Motors and gear trains with micrometer dimensions and powered by light are fabricated using semiconductor lithography and ...

Non-contact laser welding offers several advantages when it comes to joining one plastic part to another. It works on the principle of partial transmission which lets a laser’s light travel through ...

Calculating laser power density What is a LiDAR point cloud? Wide array of applications for lasers. LiDAR (light detection and ranging) can measure the distance of an object (measuring the time for ...

Engineers are turning what used to be a bulky optics bench into something that fits on the tip of a finger, and the latest photonic chips go a step further by splitting a single laser into a ...

Hot-plate welding and STTIr laser welding are both used in joining plastic parts. The authors break down the differences and the practical outcomes. The Branson GLX-3 Laser Welder from Emerson uses ...

Which laser engravers are best? Customization of items has long been the easiest way to showcase one’s personality and style, much superior to using an item identically to millions of others who ...

Longview Fusion Energy, a firm leveraging the recent fusion breakthrough at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), has secured a contract with engineering, procurement, and construction specialist ...

Besides attending an electronic dance music (EDM) show, most people have probably never seen a full laser show. They’re sometimes used as backup for concerts but rarely are ever the main attraction.

Light is usually treated as something simple, a clean beam that either shines or does not. At the quantum level, however, ...