Spectra-Physics Celebrates 50th Year in Commercial Laser Industry

Spectra-Physics®, a Newport Corporation Brand, announces the company is celebrating 50 years of pioneering new laser technologies, products and solutions for industry and science.  Notably, the company became the first commercial laser company in 1961, less than a year after the invention of the laser.  Spectra-Physics will begin the celebration of this milestone year at […]

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Femtosecond Laser Opens Up a Wide Range of Applications in Micro and Macro Areas

Femtosecond laser opens up a wide range of applications in micro and macro areas thanks to a previously not attained mean output power of 1.1 kW. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT have developed an amplification concept for femtosecond lasers (fs laser). As a result, they have been able to achieve mean […]

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Newport’s New Instrument Management Software Platform Created to Simplify Instrument Installation & Use

Newport Corporation, a worldwide leader in laser and photonic solutions that Make, Manage and Measure Light®, introduces NSTRUCT™, an enhanced instrument management software platform created to simplify installation and to provide  quicker and simpler instrument and experiment setup and use. Flexible and scalable, the instrument manager is designed with a set of features that create […]

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Coherent Launches Compact CUBE Lasers at Three New Wavelengths

Coherent Inc., has expanded its CUBE family of CW, visible diode laser modules with three new wavelengths; 488 nm (50 mW), 685 nm (40 mW), and 730 nm (30 mW).  The compact CUBE laser heads measure only 100 x 40 x 40 mm (3.9″ x 1.6″ x 1.6″) making them ideal for integration into instrumentation used for life […]

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Spectra-Physics® Introduces World’s First All-In-One Mid-Power Green Q-Switched DPSS Laser

Spectra-Physics®, a Newport Corporation Brand, announces the world’s first, 5 Watt, all-in-one green Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser that combines the laser head and electronics into a single, compact package that fits in the palm of your hand.  The Explorer® XP 532-5 laser features the industry’s smallest footprint with air-cooled design, offering exceptional thermal management […]

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