enables it is almost as ubiquitous. Fiber cables transmit terabytes of data around the world every second and, although the...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/What_Is_the_Quantum_Internet/p5/a69124
FEATURE
July 2023
The Path to Secondary Sources
The laser is a versatile tool for many applications partly due to its capacity to generate harmonic wavelengths in which, for example, two red photons combine to generate a blue photon. But with the...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/The_Path_to_Secondary_Sources/p5/a69057
NEWS
April 2023
EPIC Grows its Network as Globalization Supply Chains Shift
“Globalization was about profits,” said Timothy Paul Kennedy, vice president of Global Sales at Edmund Optics during the Annual Grand Meeting of the European Photonics Industry Consortium...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/EPIC_Grows_its_Network_as_Globalization_Supply/p5/a68917
FEATURE
April 2023
Nuclear Fusion Drives Laser Development
It is a rare event when a successful experiment in basic research makes it to the evening news. In December 2022, the U.S. secretary of energy announced a breakthrough in laser-based nuclear fusion....

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Nuclear_Fusion_Drives_Laser_Development/p5/a68807
FEATURE
February 2023
A New Alexandrite Laser Drives More Sustainable Atmospheric Science
As anyone who has ever worked with an alexandrite laser can attest, its lasing medium demands respect. “It has about every problem a laser engineer can imagine,” said Josef Höffner,...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/A_New_Alexandrite_Laser_Drives_More_Sustainable/p5/a68639
FEATURE
January 2023
Quantum Technology: The Next Little Thing in Photonics
The 2022 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists, each with a record in quantum research. They were rewarded for discoveries they had made three decades ago, discoveries that paved the...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Quantum_Technology_The_Next_Little_Thing_in/p5/a68534
NEWS
December 2022
Eight Predictions for the Photonics Industry in 2023
For the last few years, I have taken time in December to reflect on what happened in the last year and what it means for the one to come. I would reflect on the major events within the laser industry...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Eight_Predictions_for_the_Photonics_Industry_in/p5/a68642
FEATURE
October 2022
New Sensors and AI Optimize Laser Welding
Welding is an ancient technology. Five thousand years ago, Egyptians used it to join copper water pipes together. Over the centuries it evolved into an essential technology to fuse various types of...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/New_Sensors_and_AI_Optimize_Laser_Welding/p5/a68409