GF Machining Solutions will showcase the latest members of its laser tradition on EPHJ

Hackaday will launch cool projects that may stimulate others to expand and enhance it, and even move in a completely new direction. This is the way the most advanced technology continues to evolve. This DIY spectrometer project is a great example of this spirit. It comes from Michael Prathofer, who was inspired by Les Wright's PySpectrometer, a simple device pieced together by a pocket spectrom...

German laser Fusion developer Marvel Fusion said it will partner with Colorado State University (CSU) on a new $150 million laser equipment lab to study inertial fusion energy and high energy density physics."It will be home to one of the most powerful laser facilities in the world and an international center for laser fusion energy and high energy density physics research," the company said in a ...

Recently, the research team of the High Power Laser Element Technology and Engineering Department of the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has made new progress in evaluating the laser damage resistance and damage mechanism of 532nm thin film polarizers using different laser damage test protocols. The related achievements were published in Optical Materi...

On August 16, Coherent, an American laser system solutions provider, announced its fiscal year 2023 and fourth quarter results for the year ended June 30, 2023. This is also the first annual report released after the merger of II-VI and Coherent.Fiscal year 2023 revenueCoherent reported revenue of $5.16 billion for the full fiscal year 2023, up 56% year over year.By business unit, the Networking b...

Recently, renowned surface coupled laser technology supplier Vector Photonics announced that it has received £ 1.667 million in equity investment and £ 1.27 million in additional research funding for the continued commercialization of its unique surface coupled laser (SCL) technology. Surface coupled lasers have completely changed semiconductor laser manufacturing, improving the performance of var...