Relatively large crystals used to change several properties of light in lasers – changes that are crucial for making lasers into practical tools – might be created by stacking up far smaller, ...

Fifty years ago Saturday, a Hughes Labs researcher named Theodore Maiman changed the world. That day, Maiman became the first person on Earth to build a working laser, something that colleagues at a ...

Fifty years ago Sunday, a Hughes Labs researcher named Theodore Maiman changed the world. That day, Maiman became the first person on Earth to build a working laser, something that colleagues at a ...

Fabricating crystals is no easy business. Making high-quality single crystals for optical applications is even tougher, requiring much skill and time. In fact, single crystals are generally "grown" ...

Let it shine A new design for a solar laser seeks to minimize thermal lensing (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Johnny-ka) A new design for a laser that is powered by sunlight ...

Designed for use in a variety of laser and imaging systems, rod lenses are available in a range of micro sizes for integration into a host of OEM applications. Custom sizes, variations in ...