Laser Trends: Laser Companies Look to Rocket Out of the Recession
Lasers are tools, no more and no less. They are used to illuminate and to burn, to mark items and to measure them. In many ways, they are as ubiquitous as knives and tape measures, and they are treated as common consumer products in many ways. Yet their highly technical nature – consider the firm grasp of physics required to design them – means that lasers have a certain amount of mystery and wonderment surrounding them. That they can be used in products ranging from presentation...
Photonics Spectra, January 2011