Fiber lasers aren’t nearly as common as their diode and CO2 cousins, but if you’re lucky enough to have one in your garage or local makerspace, this technique for depositing thin films of metals in ...

If the various lasers currently used to aid chemical research—particularly ultrafast chemical research—belonged to the world of boxing, the titanium sapphire laser would be the reigning heavyweight ...

Laser cutting and engraving technologies have become essential tools across a wide variety of different industries, from manufacturing, art and small businesses. These technologies use laser beams to ...

The inventors of an unconventional, ribbon-shaped optical fiber geometry say that it could be set to drive fiber-laser power output dramatically, while maintaining beam quality. Based at the Lawrence ...