International Conference on Laser Processes and Components LPC 2011 Shanghai – Exceptional Program Now Available

The International Conference on Laser Processes and Components will be held for the sixth time from March 15-16, 2011 in conjunction with the exhibition Laser – World of Photonics China, Shanghai.

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Meet LIA’s 2011 President and Board of Directors

Stephen Capp is the Laser Institute of America’s (LIA) 2011 president. Capp graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering in 1978 with degrees in electrical power engineering technology and industrial management. It didn’t take him long to put this education to good use. “After a short career as an engineer working for a defense contractor, […]

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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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