Appotronics, the inventor of ALPD® laser technology, today unveiled the world's first Laser+LCOS optical engine prototype for Augmented Reality (AR) glasses at the AR | VR | MR Exhibition of SPIE ...

Knight Optical, the leading global supplier of on-spec, metrology-tested optics, has revealed its latest product offering – a trio of components that are suitable for a wide range of laser varieties, ...

For the first time, researchers have shown that 3D-printed polymer-based micro-optics can withstand the heat and power levels that occur inside a laser. The advance enables inexpensive compact and ...

Physicists are teasing a potential leap in nuclear fusion that sounds almost absurd on its face: a path to reactions that are ...

PITTSBURGH, June 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- II‐VI Incorporated (NASDAQ:IIVI), a leader in engineered crystals and laser optics, today announced the introduction of its new acousto-optic Q-switch ...

Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

The optical industry “almost completely relies on mechanical processes in its process chains,” So says laser and photonics research center Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT). This, ...

Much of this story is going to sound like hokum, but bear with me because doughnut-shaped laser beams have become my new favourite scientific innovation. Especially since scientists were able to ...