Lasers & Sources

Lasers have found uses in industry, communications, entertainment, medicine, and holography in the past 50 years. SPIE Professional Open access article.

Growing indium nitride film in a different orientation paves the way for noninvasive analysis of chemical composition.

Pressure waves caused by nanosecond laser pulses can be used to deliver macromolecules to cells and tissues.

An electron beam propagating in a plasma magnetic mode emits synchrotron radiation.

Arraying thousands of advanced semiconductor lasers in parallel provides a cost-effective and reliable means of improving beam and spectral characteristics.

Project director Ed Moses talks about the challenges and the possibilities as the National Ignition Facility gets ready for experiments.

Top executives representing different parts of the marketplace shared their insight regarding trends and opportunities in optics and photonics at SPIE Photonics West 2009.

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