Laser Institute of America’s annual meeting of academia and industry highlighted new developments in laser technology and provided a platform for global networking FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ORLANDO, FL, NOVEMBER 8, 2016 — Over 400 attendees from 20 countries gathered from October 16-20, 2016 at the Sheraton® San Diego in San Diego, CA, for the 2016 […]
Author: Steven Glover
Steven Glover is a proud member of the LIA staff. When he is not at work he is actively involved in several charitable efforts.Beam Delivery: M2, BPP, Spot Size & Why You Should Care
By Michael Scaggs A lasers spot size and therefore resulting M2 or beam parameter product can be a very difficult and confusing parameter to quantify. The techniques to measure vary and often add to the difficulty and confusion. At present there is only one standard that defines the approach to measure a laser’s M2 value […]
Weekly Lasers Wrap Up – Week of October 31, 2016
The Laser Institute of America LasersToday.com Weekly Wrap-Up aggregates industry news, conference updates, and LIA happenings. Here is the latest: Industry News Physicists have shattered the existing laser-electron interaction record! Beating the previously known efficiency of 10 percent, for most free-electron lasers, researchers were able to convert the energy of an electron beam into a pulse […]
Physicists Shatter Laser-Electron Interaction Record
In case you missed the news last week, researchers converted the energy of an electron beam into a pulse of coherent light with an efficiency of 30 percent. If you need perspective, this is much higher than the 10 percent efficiency of most free-electron lasers. According to the breaking news story by PhysicsWorld.com, while the […]
Weekly Lasers Wrap Up: Week of October 24, 2016
The Laser Institute of America LasersToday.com Weekly Wrap-Up aggregates industry news, conference updates, and LIA happenings. Here is the latest: Industry News Valuable Resources in Laser Manufacturing When discussing resources to increase your laser manufacturing knowledge, blogs may not be the first thing that comes to mind! There are plenty of credible, informative laser manufacturing […]