Medicine and the life sciences add fiber
Compact, reliable, powerful and efficient, fiber lasers are being put to use in medicine and the life sciences, where one device can replace a half dozen or so other lasers or can enable higher-resolution imaging, thereby offering new capabilities. The key to expanding such applications, though, may lie in cutting costs and improving laser performance. More than skin deep For Solta Medical Inc. of Hayward, Calif., fiber lasers meet a fundamental need, in part because they offer a fund...
BioPhotonics, May 2010