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NIF Laser Systems Chief Engineer to Discuss Historic Fusion Ignition Achievement at Photonics West 2023
On Dec. 5, 2022, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) Nuclear Ignition Facility (NIF) made history, demonstrating fusion...

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Using Laser Transceivers for LEO Satellite Links
Organizations in both the public and private sectors are currently racing to launch large numbers of satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO).

Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
SPIE Photonics West 2023 Preview
The conference will showcase the latest innovations in lasers, photonics, optics, optoelectronics, biophotonics, biomedical optics, 3D printing, and more.

Articles Photonics/Optics
James Webb Space Telescope Enters New Era of Universal Infrared Imaging in Cycle 1
It began full scientific operations July 11, following six months of instrumentation cool-down, calibration, and other commissioning activities.

Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
A Laser That Could Reshape the Landscape of Integrated Photonics
This technology will pave the way for new applications of integrated semiconductor lasers in LiDAR.

Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Laser-Light-Based Accelerometer
The tiny device accurately measures acceleration in smaller navigation systems and other devices.

On-Demand Webinars Photonics/Optics
Advanced Solutions to Increase Range Capabilities and Reduce Cost in ToF and FMCW LiDAR
Cost, range, size, and reliability are all key challenges facing LiDAR design engineers. New technologies have emerged that address all these...

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AFTC Gains New Test Capability
As weapon system designers continue to innovate for the defense of the nation, the Air Force Test Center must advance the test capabilities available to develop and prove the superiority of those systems...

Briefs Photonics/Optics
A Laser-Focused Approach to LiDAR
Traditional time-of-flight LiDAR has many drawbacks that make it difficult to use in many 3D vision applications.

Briefs Aerospace
Advanced Airborne Defensive Laser for Incorporation on Strike Fighter Aircraft
Short-range missiles pose a significant threat to U.S. strike fighters.

Briefs Defense
MOVPE Growth of LWIR AlInAs/GaInAs/InP Quantum Cascade Lasers: Impact of Growth and Material Quality on Laser Performance
Quantum cascade lasers are compact coherent optical sources that emit over a wide wavelength range in the mid- to long-infrared as well as into part of the terahertz spectrum.

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Scientific Discoveries You’ve Never Heard Of
Extreme laser-made nanochips? Chromosome imaging? An experiment that brings us to the cusp of fusion ignition? These discoveries, and others, have opened up new domains in all areas of...

INSIDER Test & Measurement
Miniaturized Infrared Detectors
Extreme miniaturization of infrared (IR) detectors is critical for their integration into next-generation consumer electronics, wearables and ultra-small satellites. Thus far, however, IR detectors have...

Special Reports Robotics, Automation & Control
Additive Manufacturing - November 2022
AM/3D Printing is fundamentally changing how products are prototyped and produced in aerospace, medical, electronics, and many other fields. To help you keep pace with the latest advances, we present...

Application Briefs Test & Measurement
Measuring Blood Glucose Levels with Lasers
DiaMonTech used the Ophir Pyrocam to measure and characterize all their laser developments.

Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Medical Lasers: When the Laser Application Requires Utmost Safety
The range of laser applications in the field of medicine and aesthetics in medicine is vast and varied.

Briefs Photonics/Optics
Triggering Li-ion Battery Cells with Laser Radiation
Inducing TR in a battery cell allows engineers to test and improve the safety performance of overheated batteries that can potentially catch fire or explode.

Briefs Photonics/Optics
Compact, Temperature-Tuned OFDR Laser
NASA has focused on OFDR, an alternative FBG interrogation technique based on laser interferometry.
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Raytheon Pairs Laser Weapon with NASAMS Air Defense System
One of the advanced technologies Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) is promoting at this year's AUSA Annual Meeting and exhibition is their High-Energy Laser Weapon...

On-Demand Webinars Photonics/Optics
When Milliseconds Count: The Impact of Adaptive Lidar on Perception Improvements
For autonomous systems to coexist with human drivers on highways, adequate reaction times are required for safe path planning. Hardware-centric lidars...

Briefs Green Design & Manufacturing
Pulsed 2-Micron Laser Transmitter
The design produces a compact, efficient, long-lifetime laser transmitter as needed for use in space, while also having potential applications as an airborne or ground-based wind measurement tool.

Briefs Photonics/Optics
Making Measurements with a Fine-Toothed Comb
Enter the frequency comb, a Nobel Prize-winning device and the result of decades of research from NIST and others. The comb generates a billion pulses of light per second, which bounce back and forth inside an optical cavity.

Special Reports Unmanned Systems
Aerospace & Military Robotics - September 2022
Autonomous robots explore the deep sea...AI-powered machines think for themselves in hazardous places...advanced bipedal robots combine walking with flying. These are just a few of the...

Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Challenges of Fabricating and Coating Laser Crystals
Because laser crystals are sensitive optical components and are often used with high-power lasers, depositing the correct coatings onto them without introducing any defects is essential.

Briefs Energy
Triggering Li-ion Battery Cells with Laser Radiation
Inducing TR in a battery cell allows engineers to test and improve the safety performance of overheated batteries that can potentially catch fire or explode.

Products Test & Measurement
Product of the Month
The compact optoNCDT 1420LL laser sensors from Micro-Epsilon, Ortenburg, Germany, perform precise distance measurements on metallic and structured surfaces. The sensor projects a small laser line onto the...

Briefs Photonics/Optics
On the Pulsed Laser Ablation of Metals and Semiconductors
The fundamental goal of this research is to build from a broad set of experimental and theoretical data to a narrower set of scaling relations, heuristics, and trends that provide a roadmap for understanding laser ablation across relevant regimes.

Briefs Photonics/Optics
Modeling Optical Time and Frequency Generation and Transfer Systems
The research was closely tied to work that was led by Nathan Newbury at NIST, and the principal goal was to support the development of advanced laser sources.

Briefs Weapons Systems
Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress
Two key limitations that Navy surface ships currently have in defending themselves against ASCMs and ASBMs are limited depth of magazine and unfavorable cost exchange ratios.

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