Laser technology company IPG has officially announced that its defense focused subsidiary, IPG Defense, has completed and opened a new office and manufacturing base in the Redstone Gateway Park in Huntsville. The headquarters facility covers an area of 14000 square feet and will be dedicated to developing and producing advanced laser defense solutions for both military and civilian fields. IPG Photonics said its facility will be a world-class c...

NcodiN, a cutting-edge technology focused on integrating nanolaser optical intermediate layer technology, has recently successfully completed a seed round of over subscribed financing with a total amount of 16 million euros (approximately 18.4 million US dollars). This round of funds will mainly be used to promote the company's transition from technology research and development to industrialization, including product development, introduction of...

Tescan releases its next-generation femtosecond laser platform, FemtoChisel, expanding its semiconductor product portfolio. This platform is committed to improving the speed, accuracy, and quality of sample preparation, and will officially debut at the ISTFA exhibition in 2025. FemtoChisel was developed specifically for semiconductor research and failure analysis environments where both throughput and adaptability are critical. By combining nan...

Russian scientists have successfully developed the world's smallest blue nanolaser, with a volume of only 0.005 cubic micrometers, breaking through the diffraction limit theory that the size of the light source must not be smaller than its wavelength. This breakthrough has opened up a new technological path for the development of cutting-edge fields such as ultra high definition displays, quantum processors, AR systems, and microsensors. The w...

To strengthen its strategic layout in the field of ultrafast laser technology, Tescan Group officially announced today that it has completed the acquisition of industry innovation company FemtoInnovations and established a new Laser Technology Business Unit (LT BU) based on it. The new department headquarters will be located in the UConn Science Park, aiming to integrate the technological advantages of both parties and significantly expand Tescan...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) team has recently made significant breakthroughs in the field of interferometric measurement technology. With the help of four newly installed lasers at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, the research team has successfully created a guiding star, marking a new era in interferometric measurement technology.The successful generation of the laser guided star is an important component of the ESO GRAVITY+project ...

A new type of laser technology can regulate semiconductor conductivity characteristics in a fast and low-cost manner, which will revolutionize the manufacturing process of CMOS circuits and make them more simplified and efficient.Laser-induced oxidation and doping integration (LODI), a technology developed by researchers at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), enables precise, p-type doping in titanium oxide (TiO2), an n-t...

The global laser processing market is expected to grow from $4.2 billion in 2023 to $7.73 billion in 2031, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) expected to reach 8.1% during this forecast period. According to DataM Intelligence Comprehensive Report has released its latest report on the "Laser Processing Market Size 2025," providing a detailed analysis of market trends, key growth drivers, competitive landscape, and regional insights. The r...

The research team from the University of Stuttgart and Stuttgart Instruments GmbH has published a groundbreaking research result in the journal Nature - a new compact ultra short pulse laser. This device achieves a significant improvement in efficiency while maintaining excellent precision, with its energy conversion efficiency reaching more than twice that of existing common devices. In addition, its volume has been significantly reduced, making...

Coherent launches EDGE CUT20 OEM cutting solution. By deeply integrating the new CUT20 laser cutting head with EDGE FL20 fiber laser, this solution brings three core advantages to high-performance sheet metal cutting: ultimate precision cutting quality, unprecedented process control capability, and intelligent process insights. At the heart of the EDGE CUT20 package is a co-engineered laser-and-optics architecture, designed from the ground up t...

Autonomous driving relies on sensors to provide precise, reliable, and long-range environmental perception at high frequencies per second. Lidar, as a key sensing technology, can capture high-precision 3D environmental information in real time without being affected by lighting conditions, thereby empowering safe and real-time decision-making. To improve the performance of LiDAR systems, ams OSRAM has introduced a new key component, the five junc...